Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
When one emphasizes, as Jacques Derrida once remarked, one always overemphasizes.
Terry Eagleton
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America has the best athletic programs. Even when the Soviet Union existed, that was Mickey Mouse compared to the U.S.
Eric Braeden
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To be able to keep the promise I made to God, I think that keeps me going. No matter how much the money had been, I would have always fulfilled my promise, as that's the way I am.
Albert Gubay
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I remember Agassi playing Federer in Basel, Switzerland in 1998, and Andre was already saying at that time that Federer would be tough. Usually at the time players are 17, you can see if they will be great.
Brad Gilbert
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Americans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies - but dramatically, we don't really try to do it.
James Gray
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I have never, for a single moment, been aware of pressure from anyone in television about how I dress, what my shape is or how I speak. I've always written my own scripts. I've always been the first to point out that I need to be fit. I need to look good.
Anne Robinson
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I'm always drawn to the underdogs, to the people whose stories don't get told.
Lauren Myracle
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I've got friends who didn't vote. I want to smack them upside the head.
Robert James Ritchi
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To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
Jean de la Bruyere
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For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does just for fun and things that are educational. The child learns while living and any part of living that is enjoyable is also play.
Penelope Leach
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There are many nice, peaceful Muslims, but the Netherlands is far too tolerant regarding the statements of the radical wing of Islam.
Els Borst
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People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press.
Bob Schieffer
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I like to mix it up, but I do like a lot of '60s fashion. But I like to make it a bit more edgier, sometimes a bit more rockier, sometimes a bit more classic.
Pixie Lott
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Somehow super power and hero are so synonymous that they get combined into one word, 'superhero,' whereas I'm kind of more interested in separating those two ideas out. You have characters with super powers who may or may not be heroic, because human beings aren't all heroic. I tend to be drawn to antiheros.
Doug Liman
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It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion toward our fellow creatures.
Mahatma Gandhi
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The most important function of a bibliographic entry is to help the reader obtain a copy of the cited work.
Daniel J. Bernstein
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I love listening to music on holiday, and back in the old days, I used to travel with cassette tapes and a boombox.
Art Malik
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So many people think that if you're writing fantasy, it means you can just make everything up as you go. Want to add a dragon? Add a dragon! Want some magic? Throw it in. But the thing is, regardless of whether you're dealing with realism or fantasy, every world has rules. Make sure to establish a natural order.
V. E. Schwab
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When one emphasizes, as Jacques Derrida once remarked, one always overemphasizes.
Terry Eagleton
