Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.
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If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food.
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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I mean, the part you don't like, I mean, that's the only part. That's the part no one likes, and that is the criticisms, and the unfair criticisms, I might add, of my husband. But that's also just a fact of life in politics.
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Es ist so bequem, unmündig zu sein. Habe ich ein Buch, das für mich Verstand hat, einen Seelsorger, der für mich Gewissen hat, einen Arzt, der für mich die Diät beurtheilt u. s. w., so brauche ich mich ja nicht selbst zu bemühen. Ich habe nicht nöthig zu denken, wenn ich nur bezahlen kann.
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She committed suicide...'Why?''She often told me, she was frightened of getting old.'
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The question, 'What is the purpose thereof?' cannot be asked about anything which is not the product of an agent; therefore we cannot ask what is the purpose of the existence of God.
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After a good, successful torture, she was as happy as I ever saw her. I guess everyone needed a hobby.
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Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child’s clothes will no more fit a man than some of his former friendships.
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The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
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We can halt the destruction of the world's rainforests - and even restore parts of them - in order to ensure that the forests do what they are so good at - in other words, storing carbon naturally.
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Even though I've reached retirement age, I still plan to work - writing my investment newsletter, speaking at conferences, publishing books, and producing conferences like FreedomFest.
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If you don't want your dog to have bad breath, do what I do: Pour a little Lavoris in the toilet.
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The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.
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I didn't know anything about acting at all. I was completely green. I got into it to meet people, to try and figure out what I wanted to do.
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You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off - they're not going to miss it.
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The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.
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The 1960s were big for folk music, and the Kingston Trio led the way. They were the ones who started it all. The music was fresh and alive. College kids loved it and their parents did, too.
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For over five years this man [Winston Churchill] has been chasing around Europe like a madman in search of something he could set on fire. Unfortunately he again and again finds hirelings who open the gates of their country to this international incendiary.
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Even the creative things feel mathematic, almost.
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Every show finds its groove, I would say. The first season is the season to figure out the dynamics, the workflow.
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One doesn't always lose when one has to do without.
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History works itself out by an inevitable internal logic.