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Terry Eagleton has 87 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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It is silly to call fat people ''gravitationally challenged'' - a self-righteous fetishism of language which is no more than a symptom…
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Language, identity and forms of life are the terms in which political demands are shaped and voiced.
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From the viewpoint of political power, culture is absolutely vital. So vital, indeed, that power cannot operate without it. It is culture,…
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[F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon…
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Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyone’s different needs.
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It is capitalism, not Marxism, that trades in futures.
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Being brought up in a culture is a matter of learning appropriate forms of feeling as much as particular ways of thinking.
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An enlightened trust in the sovereignty of human reason can be every bit as magical as the exploits of Merlin, and a…
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I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety…
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The human qualities of the raw materials show through. Naivety, error, contradiction, even (as in the cursing Psalms) wickedness are not removed.…
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I don't want to compare myself to him - I don't want people to see me as this great genius - but…
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I woke early like a condemned man to the naivety of birdsong.
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Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations…
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In my view, it's irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created…
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Complete honesty has nothing to do with 'purity' or naivety. The full truth is unattainable to naivety, and the completely honest artist…
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