Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
With fiction, you can talk about plot, character and narrative, whereas a poem brings home the fact that everything that happens in a work of literature happens in terms of language. And this is daunting stuff to deal with.Terry Eagleton
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
Paavo Nurmi -
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
Napoleon Hill -
This is how to avoid re-creating painful situations: Take the time to discover your real intention before you act. If it is to change someone or the world so that you will feel safe or better about yourself, don't act on it, because it is an intention of fear and can create only painful consequences.
Gary Zukav -
To compare Olympic sport with cricket would not be fair. Years back, cricket was a sport only for the classes, and we will also have to make other sports masses from classes like cricket.
Gagan Narang -
Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
Felicity Jones -
I'm always challenged by someone.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV. It was on Mrs. Kennedy - the pink one.
Carine Roitfeld -
I've been writing for a long time, and I've loved comic books for a long time - forever - but I had to learn how to write in a different way to write sequential art for a graphic novel. It's been an interesting transition.
Yuri Lowenthal -
By the time I'm 40, interplanetary travel will be common. Nobody will want to talk to me at that age, anyway.
Ace Frehley Kiss -
I'm a travel enthusiast.
Iggy Pop -
When we make the show, we are always talking about how the show is really in between what we make and what the viewer thinks of it.
Abbi Jacobson -
The thing with drama is you're allowed to invent people who are maybe slightly better than real people.
Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
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Since its founding, I've been friends with ModCloth's cofounders and many of its executives and investors. I have long imagined we would one day belong under one roof with that brand as a force in the future of apparel.
Andy Dunn -
I am really, I think, truly an easygoing, positive, fun person.
Lisa Scottoline -
A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it's a matter of will. That has not been my experience. I don't find it to have anything to do with strength.
Matthew Perry -
I have good genes, and I also do lots of exercises.
Leroy Hood -
We designed a number of features from the ground up, like custom display and optics technology with very high refresh rates and pixel density. We added integrated 3-D audio, a built-in microphone so you can speak to friends inside virtual worlds, and precise mechanical adjustment systems.
Brendan Iribe -
I think 'She Drives Me Crazy' is hilarious and good.
Kurt Vile
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When I was in the group homes, I saw some of the kids being moved into foster homes with the potential for adoption. I remember well asking a social worker if I could find a home, too. I was told I was 'too old' and 'no one wants to adopt a 16-year-old.' I felt hopeless and alone.
Angela Featherstone -
What xRapid allows you to do is to have real-time liquidity.
Brad Garlinghouse -
I've finally found somebody who's up to the task of being my wife, because I'm very ... high maintenance.
Neil Diamond -
We aren't playing as well as we'd like.
Scottie Pippen -
Singer/songwriters spend two or three years making an album, and then it goes up for sale and everybody pirates it and you don't make any money. Whereas, writing a film score you still get presented with a paycheck.
Cliff Martinez -
With fiction, you can talk about plot, character and narrative, whereas a poem brings home the fact that everything that happens in a work of literature happens in terms of language. And this is daunting stuff to deal with.
Terry Eagleton