Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
For Aristotle, goodness is a kind of prospering in the precarious affair of being human.
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The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.
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I've got my ideal job. I like to sing, I like to dance, I like to bang drums and dress up, and someone pays me - it's incredible.
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A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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I'm not an ultra-libertarian who thinks there shouldn't be insider-trading laws at all.
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My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.
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I don't go to any sexy places to eat where they give you half a lamb chop and one bean. I like going, 'Uhhh, I'm done' when I eat.
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I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
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I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some painful experience in the past.
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A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven't really lived in a book since they were children. Sadly, being taught literature often destroys the life of the books.
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Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.
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Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.
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I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.
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There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
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I'm actually a pretty good tennis player!
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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I bought an island in 1987. It's in one of the lakes in Canada. I went around it in my boat and went to the real estate office and bought it. It's the best $65,000 I've ever spent. My family camp on it and we have great times there.
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I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.
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I can travel with music. I close my eyes, and I can travel all over the world with music. And one after another, stories come to me, and I just record them.
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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
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I think it is helpful having a history other than playing music. We've toured a lot together, hung out a lot. So, we knew each other pretty well before we ever got together, which is important. You could probably call on the greatest studio musicians in the world and it doesn't mean they can work together.
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All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.
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For Aristotle, goodness is a kind of prospering in the precarious affair of being human.
