Quote by Terry Eagleton
The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquainta

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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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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positive
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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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Poetry
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Irish fiction is full of secrets, guilty pasts, divided identities. It is no wonder that there is such a rich tradition of Gothic writing in a nation so haunted by history. – Terry Eagleton

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History
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The Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place that frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs. – King Abdullah II

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History

President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history. – Mitt Romney

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History

I think journalists have the right to their opinions but I think their opinions should be based on history and what they see, not what they feel, how long theyve been waiting or whether its raining or its snowing or whatever. – Marc Jacobs

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History

The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective. – Rand Paul

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History

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I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do. – Will Rogers

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funny

Marriage is something that needs to be worked on every day. I dont know if Im the one to give marital advice since Ive only been married for a little over a year, but marriage is certainly easier if you are open, trusting and loving. – Emily Blunt

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Marriage

Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love these only can triumph, for these only can endure. – Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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Truth

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Truth