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.
Quotes By Terry Eagleton
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One side-effect of the so-called war on terror has been a crisis of...
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The British are supposed to be particularly averse to intellectuals a...
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For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few...
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Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts and students grow more...
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Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject...
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Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination if the...
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With fiction you can talk about plot character and narrative whereas a...
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Irish fiction is full of secrets guilty pasts divided identities. It is no...
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It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from...
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The study of history and philosophy accompanied by some acquaintance with...
Quotes About Future
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I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and...
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Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of...
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There was a certain point in my life where I had to decide that I was going...
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If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade...
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And time itself? Time was a never-ending medium that stretched into the...
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The Nuclear Security Summit was President Obama's initiative born out of his...
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All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be...
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I think within Japan there is talk about how there is the need to reassess...
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Including myself the majority of the Korean people believe in this staunch...