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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Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.
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Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
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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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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
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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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I'm interested in all kinds of art. I draw and paint and don't know how to play the banjo, but I do play the banjo.
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I'm a comedian who happens to be Muslim; my comedy stems on all forms of my identity.
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What are the relationships between power and knowledge? There are two bad, short answers: 1. Knowledge provides an instrument that those in power can wield for their own ends. 2. A new body of knowledge brings into being a new class of people or institutions that can exercise a new kind of power.
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For everyday you just need one makeup element. People dress so casual today and we're living in a time where almost anything goes.
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Our most important legacy will be the contributions we make to the lives of other human beings.
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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.
