Marshall McLuhan Quotes
One of the things that happens at the speed of light is that people lose their goals in life. So what takes the place of goals and objectives? Well, role-playing is coming in very fast.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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I studied at the Hebrew University Medical Faculty, graduated, and was an Israel Defense Forces' combat physician on a Navy ship.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a film by that name in 1907, but, unlike his earlier adaptations of Verne, Melies' version bears no resemblance to the book.
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I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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What is OK is to spend money for productivity. What is not OK is just to light money on fire.
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I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but I admire even more his contribution to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and body as one, and not two separate things.
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I don't laugh so much at jokes and premises as I do at a guy who goes onstage and starts twitching and acting funny.
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When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other. I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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My parents were extremely liberal. They didn't believe in being Catholic or Protestant, and that was a big deal at the time.
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One of the things that happens at the speed of light is that people lose their goals in life. So what takes the place of goals and objectives? Well, role-playing is coming in very fast.
