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Quote by Camille Paglia
I certainly derived my skills as a prose writer from my scrutiny o

I certainly derived my skills as a prose writer from my scrutiny of poetry and of the individual word. But schools dont do things like that anymore – tracking words down to their roots. – Camille Paglia

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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesnt repel them. – Camille Paglia

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Women
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Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work. – Camille Paglia

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Home
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Nature, I have constantly argued in my work, is the real superpower of this godless universe. It is the ultimate disposer of human fate, randomly recarving geography over 10,000-year epochs. – Camille Paglia

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I despair of ever writing excellent poetry. – Isaac Rosenberg

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Poetry

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me its the oil of life. – John Betjeman

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Poetry

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. – Marianne Moore

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I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies. – Boris Pasternak

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