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The German philosopher Walter Benjamin had the curious notion that

The German philosopher Walter Benjamin had the curious notion that we could change the past. For most of us, the past is fixed while the future is open. – Terry Eagleton

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With fiction, you can talk about plot, character and narrative, whereas a poem brings home the fact that everything that happens in a work of literature happens in terms of language. And this is daunting stuff to deal with. – Terry Eagleton

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Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm. – Terry Eagleton

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The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly a matter of politics rather than faith. – Terry Eagleton

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I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures. – Jane Smiley

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I would tell 17-year-olds to be proud of who you are. Dont try to change yourself for others. Focus on school and your future. Boys and friends will come and go, just focus on you and your future. – Lea Michele

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An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me. – Samuel Alexander

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Its a question of whether were going to go forward into the future, or past to the back. – Dan Quayle

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