Marshall McLuhan Quotes
The discarnate TV user lives in a world between fantasy and dream, and is in a typically hypnotic state, which is the ultimate form and level of participation.
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Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
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Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do.
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I don't go out anywhere. I don't go to nightclubs, so meeting somebody in the nightclub is out of question.
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Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I've always tried to stay behind the scenes, and I intend to keep it that way.
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Blip.tv is growing its audience by forming partnerships with traditional TV manufacturers and a new breed of company in the set-top box market that lets consumers connect to the Internet via their televisions.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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I think 'The Walking Dead' is very interestingly paced. It's slow, almost like an old Western. It's also very stylised - visually, I think it's very pretty. It's more of a psychological drama than anything else.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And it certainly wasn't pushed on me. It was something I wanted to do.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurate.
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If I was coming into the business today, I wouldn't be in it. Knowing what I know, absolutely not.
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I was thinkin if I cheated on my fears, broke up with my doubts, got engaged to my faith. I can marry my dreams.
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If you've got comic book fans and soap fans and country fans, I think you've hit the whole world. What else is there?
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The discarnate TV user lives in a world between fantasy and dream, and is in a typically hypnotic state, which is the ultimate form and level of participation.
