Marshall McLuhan Quotes
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.
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I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.
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I need instant gratification.
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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.
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You wouldn't know it, but I'm no good at recognising people; I have face blindness.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
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We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession.
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Poetry must be simple, sensuous, or impassioned.
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My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I'm quite like that in real life as well.
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The majors are very important, and I would love to win one or many. I'll continue to compete in them hard and win if I can. There's not much more I can say. I'd love to be part of the club of people who've won majors.
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I grew up feeling 'less than.' I was the sad, shy child hiding in the hall closet beneath coats. I'd wait for my grandmother's voice to call, 'Jewell, Jewell.' I was lost, waiting to be found. I thought being found, I'd be happier, better. All the while, I read stories. Stories with both truth and lies.
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Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.
