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Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination

Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic. – Terry Eagleton

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If history, philosophy and so on vanish from academic life, what they leave in their wake may be a technical training facility or corporate research institute. But it will not be a university in the classical sense of the term, and it would be deceptive to call it one. – Terry Eagleton

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Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts, and students grow more ingenious by the year at avoiding it. If they can nip around Milton, duck under Blake and collapse gratefully into the arms of Jane Austen, a lot of them will. – Terry Eagleton

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The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties. – Terry Eagleton

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Anyone who said he wasnt afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didnt shake but inside I was shaking. – James L. Farmer, Jr.

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When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception. – Emile Coue

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But in a 24-hour day, the 25th hour is also the impossible hour, an hour that doesnt exist, that can only be created by the imagination. – David Benioff

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I have learned the art of filling in your lines with your visuals and your movies and your imagination. – Daphne Zuniga

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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. – Ingrid Bergman

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