Marshall McLuhan Quotes
Writing turned a spotlight on the high, dim Sierras of speech; writing was the visualization of acoustic space. It lit up the dark. (p. 14)
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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I'm actually doing a show. from my shed. on the internet. but it won't be music or anything, it's more to do with drinking and smoking. it's an art piece.
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If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas.
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I've spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I'm more comfortable with it.
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The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
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My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
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One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices, the middle-class, upper-middle-class secret lives of Turks. The other side is interested in history and class and gender, trying to get all of society in a very realistic way.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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I live in New York and I was only there for 2 weeks all last year.
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The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.
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Amazon's 'Twitch' appears to be creating a service that operates like Twitter.
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
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It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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People don't appreciate music any more. They don't adore it. They don't buy vinyl and just love it. They love their laptops like their best friend, but they don't love a record for its sound quality and its artwork.
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Like most science-fiction writers, Trout knew almost nothing about science.
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Writing turned a spotlight on the high, dim Sierras of speech; writing was the visualization of acoustic space. It lit up the dark. (p. 14)
