Terry Eagleton Quotes

The role of the intellectual, so it is said, is to speak truth to power. Noam Chomsky has dismissed this pious tag on two grounds. For one thing, power knows the truth already; it is just busy trying to conceal it. For another, it is not those in power who need the truth, but those they oppress.

Terry Eagleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I called the doctor, during writing the book, the psychiatrist who treated me at that time, Dr. Jackson. And I said, Dr. Jackson, whole pieces are missing. I don't understand what happened to me.

Jim Bakker

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If any of our songs ever did make it on the top ten, I'd disband the group immediately.

Robert Smith

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If I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials.

John Henrik Clarke

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No matter how much money you have, you can lose it.

Michael J. Fox

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The right to kill another person is not a right that I would agree with and support.

Tom Tancredo

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I like to smile a lot before going in the car. I make jokes, even on the grid, and then I can still manage to focus when it counts.

Romain Grosjean

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The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money.

Rudolf Bing

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I felt trapped and fabricated in the fifties living up to other people's expectations.

Rosemary Clooney

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I finished my university, was part of NSD, and did full length plays on stages.

Mohit Chauhan

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I kill hype for a living.

Dominick Cruz

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I didn't have drama in high school. So when I graduated high school and started at Wayne State in Detroit, I told my parents I was going to major in theater. And they were like, 'OK. Why? You've never done it.' But, it was just what I wanted, and they came to see my very first show and, from then, completely supported me.

Deborah Joy Winans

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There's some central relationship in every movie, and that's what stories are.

Christopher Miller

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