"A woman simply is, but a man must become."

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Source : Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.82, Vintage

Camille Paglia

“There is something so ludicrous in promises of good or threats of evil a great way off as to render the whole subject with which they are connected easily turned into ridicule.”
“I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It was very punk rock for me to take a stab at working with Justin Bieber. I don't know how people portray that, or 'Climax,' for that matter. But for me, it was the most adventurous thing I could have done at that exact moment.”
“The more light in your composition, the more generous you are. That is the first sign of a true light warrior. They give without waiting for you to ask. They give without expecting to be repaid. They give to strangers and even offer help to enemies. And sadly, because their light is so bright, they also attract tons of bugs and flies their way.”
“I had to work harder. I couldn't do the social thing, and play the game the others were playing. I had to work that much harder and handle the 'evils' by doing good work.”
“Together we knew that we could have success.”
“Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world.”
“In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics.”

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