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)Marshall McLuhan
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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.
Malik Jackson -
If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas.
P. J. O'Rourke -
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.
Damien Hirst -
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.
Ted Nelson -
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
Natalie Massenet -
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.
Warren E. Burger
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My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
Sally Kirkland -
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.
Laila Ali -
Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
Fiona Shaw -
I live in New York and I was only there for 2 weeks all last year.
Patricia Velasquez -
The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.
Yoko Ono -
Amazon's 'Twitch' appears to be creating a service that operates like Twitter.
Walt Mossberg
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
Harold Robbins -
It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
Gary Burton -
A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
Rabih Alameddine -
All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
Young Jeezy -
Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
Sampha -
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
E. W. Howe
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I had a soap opera, and my next job was working with Kyle McLachlan on The Invisible Man.
Elisabeth Rohm -
People have become less discriminating listeners, which is tragic, really. There's a lot of emperor's new clothes out there, whether they're female or male solo acts. That bothers me. It's hard to break through, and it's like climbing Mount Everest if you actually do.
Paula Cole -
What I wanted to do was use literature and different kinds of stories and poems as a springboard, tapping into the creativity of our teens - I wanted teenagers to come up with their own creative responses to literature - using books themselves as a starting point.
Malorie Blackman -
But my humble opinion is, I'm not quite sure where I stand on the legalization of drugs - though, if tequila is legal, pot should probably be legal.
Ted Demme -
There will, in my view, come a time when there has to be some kind of political denouement inside China, because the newly enriched generation might put up with being told what to do by their rulers - but their children, who will take prosperity for granted, will not.
John Howard -
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)
Marshall McLuhan