Marshall McLuhan Quotes
The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
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My grandfather allowed as how I might even live long enough to see a Mars landing. I haven't, of course, except in fiction, including my own, and strongly doubt that I ever will.
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I've eaten ice cream from all over the world, but until you've tasted Graham's from Geneva, Illinois, you haven't had ice cream at all.
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I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits.
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So often, when we don't have people that can be representative or symbolic of leadership and of faith, of purpose, in that absence we become bitter and resentful.
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A Harris poll I've seen says only 12 percent of the electorate names taxes as one of the most important issues facing the nation. Voters put tax cuts dead last, behind education, Social Security, health care, Medicare and poverty.
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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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A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.
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I went to Howard University and majored in Film Production and minored in Acting. I turned down an opportunity to go pro in Track & Field to do this - I took a chance with this.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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Oh God, I don't know if I ever really felt beautiful. I don't, really.
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
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If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible.
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Costa Rica, with its tourist-based economy and lack of a national army, has focused on keeping safe its beaches, parks and other public draws. It is one if the safest countries in Central America based on the number of homicides.
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The nice thing about publishing later in life is that you already know who you are. You don't have to hang out with the 'Paris Review' crowd to try to make yourself feel like a legitimate writer.
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I always thought it would be a great thing to do an art carwash. So you can actually go and get your car washed, but while you're sitting around waiting you can walk in that hallway where you look at the cars going through the window, and that could be changing exhibitions.
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The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be sick.
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Be careful what you’re doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head
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I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have.
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The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.
