Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi -
I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
Joanne Rowling -
It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks -
Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
Lalla Ward -
If you want to be happy, make others happy!
Dada Vaswani -
I have to start with elements of myself, which is what you always do as an actor.
Kate Baldwin
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Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to be a bit of a blunt fellow. We began talking about the characters and he opened up about his vision.
Madeleine Stowe -
David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen -
For me, writing is a love – hate relationship.
Larry Wall -
I went right to the 'Guide to the Marvel Universe,' which has every Marvel character from A-Z, and fortunately, I had every issue. I found 'Deathlok,' read about him there.
J. August Richards -
It is a very great mistake, common to counsel, and especially to young counsel, to consider that a decision of any court must necessarily command the respect of another.
Samuel Freeman Miller -
That's why, when Alias came along, I knew I'd be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.
Victor Garber
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'I have now learnt to despise you,' he said. 'You refused an honest prince; you did not appreciate the rose and the nightingale; but you did not mind kissing a swineherd for his toys; you have no one but yourself to blame!'
Hans Christian Andersen -
When you start hanging out with Jennifer Lopez and Bill Clinton, you can't expect to remain an everyday person.
Alfonso Soriano -
If a guy's talking to you at a club and you're having a long conversation, and then one of your friends comes up and he automatically devotes his attention to her, that's always a sign to look for. They're not always just doing it 'cause they're being 'friendly.' They want to look for somebody new.
Brody Jenner -
I wish sometimes people wouldn't underestimate me. But it's a fleeting wish. It's not where I live.
Mary Steenburgen -
I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes.
Joan Chen -
It's been a great adventure, everything I hoped for. But it's time to go home. I miss my family. I miss the Earth.
John Phillips The Mamas & The Papas
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. .we would have to say that hereditary succession is harmful. You may say the king, having sovereign power, will not in that case hand over to his children. But it is hard to believe that: it is a difficult achievement, which expects too much virtue of human nature.
Aristotle -
The desire to write grows with writing.
Desiderius Erasmus -
I'd come to the point where I wasn't really putting out creatively. I didn't seem to have anything to say in that period of time after the '74 tour. There was nothing definite that I wanted to record.
Van Morrison -
As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness.
Albert Einstein -
All desire springs from a lack, which it strives continually to fill.
Terry Eagleton