Marshall McLuhan Quotes
The print-made split between head and heart is the trauma which affects Europe from Machiavelli till the present. (p. 193)
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
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I didn't allow failure to break my heart. So I wouldn't allow success to bloat my head.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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There will be some things I do well and things I do wrong. But I keep coming. Playing with heart. That's going to help me continue to grow.
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Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.
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There's a part of my heart that forever has Anne Boleyn written on it, who I played in 'The Tudors.'
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I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.
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The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
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When you come across someone colorful and vibrant maybe in the present it isn't so interesting, but, in the past, it sheds a wonderful light onto living life.
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I just want to continue to pursue dancing. I want to focus on making it out there and showing everybody my heart and soul through dance... and do it until I can't walk anymore.
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God the Father and God the Son cannot be everywhere present; indeed they cannot be even in two places at the same instant: but God the Holy Spirit is omnipresent - it extends through all space, with all other matter.
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I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for it. You weren't able to enjoy it.' I want to be here, be now and be grateful.
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As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don't want to be spoken down to. I want to be treated as a peer and to be made to feel welcome.
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This republic represents the greatest basis for that universal socialist order, the creation of which is at the present time the historic task of the International Proletariat.
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What happens in the heart simply happens.
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Trust your gut instinct over spreadsheets. There are too many variables in the real world that you simply can't put into a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets spit out results from your inexact assumptions and give you a false sense of security. In most cases, your heart and gut are still your best guide.
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And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.
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I did not then know the besetting sin of woman, the passion to discuss her private affairs with anyone who is willing to listen.
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If they take their children to doctors, they believe they are putting their faith in man instead of in God.
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?
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The print-made split between head and heart is the trauma which affects Europe from Machiavelli till the present. (p. 193)
