Marshall McLuhan Quotes
The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology.
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Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness.
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In one week, I went from being a girl who owed a guy thousands of dollars - my manager Anthony was paying for my outfits, paying for my food; I was sleeping in his parents' basement - to taking meetings with every major label in America. The next morning, I had a record deal and wrote him a cheque to pay back all that money.
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Look at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. They have all entered many sectors, and actually, in many of those sectors, they weren't as early as Tencent.
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Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?
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It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
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My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.
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Conflict is always the right thing to do when it matters.
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Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.
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Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest. Maybe your chest is flabby or your hips or waist need toning. Also, you should change your program every thirty days. That's the key.
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Books teach children to see the world through the eyes of others and empathise with others. It's about the story.
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We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.
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But I've consistently worked for 10 years.
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We live in a society where nothing is sacred.
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The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted.
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I've always been very good at convincing people. For instance, if I arrive in an airport and I'm in economy, I can always convince the guy to put me in first class.
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My husband's a director, so he understands what I do.
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When I was growing up, there were very few women athletes. I remember watching Olga Corbett, but Peggy Fleming and Janet Lynn were my role models. I never dreamt that I could be at that level. I remember thinking they seemed so elegant and regal and powerful and feminine.
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The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology.
