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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It's the easiest thing in the world to be down about anything. I think the body responds to good vibes.
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Whenever I'm giving talks, I always ask people to think of the most obscure questions because I enjoy those the most. I always get the same questions: Why does Pickwick say "plock" and will there be a movie? I like the really obscure questions because there's so much in the books. There are tons and tons of references and I like when people get the little ones and ask me about them. It's good for the audience [and also] they realize there's more there.
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Sometimes something you thought wouldn't really be as big as it was blows up into something else.
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Every technological advance we've made in the 21st century and throughout the 20th has come from the United States of America.
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I don't claim to know everything. I claim to be a seeker of knowledge.
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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.
