Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
Capitalism cannot survive without a working class, while the working class can flourish a lot more freely without capitalism.
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I cannot either change or do anything bad or good to the Syrian people and Syrian citizens.
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life.
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In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years.
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How did abortion and birth control impact the congressional race of Dan Maffei and Ann Marie Buerkle or the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney? I don't know. But I think the so-called social issues were front and center in the minds of voters. These issues may indeed have lost the Republicans some elections.
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I didn't even know for years that people ever even got paid for this, because they don't teach you that in school. They don't say Shakespeare got a check.
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There was nothing about 'The Killing' that patronized its audience, and it was quite slow and detailed, all of the things which, for a long time, people had been nervous of making.
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Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art.
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and nevertheless, they seized me with my companions.
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Most of my stuff hasn't gone viral. I have been successful on YouTube and I'm very proud of the stuff that I've done, but compared to the people who are actual internet stars and making a living off of it, my views are nothing.
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow.
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The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line: the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea.
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I think I matured quite early, but what that does mean is I have moments of complete immaturity. When I come home, I don't want to be an actor. I just want to be a kid. I barely even know what money is.
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I am a person who holds the aesthetic high. I have suits made in Savile Row.
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It's okay to take yourself too seriously if you're a serious actor and you've got the scrubs on. And then with me, it's kind of like, well, I'm a comedian, I'm making fun of everybody and everything. And I'm making fun of myself. I'm having fun making fun of and for other people.
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
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I do not quote from the scriptures;
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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There isn't a class structure in Nigeria; there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned.
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I'm afraid for all those who'll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!
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Capitalism cannot survive without a working class, while the working class can flourish a lot more freely without capitalism.
