Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules. I didn't know it, because I hadn't been in the business.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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I spent a lot of time in boarding school. This is something I will never do to my kids. I think if you're having kids, then you have to take care of them; otherwise, what's the point? There are many things that parents say are good for the kids, but the truth is they say that because it is good for the parents.
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I'd been brought up on musicals. Instead of cartoons, we watched videocassettes of musicals at home.
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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My interest in Virtual Reality (VR) films began for me when I began a fellowship with MIT's Open Documentary Lab. It was a profound experience to be on MIT's campus one day a week and to enter a new world of storytelling where breaking convention and traditional methods were expected. This was deeply challenging and inspiring.
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I was in Congress for six months, and they put me on blood pressure medication. I flew helicopters in combat and I was fine, and I survived 13 months in recovery in the hospital... I got to Congress, and six months later I'm on blood pressure medication. Fourteen months later, they doubled the dosage!
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If economists were to wait for careful studies before offering opinions about policy, we would never have anything timely to say.
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Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party's programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It's not because the Republicans don't have a big enough Office of Hispanic Outreach.
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Television is a visual medium. You have to create some kind of visual interest. And it's entertainment for your eyes.
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Every woman who chooses - joyfully, thoughtfully, calmly, of their own free will and desire - not to have a child does womankind a massive favour in the long term.
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I was very competitive. I hated losing. No matter what, I had to win.
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Well, you know, I never want to feel like I have a set plan of what I'm supposed to do. I kind of like to go script by script, and if I like the character and like the story that's why I want to do a movie.
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I suppose I'd always been attracted to commitment-phobes because some part of me felt unlovable. It was a lot easier to fall for a guy who I knew, on some level, wouldn't fall in love with me. There was nothing to risk. The real risk would be to finally be vulnerable to love.
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Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology.
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Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect.
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If you want boots on the ground, and you want them to be our sons and daughters, you got 14 other choices. There will always be a Bush or Clinton for you, if you want to go back to war in Iraq. But the thing is, the first war was a mistake. And I'm not sending our sons and our daughters back to Iraq.
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Taxpayers need relief, ... Consumer confidence is down, energy prices are up, and economic growth is stagnant. The economy needs a boost, and this tax relief will provide that boost.
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When we listen with the intent to understand others, rather than with the intent to reply, we begin true communication and relationship building. Opportunities to then speak openly and to be understood come much more naturally and easily.
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If you talk to any actor, they'll tell you that working is the best thing.
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There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.
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I want 'Dawn' to play like a cowboys and Indians movie.
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It is false to believe that the sun revolves around the earth, but it is not absurd.
