Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
The truth is that the past exists no more than the future, even though it feels as though it does.
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How hard have those intolerant of John Adams's perspective worked to strip from young people any hope of knowing the concepts and truths that help deal with life?
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Everything is real on me.
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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.
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There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
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I don't believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very strongly there is an intelligence at work in every flower, in every blade of grass, in every cell of my body. And it is that intelligence that, I wouldn't say created the universe. It is creating the universe. It's an ongoing process.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.
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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.
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I think people know that I love food, but maybe people don't know that I cook a lot.
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In the past, I used to tell everyone that I have never had a boyfriend, because I was still quite young. However, I cannot say the same thing now.
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Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated.
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If you can survive in the desert, you survive anywhere. I know more than anything life in desert. You can tell by looking at the dirt how long ago it rained, how hard it rained, how much water came through. You can by looking at a plant, a tree, from an animal's look. I can read the desert like I read my hand.
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I like Cleveland. I like the Cavaliers. Nothing wrong with Cleveland. I have lots of friends there.
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You come to me and it's my job to make you look the best you can look. From an image point of view, would I prefer to dress Jude Law instead of Rolf Harris? Of course. But it's my job to make them both look great.
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Why did I choose Washington among offers from other cities? Because it is the capital of the world.
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Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?
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There's no one with intelligence in this town except that man over there playing with the children, the one riding the stick horse. He has keen, fiery insight and vast dignity like the night sky, but he conceals it in the madness of child's play.
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There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the back, and tells them he'll do anything in the world for them, they are very likely to think him clever.
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Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.
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The belief that we can be done with our past is a myth.
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The truth is that the past exists no more than the future, even though it feels as though it does.
