Terry Eagleton Quotes

People do evil things because they are evil. Some people are evil in the way that some things are coloured indigo. They commit their evil deeds not to achieve some goal, but just because of the sort of people they are.

Terry Eagleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 22, 1943

Topics

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I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.

Jeff Bridges

MusicWritingAlwaysBeenInterested

When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements - why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It's a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking.

Stephen Chow

TimeCuriousMeColorQuestions

My everyday life in which I do exactly the same things as everyone else should not inspire people, and yet I am constantly congratulated by strangers for simply existing.

Stella Young

LifeI AmPeopleInspireStrangers

I am Anil Kapoor's daughter, so I am always compared with legends. It is a part and parcel of my life.

Sonam Kapoor

LifeDaughterI AmMy LifeLegends

I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.

Sonny Bono

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Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.

Steve Prefontaine

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It's like there's the rest of the world, and then there's America. Part of the reason I would really love continue to making music over here because so much of American music has inspired me, whether it's Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen.

Tom Odell

LoveMusicMeWorldRestAmerican

When I was 9 or 10 years old it wasn't the thing to be seen doing - reading a book in your spare time.

Tom Felton

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I don't think I can create anything of lasting value unless it comes from the heart.

Rodney Crowell

HeartValueThinkI CanCreate

I'm lucky because my two best friends are from kindergarten so they never thought that it was a big deal that I was in acting; they don't even ever talk about it. They still act all confused, like, 'What's going on?' when we go places and people come up to me.

Miranda Cosgrove

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Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

Lucy Powell

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Ultimately, I just decided stand-up comedy is a huge commitment, and if you want to be the best, you have to give it one hundred per cent.

Deirdre O'Kane

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