Marshall McLuhan Quotes
The 'interface' of the Renaissance was the meeting of medieval pluralism and modern homogeneity and mechanism – a formula for blitz and metamorphosis. (p. 161)
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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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Even if I get thrown out of Hollywood, I'll come back.
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If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.
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There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given.
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A lot of my work is about what's abstract and what's pictorial. Is it bubblegum, or is it an abstract painting using bubblegum? The energy comes from walking that line and watching things dip this way and that.
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True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
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Get it out of your historic head.
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Lord but I dislike poetry. How can anyone remember words that aren’t put to music?
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Two men say they’re Jesus, one of them must be wrong.
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We should give the Lord the excellence He deserves in everything we do.
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The world of the stage and the performance on the stage usually does not tend to translate very well - it doesn't tend to hold very well - once cameras are on it; it's not like it's terrible or embarrassing or bad anything, but, I, as an actor, would perform a role differently for an audience than I would for just cameras.
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Walk into a Chase branch and we can give you so much quicker, better and faster. Like Wal-Mart.
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Now, I'm not 100% there, but every day I wake up, I'm happy being me, and I just feel fulfilled.
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We use the block chain to share value, just like Internet protocol lets us share communication. Our goal is to build a global, international bank that is instant, global, and free. Sending payments should be as easy as sending an email.
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It feels good being a restaurant owner because it's part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul.
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If the process of life is about moving toward increased complexity and organization, a sort of sublime unfolding of greater and greater self-organizing systems, then we're actually doing pretty well.
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Once our carrier fleet went all nuclear in 2005, we went from having two aircraft carrier homeports on the East Coast to one.
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I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in a band with musicians and writers.
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Beauty means expression and being your most authentic self.
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I don't think I present as gender-conforming on screen, but some people need a little extra information.
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There is plenty of ambitious competition and hypocrisy in the middle class, which makes it a rather fertile environment for a writer.
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The 'interface' of the Renaissance was the meeting of medieval pluralism and modern homogeneity and mechanism – a formula for blitz and metamorphosis. (p. 161)
