“Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.”
— Camille Paglia
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Working moms commonly testify that they feel
“Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.”
— Camille Paglia
Author: Camille Paglia
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Music never dies. Do we really need
“Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?”
— Camille Paglia
Author: Camille Paglia
Category: music
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Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art,
“Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.”
— Camille Paglia
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Category: religion
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American policy seems to be wed to
“American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in flux or turmoil, with different peoples competing for visibility and power. The U.S. cannot fix the fate of every nation.”
— Camille Paglia
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Beauty is our weapon against nature; by
“Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.”
— Camille Paglia
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Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art,
“Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.”
— Camille Paglia
Author: Camille Paglia
Category: nature
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Younger women have no problem in reconciling
“Younger women have no problem in reconciling beauty with ambitions as a professional woman.”
— Camille Paglia
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Category: women
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I believe that history has shape, order,
“I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.”
— Camille Paglia
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Category: history
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Madonna remains the most visible performer on
“Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art.”
— Camille Paglia
Author: Camille Paglia
Category: art
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Younger women have no problem in reconciling
“Younger women have no problem in reconciling beauty with ambitions as a professional woman.”
— Camille Paglia
Author: Camille Paglia
Category: beauty
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