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“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.”

Quote by Camille Paglia

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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

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“Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy.”

Knows Men Earth Satisfaction Seeking Envy Wander Exile Craving

Book:Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism

Source: Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism

“If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts.”

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“Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.”

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Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

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“Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.”

Sensitivity Manhood Masculinity Elusive

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“The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan - it's the rest of us guinea pigs who will be thrown to the wolves.”

Plans Congress Thrown Healthcare Pigs Guinea Guinea Pigs Airheads

Author:Camille Paglia

“It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.”

America Choices Careers History Modern Behavior Regard Independent Dresses Capitalist Orientation Freedom Of Choice Independent Women Being Independent Woman

Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

“Why has the Democratic Party become so arrogantly detached from ordinary Americans? Though they claim to speak for the poor and dispossessed, Democrats have increasingly become the party of an upper-middle-class professional elite, top-heavy with journalists, academics and lawyers.”

Speak Poor Party Class Middle Ordinary Claims Democratic Democrat Heavy Lawyer Journalist Middle Class Academic Elites Democratic Party Detached Upper Middle Class

Author:Camille Paglia

“A woman simply is, but a man must become.”

Men Manhood Masculinity Elusive Manliness

Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

“Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.”

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Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

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“I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.”

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Author:Camille Paglia