--- title: "1 Parisians Quotes By Luc Sante" description: "1 Parisians quotes by Luc Sante. Plus more from Luc Sante and more Parisians sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/luc-sante-25406_championship_paris-had-more-sex-than-most-church-lade_1965796.jpg" --- > [Paris had more sex than most church-laden places, and more church than most sex-laden places. Parisians crowed about Travail-Famille-Patrie while frequenting brothels. They enjoyed visiting drag shows while clamping down on homosexuality. They celebrated romance while treating women like dirt.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/paris-had-more-sex-than-most-church-laden-places-and-more-church-than/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/luc-sante-25406_championship_paris-had-more-sex-than-most-church-lade_1965796.jpg) ## More by Luc Sante > [All I know about 1970s New York City is that it's where I grew up, and you always have an umbilical connection to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/all-i-know-about-1970s-new-york-city-is-that-it-s-where-i-grew-up-and/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [Like a four-sided porch I'm open to all winds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/like-a-four-sided-porch-i-m-open-to-all-winds/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [Many writers and artists portrayed the poor sympathetically, and even fought on their behalf, but they themselves were not of that class. Gay life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/many-writers-and-artists-portrayed-the-poor-sympathetically-and-even/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [My method is the magpie's: I look for shiny things. That is, I look for concrete material details of daily life, and I look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/my-method-is-the-magpie-s-i-look-for-shiny-things-that-is-i-look-for/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [Neoliberalism seems to ramp up every day, making it ever more difficult for anyone but corporations to own and run things and define the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/neoliberalism-seems-to-ramp-up-every-day-making-it-ever-more/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [When I was a child I did engage in an arduous struggle to pass: learning English, getting rid of my accent, becoming conversant with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/when-i-was-a-child-i-did-engage-in-an-arduous-struggle-to-pass/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [The con is a kind of jiu-jitsu that turns the sucker's own greed into its principal weapon. The greedier you are the more likely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/the-con-is-a-kind-of-jiu-jitsu-that-turns-the-sucker-s-own-greed-into/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [The US remains an object of fascination for me, and the subject of much study, but while many of my friends etc. are American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/the-us-remains-an-object-of-fascination-for-me-and-the-subject-of/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [I try to take pictures on their own terms, considering the historical and social context from which they emerge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/i-try-to-take-pictures-on-their-own-terms-considering-the-historical/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [I've always assumed it to be an absolute requirement for being a writer: to find all emotions and the sources of all behaviors somewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/i-ve-always-assumed-it-to-be-an-absolute-requirement-for-being-a/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [Self-reinvention is an essential trope of the American project, closely linked to another such trope: going on the lam. Both are regularly featured in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/self-reinvention-is-an-essential-trope-of-the-american-project/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [I confess I prefer to engage with pictures which I've chosen myself out of the welter of unidentified pictures, without the intrusion of too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/i-confess-i-prefer-to-engage-with-pictures-which-i-ve-chosen-myself/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [Call yourself "Colonel" and declare that your fortune was left to you by Dutch burghers from the seventeenth century. Now you're a solid citizen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/call-yourself-colonel-and-declare-that-your-fortune-was-left-to-you/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [I thought of New York as a free city, like one of those prewar nests of intrigue and licentiousness where exiles and lamsters and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/i-thought-of-new-york-as-a-free-city-like-one-of-those-prewar-nests/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) > [Paris had more sex than most church-laden places, and more church than most sex-laden places. Parisians crowed about Travail-Famille-Patrie while frequenting brothels. They enjoyed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-sante/paris-had-more-sex-than-most-church-laden-places-and-more-church-than/) [Luc Sante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-sante/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parisians/luc-sante/#itemlist", "name": "1 Parisians Quotes By Luc Sante", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Paris had more sex than most church-laden places, and more church than most sex-laden places. Parisians crowed about Travail-Famille-Patrie while frequenting brothels. They enjoyed visiting drag shows while clamping down on homosexuality. They celebrated romance while treating women like dirt. 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