Camille Paglia Quotes
There’s a lot to be said for celibacy, for the concentration of your mental and physical energy.
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I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath.
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I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.
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I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
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I was tested against the best.
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In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful.
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I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?
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Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.
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I am totally a fringe candidate, and so is Bill Weld: you know, two Republican governors serving in heavily blue states, outspoken, small government guys, outspoken on the social liberal side. We're fringe, totally. We're fringe.
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From a social networking point of view, Pakistan is not very far away.
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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
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He who wishes to paint Christ's story must live with Christ.
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I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
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I love to act, but business is more interesting because it's more competitive and involves more people. There's more 'now' mentality and energy. Intellectually, it's a lot more interesting.
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Sugar crystallizes something in our American soul. It is emblematic of all industrial processes. And of the idea of becoming white. White being equated with pure and 'true': it takes a lot of energy to turn brown things into white things. A lot of pressure.
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People have always called me Schneider Monkey just because of my energy and mass consumption of bananas. Plus, I just love monkeys, so I thought, 'Well, I love monkeys, I love my fans, why not put the two together?'
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I love rehearsing; it's the best part of the job.
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There’s a lot to be said for celibacy, for the concentration of your mental and physical energy.
