Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
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Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't quite right.
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Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.
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I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
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There is definitely a need for increasing capacity in higher education; a large part of this is being met in the technical education segment by the private sector and in the non-technical by the state sector. In the public sector, we will do whatever we can afford.
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It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.
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Music leaves such a big impression. I always wondered, 'Man, if I grew up in Nashville, would I be making Country records now?' I honestly feel like Chicago had such a big impact on me.
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I would like to get a good education, get married, and have kids.
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Fate is written in the face.
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At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.
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Each time I spoke, I gained a little courage. It took a long while-but today I have more happiness than I ever dreamed possible. In rearing my own children, I have always taught them the lesson I had to learn from such bitter experience: No matter what happens, always be yourself!
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Assurance of hope is more than life. It is health, strength, power, vigor, activity, energy, manliness, beauty.
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Why should it be my loneliness, Why should it be my song, Why should it be my dream deferred overlong?
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Before the phantom of False morning died, Methought a Voice within the Tavern cried, 'When all the Temple is prepared within, Why nods the drowsy Worshipper outside?'
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Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.
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Be known as a great resource. Are you an Excel genius? An expert on local restaurants? Fabulous at proofreading? Go beyond your job description by being an open resource for others in the company who could benefit from your talents. I believe that paying it forward will serve you well one way or another in the future.
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Kristi Yamaguchi stole my heart in 1992, and I've never been the same since.
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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot. Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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My fried chicken is very simple. I pan-fry it in a skillet.
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It's funny because I think it also goes very well with the show. It has this reputation as being this love city where everyone goes to get married, but when you get there, it's very corny and tacky.
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Evil may be 'unscientific' but so is a song or a smile.
