Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
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I've always performed. I've done plays at home.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go?
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
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An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
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I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.
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I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.
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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate. Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.
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Deus seu Natura
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Whoever has approved this idea of order, of the form of European, of English literature, will not find it preposterous that the past should be altered by the present as much as the present is directed by the past. And the poet who is aware of this will be aware of great difficulties and responsibilities.
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I said to one of them, 'Look after the baby, I've got washing,' because we've got washable nappies. I said, 'Look after the baby. Entertain her, do some words,' because she's saying words, 'Do any words.' So I came back after I scraped all the stuff off, and he was going, 'Say, ‘Wigan Athletic!’'
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But in order for anyone to become successful, sometimes you have to be that driven and focused, and maybe there isn't a lot left over for personal relationships - although I certainly have had them. It's not as if I cut myself off, but it makes them very difficult. This profession is very hard on relationships.
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I always thought, if I can affect one kid and help him or her fulfil their dreams, that would be kinda neat, so I want to ensure that I'm remembered in a good way.
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A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.
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I will not negotiate the demise of the ACA with the Trump administration, but I would certainly be willing to work with responsible Republicans to fix some of the problems, particularly by strengthening the individual purchasers market to bring younger and healthier people into the risk pool.
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All I have is this guitar, these chords and the truth.
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You don't want your kids to hear songs of this nature... But you take em to the movies to watch Schwarzenegger!
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God chose what is weakest in the world to shame the strong.
