Quote by Susan Sontag
Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain

Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of an entire sensibility. – Susan Sontag

Other quotes by Susan Sontag

Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in contemporary urban culture. Creative, that is, in the truest sense: they are creators of sensibilities. The two pioneering forces of modern sensibility are Jewish moral seriousness and homosexual aestheticism and irony. – Susan Sontag

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Minorities
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We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed, destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters. – Susan Sontag

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Fantasy
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I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. – Susan Sontag

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Dreams
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Failure
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A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself. – Gertrude Stein

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Failure

My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. Thats going to be really, really hard. Im glad I learned the lesson, Failure is OK. – Dana Fox

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Failure

The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success – or failure. – Arthur C. Brooks

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Failure

Our managers hadnt had that kind of success – the record company hadnt, we hadnt – and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasnt it would be some kind of failure. – Roland Gift

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Failure

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Lost time is never found again. – Benjamin Franklin

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All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. – Albert Camus

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. – Will Rogers

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