Marshall McLuhan Quotes
The mosaic form of the TV image demands participation and involvement in depth, of the whole being, as does the sense of touch. (p. 334)
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One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
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I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
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Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.
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I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.
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Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're in a band. I have a feeling my mom would actually like One Direction if I wasn't in it!
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I just had fun making the movies - just being on set - but I didn't really care about the acting part.
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The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mother's advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.
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With so many forty- and fifty something mums and dads in Converse stalking the streets, I can see why there's a slew of books about the menopause and middle age, the most recent addition being David Bainbridge's plucky, glass-half-full meditation or, as he calls it, 'natural history.'
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I see the value of being a force. I don't want to say a force, but numbers. If you're all spread out, you can't change policy for the better, and I feel we've done that.
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India has the capability to create a fairly extensive defence manufacturing capability in many areas, and as a country and as an industry, we have matured in terms of technology and capability to make this happen.
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The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
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You don't really gotta rap no more; you can just say the verse with a swag now.
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Personally, I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate.
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Religion makes them crazy. Not a woman I ever met wasn’t crazy with religion.
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If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
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Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have had moments that were excellent but the bad is heavier to carry around and feel have no confidence.
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I like riding a bicycle built for two--by myself.
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Had a buddy of mine caught a rainbow trout, and threw it back. He said he didn't want a gay fish.
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Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where youre both championing a character and youre revolted by them.
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The mosaic form of the TV image demands participation and involvement in depth, of the whole being, as does the sense of touch. (p. 334)
