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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In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they dont cost much to be housed. – Terry Eagleton

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Business
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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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Age
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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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History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. – Ted Koppel

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History

I dont want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. – Morgan Freeman

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History

For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats. – Harry Browne

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History

The Marine Corps is the Navys police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalins. – Harry S. Truman

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History

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God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth. – William Ellery Channing

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I never was an opera fan — about twenty-five musically supreme masterpieces in this curious medium apart. – Hans Keller

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A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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You know, Stephen says, in the movies no one ever goes to the bathroom. They shave, they brush their teeth. He goes right at this sort of funny taboo we have about the bathroom, and he turned it into this nightmare, you know, your worst fear of whats in there. – Lawrence Kasdan

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