Camille Paglia Quotes
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes.
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I like to be supportive and a role model.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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I don't like to look typical.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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Living in a cultural milieu where the foreign writers most widely available and admired were Russian, I came very late to postwar American writers, and I had great trouble with the canonically exalted white male writers I tried first.
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During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future.
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In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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You don't win the game if you try to hit home runs all the time.
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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
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I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
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When you're in an industry where you're forced to grow up so quickly, part of you never grows up, and that's a good thing.
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Art is nothing if you don't reach every segment of the people.
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I like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time.
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If someone says, 'I love 'Jessica Jones!'' I just say, 'Thanks, I love you back!'
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There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
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Art advances by self-mutilation of the artist.
