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.Terry Eagleton
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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?
Foster Friess -
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.
Ralph Ellison -
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.
Orison Swett Marden -
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
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.
Vidal Sassoon -
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.
Oscar Wilde
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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.
Walter Pater -
Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.
Haile Selassie -
I think people know that I love food, but maybe people don't know that I cook a lot.
Zoey Deutch -
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.
Park Shin-hye -
Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated.
Kate Winslet -
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.
Waris Dirie
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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.
Ozwald Boateng -
Why did I choose Washington among offers from other cities? Because it is the capital of the world.
Vince Lombardi -
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?
Orison Swett Marden -
History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly belong to all of us. We must not let it happen again.
Carl Sagan -
It's been my experience that every time I think I know where it's at, it's usually somewhere else.
Blake Edwards -
I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.
Christopher Lee
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I was a thrower. I think I'm more of a pitcher now.
Drew Pomeranz -
Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.
Dar Williams -
We feel much happier and more secure when we think we know precisely what to do, no matter what happens, then when we have lost our way and do not know where to turn.
William Kingdon Clifford -
A lot of the other companies in the space have really left a bad taste in regulators' mouths. It's actually been a huge advantage when we come in and we take the time to sit down and get to know them, explain the business, explain what we do.
Logan Green -
The truth is that the past exists no more than the future, even though it feels as though it does.
Terry Eagleton