Marshall McLuhan Quotes
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The big battle at the end of DW isn't drawn from history, but it's influenced by history, certainly.
Walter Jon Williams
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When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name.
Vilfredo Pareto
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'The Silver Shoes,' said the Good Witch, 'have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go.'
L. Frank Baum
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I hate it when I go out and I see parents going, 'don't do that', or 'stop doing that' when some kid's just hanging off a staircase or something. There's too much of this, 'don't do that'. The whole thing baffles me.
Joe Strummer
The Clash
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Torvalds, Linus (2012-08-26). Linus Torvalds - Google+. Retrieved on 2012-08-27.
Linus Torvalds
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I think our motto should be, post-9-11, 'raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences.'
Ann Coulter
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As we think of power in the 21st century, we want to get away from the idea that power’s always zero sum — my gain is your loss and vice versa. Power can also be positive sum, where your gain can be my gain.
Joseph Nye
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The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs.
Mathias Rust
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I always dress up for recordings.
Jefferson Mays
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We warn our children and grandchildren about peer pressure. We want them to say no to the vices of the world: drinking, drugs, and other destructive behaviors. But as we move from childhood to adulthood, we find the peer pressure changes. Daniel 3:2 notes "the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces" were there. I'm sure more than one of them thought they needed to keep their job with all of its benefits. Not much has changed in two-and-a-half millennia.
O. S. Hawkins
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When people don't want to come, nothing will stop them.
Sol Hurok
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Casting my perils before swains.
Marshall McLuhan