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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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In family relationships, 'love' is really spelled 't-i-m-e,' time. Taking time for each other is the key for harmony at home.
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Popular culture is the new Babylon, into which so much art and intellect now flow. It is our imperial sex theater, supreme temple of the western eye. We live in the age of idols. The pagan past, never dead, flames again in our mystic hierarchies of stardom.
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It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere.
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I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.
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I'm not into street clothes. Don't understand it. I don't understand those over-exaggerated jean sizes so they hang off your back... I just don't understand it.
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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.
