Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.
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The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books.
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We imbue deserts and the tundra with menace because nothing, or little, grows there.
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I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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In the future, when people look back at the early days of Bitcoin, they'll say, 'It was so obvious that the ability to move money anywhere, instantly, at near-zero cost would be a huge success.
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Most people looking for dinosaurs are looking for beautiful skeletons.
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Writing can be a very isolating profession. By its very nature, you spend a lot of your time barricaded in your house or office, typing on your own.
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If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck.
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We pay for content that we like, and we like the content we pay for. It's a lot more satisfying to pay $7.50 for Steven Spielberg's next epic than it is to watch my home movies for free. Even for me.
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One of my friends went on a murder weekend... now he is doing life for it.
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I'm a fan of action movies.
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The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.
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Every time I step on the field, I step on the field to make plays.
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Art should not be an easy thing.
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My grandmother did all the cooking at Christmas. We ate fattened chicken. We would feed it even more so it would be big and fat.
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If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.
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It's not that we go around the set thinking, 'Oh, today we are going to kiss, so let's enjoy'. It's not that. It's acting. If it's important for the script, so be it.
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There's no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym - it's a workout for your brain and it makes you smarter.
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Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.
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They the US get our oil and give us a worthless piece of paper.
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I'm writing songs that I want to sing.
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Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax.
