Quote by Terry Eagleton
For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while

For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization. – Terry Eagleton

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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 on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic. – Terry Eagleton

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Imagination
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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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Future
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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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Home
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The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq. – Bill Richardson

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positive

You dont need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change. – Nicholas D. Kristof

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positive

I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album its lovely to remember being so young but its also good to know you grew up! – Jenny Agutter

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positive

No, I was never one of those positive people who believes he can have whatever he sets his sights on. I just kept working at it. – George Miller

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positive

Random Quotes

Enough research will tend to support your conclusions. – Arthur Bloch

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Research

If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law. – John Boyd Orr

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Knowledge

Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays…. The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and shrapnel into peach blossoms. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Memorial Day

The vast majority, who believe in astrology and think that the planets have nothing better to do than form a code that will tell them whether tomorrow is a good day to close a business deal or not, become all the more excited and enthusiastic about the bilge when a group of astronomers denounces it. – Isaac Asimov

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