Marshall McLuhan Quotes
All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values.
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Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.
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In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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Just let the wardrobe do the acting.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.
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I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her being taken away in a strait jacket. That's something you never forget. And my stepmother was like in the movie 'Precious.' I couldn't handle it. So I said to myself, 'I don't have a mother. I don't need one. I'm going to let music be my mother.'
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I think like a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Failure is a great teacher. At the same time, you must remember, success will never last... Whether it's tech or fashion, it must be for the customer.
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One of the reasons I come to California is that the Republican party seems to have given up on California, and my message to those in California is that we're going to compete nationally as a party, and that includes California.
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Who doesn't love a funny girl who can look sexy at the same time?
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I think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people.
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It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.
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It ain't the heat, it's the humility.
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Trump says a lot of things that are crazy... Trump's a moron.
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My parents approached me to go to rehab... So I ran away. I just took off running. I went to a friend's house and I went pretty buck wild. I was snorting Demerol, OxyContin. I don't really remember much.
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Verily wondered what the man could have the audacity to say, in the face of such evidence-what whining, sniveling complaint or protest he might utter.
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Being a fatherIs quite a bother,But I like it, rather.
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...the prophet of harmless solace in a harsh world....
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A man may own a thousand acres of land, and yet he still sleeps upon a bed of five feet.
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What you risk reveals what you value.
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I love doing commercials! Usually, they have enough money that they can take time and photograph it well.
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As long as I stay in training and play well, I don't see what objection there can be to what I do off the field.
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The FOMC has considerable control over short-term interest rates. We have much less influence over long-term rates, which are set in the marketplace.
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All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values.
