Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
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You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society.
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So many of us are hungry for stories with more racial diversity, more truth in representation, and I am anxious to help tell those stories in the future.
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We may anticipate a state of affairs in which two Great Powers will each be in a position to put an end to the civilization and life of the other, though not without risking its own. We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.
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Iraq's debt to the Russian Federation comes to $8 billion U.S. and as far as the Russian government's position on this, it is not planning any kind of write-off of that debt.
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The fact that Iran asked for these discussions this morning - they are not negotiations - illustrated the fact that Iran is concerned about its international position.
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Pushing herself up to a sitting position, she rubbed the side of her face and then blinked at what seemed to be a solid Avail of business suits. She looked up. ‘Mount Rushmore,’ she said. ‘Little far west of home for this time of year?’ The
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he's in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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Liberals in blue states working in blue enclaves within blue cities that are producing the media, don't even see that their positions fit on the spectrum as left of center.
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There's a difference in our ages [with Leonardo DiCaprio], but we were both in the same sort of position [on The Quick and the Death movie].Everyone below us in a casting position were all these really famous character actors like Keith David. And they were looking at the two of us going, 'Who are these guys?' So that naturally kind of put us together in a way where we'd just hang out together because we didn't care about status. We just wanted to enjoy the experience. The two things that have changed about Leo [ DiCaprio] since that time: he can drink legally and he's no longer a virgin.
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When you have more respect for yourself and put yourself in a position where you feel your sense of value or worth, that's how you know you're on the right path.
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telling the truth about children's lives is radical.
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In addition to the wishes of the client, the position, orientation, and size of the plot also play an important role in determining the final plan of the house. The 'where' and 'how' of the exterior then follows naturally from all of that.
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I am very privileged and honored when someone chooses to read a book, especially a book of mine.
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No, we believed in ourselves all year. That's the position you want to be in.
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Everybody needs a hero. Jesus is mine.
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I am not anti-rational, just unrational. You may infer a rational meaning in what I say or do, but it is your doing, not mine.
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I learned a lot of things that I didn't know about playing quarterback. Going to Metro, I learned how to move in the pocket and how to position the ball on pass plays.
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I was disappointed in our fourth quarter beginning. We put ourselves in a good position, and didn't score for the first three minutes of the fourth quarter. We gave it away in the fourth, and went from one to eleven.
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There's no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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I would do theatre till I die. Theatre keeps your honesty alive. You can't pollute yourself. You learn a lot, and you use theatre techniques in life.
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My mom was the poster girl for the Marines. So she was in the poster saying, "I want you." My parents were both Marines.
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When I walk, I try to set a fairly brisk rate. I love walking outside. I hate machines like treadmills. The path that I have chosen to walk is just city streets, but you see pretty houses, trees... my routes have some hills in them; it's not just straight walking. You have to exercise your heart and lungs.
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Like all the best radical positions, then, mine is a thoroughly traditionalist one.
