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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I want to do things where the talent range is difficult and that scare me. I thrive on that; if it's not scaring me then I'm not growing.
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One day, music will take its rightful place as the true religion of Mankind.
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We might have been better off if the question of Obama's patriotism had been raised before he was first elected. Never should we ignore so many red flag warnings again.
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'Solutionism' for me is, above all, an unthinking pursuit of perfection - by means of technology - without coming to grips with the fact that imperfection is an essential feature of liberal democracy.
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I love the funny and sweet moments I have with my cats, Jake and Frank, so I'm honored to be celebrating these moments at the Catdance Film Festival.
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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.
