Marshall McLuhan Quotes
All forms of violence are quests for identity. When you live on the frontier, you have no identity. You're a nobody.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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I just use intuition - would I wear that? Would it feel okay? It's pretty simple, nothing too complicated.
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I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
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Business today consists in persuading crowds.
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Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.
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It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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I don't think it's ever changed, whether its Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Zeppelin, Guns n' Roses or anyone today, the reason why you get into music is because you love it, and if you're good at it, that's a plus.
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All of his saves have come in relief appearances.
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People just get kicks out of making other people sad.
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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.
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I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I first started. Every film brings with it unique challenges and experiences, and I approach every one with the same enthusiasm.
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I like the fact that glass ceilings are breaking all over.
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Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on.
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Religion doesn't play any part in my life in terms of how I live my life. But I don't think I've ever gone through a day in my life without hearing someone say the word 'Jew' or saying it myself.
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I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.
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We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none the worse for articulating what passes in our minds when we read a book and feel an emotion about it, for criticizing our own minds in their work of criticism.
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We are still the America that does the hard things, that does the great things. We're the nation that always dared to dream. We're the nation that dared to take risks.
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All forms of violence are quests for identity. When you live on the frontier, you have no identity. You're a nobody.
