Terry Eagleton Quotes

Today, nostalgia is almost as unacceptable as racism.

Terry Eagleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TodayRacismNostalgiaAlmost

Oh, I collect facts and quotes when I can't write, and I can't write most of the time. I do a little chance operation sometimes where I flip through outdated reference books to see if anything will strike me as beautiful or momentous. Library roulette, I call it.

Jenny Offill

BeautifulTimeMeChanceLibrary

If the 20th century was marked by travel - planes in flight - then the events of 9/11 ushered in the age of the burning aftermath.

Amitava Kumar

AgeTravelFlightEventsBurning

I'm a woman of lip gloss. Estee Lauder has an amazing lip gloss line. But I even go as far as to use some Wet 'n Wild, you know, old school! It's kind of like whatever works. I find that with lip gloss, there really is no difference in quality there.

Sufe Bradshaw

QualityWomanSchoolAmazingYouGo

I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment.

Steven Gerrard

MomentFootballThinkSquadMore

Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it.

Simon Callow

TalentFeelTryObligationAble

Drinking is a remarkable, automatic release and a way of relaxing.

Michelle Huneven

WayReleaseRemarkableRelaxing

For so many people, television and movies may be the only way they understand people who aren't like them.

Michelle Obama

PeopleTelevisionMoviesUnderstand

You give me someone with the right personality, and I'll give you a bar manager in three weeks. You give me someone who has been a lousy bar manager for 30 years, and in three weeks, you'll still have a lousy bar manager.

Jon Taffer

PersonalityMeSomeoneYouThree

Some newer writers worry about books set in Canada having a big appeal, but it has never been an issue for me. I haven't wanted to write in the States because I don't know the States.

Chevy Stevens

MeWorryCanadaKnowNeverWrite

Places have charisma, in short, as much as people do.

Pico Iyer

PeopleShortPlacesCharismaMuch

Anytime I see an unusual combination of colors or patterns or texture, I buy it.

Peter Marino

ColorsSeeI SeeBuyTexture

I'm the 'Showstoppa', the Main Event, the icon!

Shawn Michaels

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