Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of... revolutionary avant-gardism.Terry Eagleton
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
Wanda Sykes -
We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture.
Iman -
I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.
Imogen Cunningham -
I come home from trying to pretend to know about astronomy and physics all day and turn on 'The Real Housewives'.
Eddie Redmayne -
Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.
Adam McKay -
I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
T. J. Miller
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Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where black women feel accountable to all the black community's children.
Patricia Hill Collins -
I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.
Upamanyu Chatterjee -
I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely a direct reflection of what 'Show Boat' made possible.
Harold Prince -
Peace with justice means free enterprise that unleashes the talents and creativity that reside in each of us; in other models, direct economic growth from the top down or relies solely on the resources extracted from the earth. But we believe that real prosperity comes from our most precious resource - our people.
Barack Obama -
'Nyxnissa?'She looked back at the queen. 'There are no happy endings, Nyxnissa.''I know,' Nyx said. 'Life keeps going.'
Kameron Hurley -
At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major.
Jimmy Smits
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We had always been a real band; Heart was never a construct.
Ann Wilson Heart -
Television is going through a transformation where you're basically able to do big, long movies in television.
Alexandra Daddario -
A dancing movie with Remo is something I would love to take up.
Jacqueline Fernandez -
We only get together when there's a good reason. Like, last summer, we didn't really intend to go out, but we thought the B-52's tour was a good opportunity.
Kathy Valentine -
The single despot stands out in the face of all men, and says: I am the State: My will is law: I am your master: I take the responsibility of my acts: The only arbiter I acknowledge is the sword: If any one denies my right, let him try conclusions with me.
Lysander Spooner -
I keep track of my blog stats, Facebook subs, my Amazon rank, Twitter followers, Facebook likes per posts, my chess ranking. I get stressed when they all don't go up.
James Altucher
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I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other.
William Howard Taft -
This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
Jim Hightower -
I never told a joke in my life.
Andy Kaufman -
My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.
Natascha McElhone -
For the next three plus years, I really was not in creative shape. That part of my brain was not functioning.
Lou Gramm Foreigner -
Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of... revolutionary avant-gardism.
Terry Eagleton