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With fiction, you can talk about plot, character and narrative, wh

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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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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History
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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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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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Yes, Ive kissed a lot of guys. I like to kiss, but thats it. I dont go home with anyone. I sleep with my animals, like my baby monkey, Brigitte Bardot. – Paris Hilton

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From the moment this baby came into our home, those two dogs have never been more in love. Its the most beautiful thing Ive ever witnessed. People keep saying, Oh, youre a single mom. Im like, Actually, Im not. Ive got two boys helping. – Charlize Theron

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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on! – Larry David

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Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as a music fan, is to keep the song as powerful as it wants to be, to not tamper with it and to somehow give it a home. – Cameron Crowe

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