Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.
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The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire.
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Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.
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Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
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I found a belief system that worked for me, and I said, you know what, 'I actually do want to give being with men another chance.'
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What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance.
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Without unleashing the power of life-destroying missiles or forcing obedience to a particular law, rainbows dissolve preoccupation with the predictably ordinary and encourage belief in the extra-ordinary. Such belief, such inspiration, provides much more than passive hopefulness.
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Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.
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I believe the Congress - as a coequal branch of government - must immediately and expeditiously review the use of this practice.
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The belief that consciousness extends beyond death is surely to put more belief in the permanence of self, not less. That seems to me a comfort that you're allowing yourself.
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Sweep up the debris of decaying faith; Sweep down the cobwebs of worn-out out beliefs, And throw your soul wide open to the light of reason and of knowledge. Be not afraid To thrust aside half-truths and grasp the whole.
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It has always been my belief that the true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to dig into the truth and meaning of the world in which he himself lives; and what he creates, or better perhaps, brings back, are the objective results of his explorations. The measure of his talent--of his genius, if you will--is the richness he finds in such a life's voyage of discovery and the effectiveness with which he is able to embody it through his chosen medium.
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Why abandon a belief merely because it ceases to be true? Cling to it long enough and... it will turn true again, for so it goes. Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
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Achamian tossed his hands skyward in dismay. “Foolish boy! How many faiths are there? How many competing beliefs? And you would murder another on the slender hope that yours is somehow the only one?
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[U]nless a woman is held, by man, safe within the bounds of belief, she becomes inevitably a destructive force.
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The primary subject of fiction is and has always been human emotion, values, and beliefs.
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On the court, I'm not afraid of anything. I try to have confidence and have a belief in myself.
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Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
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Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions.
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Think about where you're going and never mind where you've been. Don't spend any more time justifying any of that stuff.
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The only way to be a novelist, to think that you can create something others will give themselves up to for a dozen hours or more, is to have psychotic self-belief.
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It is true that too much belief can be bad for your health.
