Marshall McLuhan Quotes
The magic of the cave image lies in its being, not in its being seen. The symbolic does not refer. It is. (p. 350)
Quotes to Explore
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
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Mr. Norrell is like a librarian trying to do magic... That's the story of my career, really. I stand next to good looking men and make them look better!
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Much of the conventional wisdom associated with Vietnam was highly inaccurate. Far from an inevitable result of the imperative to contain communism, the war was only made possible through lies and deceptions aimed at the American public, Congress, and members of Lyndon Johnson's own administration.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.
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Our present moment is a mystery that we are part of. Here and now is where all the wonder of life lies hidden. And make no mistake about it, to strive to live completely in the present is to strive for what already is the case.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
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Donald Trump did not appear by magic.
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If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.
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Magic symbolises the subconscious - that part of us that is creative and powerful that we sometimes don't tap into.
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I often ask myself, 'Why is it that most of the lies come out of Islamic countries, and why is it that most of the social corruptions are in the Middle East and in these Islamic countries?' The answer is, when you control something, when you suppress something, people try to do it another way.
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Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.
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People where we come from hear so many lies that the truth stands out like a sore thumb.
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'Are stories true?''Which ones?''The mermaid mother and Hansel and Gretel and all them.''Well,' says Ma, 'not literally.''What's-''They're magic, they're not about real people walking around today.''So they're fake?''No, no. Stories are a different kind of true.'
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things are never so indescribably ghastly that they can't get worse.
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We shall have to stop looking askance on trends in relation to sex merely as a reproductive capability, i.e. that it is normal to make babies. Society will have to change in its assessment of what the proclivities of humanity may be. Our viewpoints on homosexuality, for example, may have to be reconsidered and more wisely adjusted.
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There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view.
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I regard myself as one of the most dangerous enemies of religion.
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The magic of the cave image lies in its being, not in its being seen. The symbolic does not refer. It is. (p. 350)
