Quote by Susan Sontag
Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in co

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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I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro. This is a passionately racist country it will continue to be so in the foreseeable future. – Susan Sontag

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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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