Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
If there are indeed any iron laws of history, one of them is surely that in any major crisis of the capitalist system, a sector of the liberal middle class will shift to the left, and then shift smartly back again once the crisis has blown over.
Terry Eagleton
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Otto Weininger
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Jack Kerouac
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Warren Farrell
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Wallace Stevens
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Wallace Stevens
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Ann Coulter
Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
Marilyn vos Savant
There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right.
Gary Bettman
figures are clear and open, they hold nothing hidden, no secret they will not tell.
Mabel Seeley
I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it.
Pat Oliphant
If there are indeed any iron laws of history, one of them is surely that in any major crisis of the capitalist system, a sector of the liberal middle class will shift to the left, and then shift smartly back again once the crisis has blown over.
Terry Eagleton