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Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant.

Terry Eagleton

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Terry Eagleton
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 22
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Literary Theorist
Non-Fiction Writer
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University Teacher
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Salford
Greater Manchester
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