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'Mad Men' doesn't capture one single thing about the decor, costumes, or sexual interaction. It is a total projection of contemporary snarky attitudes into the past.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: About Attitudes Capture Contemporary Costumes Interaction Mad Mad Men Men Past Projection Sexual Single Single Thing Thing Total

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I regard affirmative action as pernicious - a system that had wonderful ideals when it started but was almost immediately abused for the benefit of white middle-class women.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Abuse Action Affirmative Affirmative Action Almost Benefit Had Ideals Immediately Middle-Class Regard Started System White Women Wonderful

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Leftism should be about the people. That's how it began.

~Camille Paglia

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I believe that government should confine itself to the public realm and that it should be as stripped down as possible, within reason. It should not be burdened by excess bureaucracy.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Believe Burdened Bureaucracy Confine Down Excess Government Itself Possible Public Realm Reason Should Stripped Within I Believe I Believe That

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I was the first to advocate the Web. But I am very troubled by this thing that every kid must have a laptop computer. The kids are totally in the computer age. There's a whole new brain operation that's being moulded by the computer.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Advocate Age Am Being Brain Computer Every First Kid Kids Laptop Must New Operation Thing Totally Troubled Very Web Whole I Am

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I love the Web, but the basis of my work is going through the physical books. When you go to the library, you see other books around on the shelves that you never knew existed. You can flip through a book and see the whole outline of it.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Around Basis Book Books Existed Flip Go Going Knew Library Love Never Other Outline Physical See Shelves Through Web Whole Work You I Love

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Uncritical American boosterism - automatic endorsement of every government action - is myopic and self-defeating.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: Action American Automatic Endorsement Every Government Self-Defeating

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I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: American American Dream Because Believed Dream Entire Escaped Family Italy Poverty Rightly Very

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It is not true that I oppose government funding of the arts.

~Camille Paglia

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No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.

~Camille Paglia

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: April 2nd, 1947

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