Camille Paglia Quotes

We have an evolutionary revulsion from slime, the site of our biologic origins. Every month, it is woman's fate to face the abyss of time and being, the abyss which is herself.

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Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
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Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else.
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I am not hungry for roles on TV or in films. I am happy being a social media sensation.
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I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'
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Presence is more than just being there.
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As I said earlier, there are no writers who could create a literary vision of the new reality.
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For 'American Born Chinese,' my first graphic novel with First Second Books, I did mostly 'memory' research. It's fiction, but I pulled heavily from my own childhood.
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We have an evolutionary revulsion from slime, the site of our biologic origins. Every month, it is woman's fate to face the abyss of time and being, the abyss which is herself.