Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
All consciousness is consciousness of something: in thinking I am aware that my thought is 'pointing towards' some object.
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The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke.
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Chances are you're using overeating as a way to escape yourself. It's an attempt not to feel or think about what you really need to feel and face.
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When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.
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Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it.
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You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
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I'm very happy and very excited when my adrenalin is going.
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Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to the next level.
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Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.
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Dumbledore was on his feet again, pale as any of the surrounding Inferi, but taller than any too, the fire dancing in his eyes; his wand was raised like a torch and from its tip emanated the flames, like a vast lasso, encircling them all with warmth.
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Unhappiness comes from mirrors. Happiness comes from windows.
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Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem.
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Different critics go to different lengths to disagree with that sentiment, but ultimately, they're the person experiencing this art, and whatever judgment or taste they use is internal, and says more about them than about the record they're writing about.
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Control your life through insanity.
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To escape from evil we must be made as far as possible like God; and the resemblance consists in becoming just and holy and wise.
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Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals.
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Some people--and I pray I will be one of them--never forget what it was like, which enables them to mentor people of any age.
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To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them.
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Odd words floated back to them over the hundreds of heads. "Nobility of spirit"..."intellectual contribution"..."greatness of heart"...It did not mean very much. It had little to do with Dumbledore as Harry had known him. He suddenly remembered Dumbledore's idea of a few words, "nitwit," "oddment," "blubber," and "tweak," and again had to suppress a grin.
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All consciousness is consciousness of something: in thinking I am aware that my thought is 'pointing towards' some object.
