Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
If it is true that we need a degree of certainty to get by, it is also true that too much of the stuff can be lethal.
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
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My style is an extension of acting and an outcome of some serious lessons I picked up learning when I did theatre in my early days.
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It's basically the same, just darker. (on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991.
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But it became clear as time went on that in Mr. Bush's mind the New World Order was founded on a convergence of goals and interests between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, so strong and permanent that they would work as a team through the U.N. Security Council.
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One of the most, in a weird way, encouraging things a director can say to an actor - I know this as an actor - is when you ask them a question, they say, I don't know - 'cause it means there's some space there for you to find out. And it means that there's going to be a process.
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You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it.
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Experience is never at bargain price.
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If you're blessed enough to grow older, which is how I look at aging, there's so much wisdom to be gained from people who are celebrating the process with vibrancy and vigor and grace.
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As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music, all pianists played it.
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I pulled Lena's necklace out of my pocket. I let the charms roll around in my palm, but they were tangled and meaningless without her. The necklace was heavier than I imagined, or maybe it was the weight of my conscience.
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We're under pressure because we haven't reached the point where we can form a stable government yet.
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I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.
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That's a point that I'm concerned about. But if you look at the core inflation rate, it's actually below wage increases.
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Where the unveiled glories of the Deity shall beat full upon us, and we for ever sun ourseves in the smiles of God.
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It wasn't too pretty in Florida, but it was spring training and you're just trying to work on your stuff. You come to this part of the season and now you have to execute. It's what I did. I just threw it where it needed to be.
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How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.
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One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.
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The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only one of these is present, we say that the thing is alive, if, for instance, there is intellect or perception or spatial movement and rest or indeed movement connected with nourishment and growth and decay. It is for this reason that all the plants are also held to be alive . . .
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If it is true that we need a degree of certainty to get by, it is also true that too much of the stuff can be lethal.
