Camille Paglia Quotes
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
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Can I say that I think it should be against the law for one state to use taxpayer money to try to bribe businesses in another state to move? Which then causes the target state to use taxpayer dollars to try to bribe the businesses to stay.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!
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One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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I had seen images of Crystal Renn and Sophie Dahl growing up, but I didn't really know about the plus-size fashion industry or how lucrative it was or, like, that it was changing or that I was even invited.
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How does one endure in a place they shouldn't be condemned to live in? You could take that same question and apply it to any number of neighborhoods in any number of cities.
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If you want to meet a woman, it's best just to smile and say hi.
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Everything people say I couldn't do I've done.
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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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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.
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I especially love right-now sci-fi: stuff that happens in current time but incorporates a scientific breakthrough that is currently being explored.
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People are going to have a good time, you know. One can go have a good time at these big openings in museums. And people go to have a good time. But the thing has another purpose.In the case of museums, it's always got to do with money, people who donate and things like that. And I believe a certain kind of interest has to be demonstrated.
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And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
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How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.
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Foucault is the Cagliostro of our time.
