"The most compelling confirmation of Marx's theory of history is late capitalist society. There is a sense in which this case is becoming truer as time passes."

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Terry Eagleton

#Becoming Quotes #Confirmation Quotes #Theory Quotes

“I am determined to hold on as long as possible, but if I should disappear, I should not have had the time to familiarize my successors with the necessary information.”
“The only thing I get from the theatre is a sore arse.”
“Just as Marx used to say about the French Marxists of the late 'seventies: All I know is that I am not a Marxist.”
“I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.”
“Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are.”
“I believe that the greatest teachers create thinking students.”
“My father always said, 'If you love what you do, you won't mind slogging through it for several hours a day.”
“I would not presume to say that I know anything about "The Truth," whatever that is.”

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