Marshall McLuhan Quotes
The world of the Greeks illustrates why visual appearances cannot interest people before the interiorization of alphabetic technology. (p. 61)
Quotes to Explore
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.
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I think there is some truth to the fact that yeah, okay, cool, obviously the more mainstream kind of easier-to-grasp-onto dance music has become popular, but that holds true with almost any genre. It wasn't like the Sex Pistols hit the radio. It was poppier versions of that is what hit. It's never, like, the true core stuff.
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My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.
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There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.
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We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind of freedom to us.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.
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It's part of me, Scotland. I'm still immersed in it even though I am not there.
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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Twitter has become a group conversation of that type that used to take place on trading floors.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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Students want free education because their parents are struggling. The fees of universities and technikons are too high.
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People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, 'I'm free at last.'
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Unless you write your own movies... you can't really say what you want to say.
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I'm allergic to attitude.
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The world of the Greeks illustrates why visual appearances cannot interest people before the interiorization of alphabetic technology. (p. 61)
