Terry Eagleton Quotes

Men and women do not easily submit to a power that does not weave itself into the texture of their daily existence - one reason why culture remains so politically vital. Civilisation cannot get on with culture, and it cannot get on without it.

Terry Eagleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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In space-flight terms, six landings on the moon back in the Sixties and Seventies doesn't mean much.

Jim Lovell

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With Saturday morning cartoons, you've got to start at 6 A.M., right?

Jim Rash

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This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor of nature, the beauty of art, the balm of love and the sheer joy of existence, always with the knowledge that illness, injury, natural disaster, or pure evil can end it in an instant for ourselves or someone we love.

Jeff Greenfield

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When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.

Amelie Nothomb

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As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees.

Solomon Ortiz

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My confidence to win 'Bigg Boss' did not come from the number of fans I had before entering the house.

Shilpa Shinde

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Fear is such a huge thing that holds us back.

Rumer Willis

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I've played the drums for so long, I can't imagine saying goodbye to it.

Miguel Ferrer

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Robust activity on one site is so much better than halfhearted activity on multiple sites.

Michelle Phan

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I saw someone lose $100 million in one night. When you watch that, as an owner-operator of a game, you realize that these numbers are incredibly unsustainable, incredibly unhealthy. So, I was not happy about this loss. It brought me no joy or adrenaline.

Molly Bloom

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In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges, transportation, factory technology and new skills needed for the new industrialised world.

Lucy Powell

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For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

Joseph Brodsky

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