Camille Paglia Quotes
I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style – her toughness and rigor.
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I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.
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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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There's one guy who inspired a nation of golfers, and that's Greg Norman. He's been incredible to me and all the great golfers.
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Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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If your mom is still around, you're so lucky.
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For me, family has always come first.
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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.
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When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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When I look back over my career, there was so much stress. And it was because of the business. It was always because of the business.
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I believe the National Park Service has demonstrated strong partnerships geared towards respecting the private property of citizens in its administering of the current Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and will continue to do so upon the addition of the routes.
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor; it feels very much closed in for various reasons.
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All art stems from a place of alienation. Intimate and alone. Most people are oppressed by the opinion of others, but I was not that way. I was afraid of the repercussions of not doing what I was told to do, what I was called to do by a creator.
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A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.
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But at the same time, I think we recognize we can't impose democracy from without, particularly American-style democracy. We need to work with those elements in the region that are moving towards a reformed process and there are a number of them.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style – her toughness and rigor.
