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“Hollywood movies of the Fifties, like The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, with their epic clash of pagan and Judeo-Christian cultures, tell more about art and society than the French-infatuated ideologues who have made a travesty of the "best" American higher criticism.”

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Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia is an American academic, cultural critic, and author known for her controversial views on a variety of cultural and social issues. Born on April 2, 1947, she has taught at several universities and has written numerous books and articles on topics such as art, literature, and gender studies. more

“Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and moans are echoes of the body's music. It is the body's vibrations which ripple from the fingers. And the mystery of the withheld theme, known to jazz musicians alone, is like the mystery of our secret life. We give to others only peripheral improvisations.”

Giving Body Secret Known Mystery Musician Breaths Jazz Fingers Theme Strings Echoes Vibrations Jazz Music Improvisation Ripple Secret Life Brass Jazz Musician

Author:Anais Nin

“Bertrand Russell started off as a mathematician and then degenerated into a philosopher and finally into a humanist; he went downhill rapidly!”

Philosopher Humanist Mathematician

Author:Gregory Chaitin

“The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism.”

Needs Self Cases Evidence Gains Criticism Self Criticism

Book:A rationalist encyclopaedia: a book of reference on religion, philosophy, ethics, and science

Source: A rationalist encyclopaedia: a book of reference on religion, philosophy, ethics, and science

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