Marshall McLuhan Quotes
Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence.
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The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.
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I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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So, I get a kick out of working with the media.
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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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You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
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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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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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I always have to have my lipstick. Sometimes I have more than one shade: start with one color for the morning, one for night. Sometimes I have a couple shades just in case I need something more powerful for the day.
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Bitcoin is one of the most viral concepts I've ever encountered.
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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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One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.
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I'm not a theatrics guy who does things for effect. Whatever comes out is what I feel. It just comes out.
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Just as man as a social being, cannot in the long run exist without a tie to the community, so the individual will never find the real justification for his existence, and his own spiritual and moral autonomy, anywhere except in an extramundane principle capable of relativizing the overpowering influence of external factors.
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.
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Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence.
