Marshall McLuhan Quotes

Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence.

Marshall McLuhan

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• Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.

  

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• Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.

  

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• As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.

  

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• I don't think the lifestyle that I have, the things going on in my life right now, you could put that on any 23-year-old kid. But, you know, I was raised right, and I'm prepared for whatever.

  

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• I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic.

  

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• 'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.

  

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• I take my work seriously.

  

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• I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.

  

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• Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same.

  

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• Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.

  

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• The war against terrorism is one we must win.

  

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• If one's cause is supported by sound reasoning, there is no point in using violence. It is those who have no motive other than selfish desire and who cannot achieve their goal through logical reasoning who rely on force.

  

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• I wouldn't say that I'm actually trying to cause chills in the audience, but certainly my goal is to, at the very least, effect a physiological response - at the most, to effect some sort of state change, ideally, in the audience.

  

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• Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence.

  

  Marshall McLuhan
  • Violence
  • Spiritual
  • Identity