Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means.
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
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The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
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I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them because you can wear them day to night. They're French and preppy and have been around since the 1800s.
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I'm marriable. But I'm not married.
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I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.
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I do think it's important for young women to know that magazine covers are retouched. People don't really look like that.
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Oh, I am such a nerd when it comes to music - I only listen to Broadway!
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Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running.
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Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us.
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We hope that the plain people - the labourers and small farmers - will take this opportunity of coming together and working out the National programme.
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You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible.
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We must enhance the light, not fight the darkness.
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London is a city of clubs and private houses. You have to be a member.
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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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Brains aren't everything, but they're important.
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The rose's rarest essence lives in the thorns.
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One of the things I enjoy most during the World Cup is watching a team improve, mature, and gel during the course of the tournament.
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As you look back in history, we [the United States] have done wonderful things, the Marshal Plan is the most obvious. After World War II, we spent billions of dollars to rebuild Europe or at least part of Europe after the devastation of World War II. We did it out of charity, but we also did it to keep the Russians from getting deeply into Europe.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means.
