Marshall McLuhan Quotes
The potential of any new technology is always dissipated by its users involvement in its predecessors. (p. 210)
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
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I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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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'm not one of these million-dollar actors. I have always been just a working actor. I probably work more than I would like to.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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I'm quite interested in my own mental processes, simply because I'm a failed scientist, and because I'm interested in how the brain and the mind works, and I like to avoid easy descriptions.
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The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
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One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.
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I don't feel badly about that. There's a lot of energy on the golf course. The guys are playing great. I like the pairings in the afternoon. I'm going to take what we've got.
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If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.
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I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love.
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I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?
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I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we're all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.
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I have several books I can read over and over. With fiction, it's 'The Stand' by Stephen King, which is my favorite all time. I read that at least once a year, the version which has 100,000 extra words, which is like the director's cut and unabridged. I love the story. I love the social connotation to it.
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Most of my ideas come from drawing patterns across conversations I have with different types of people - technology investors, young fashion design students, a CEO. This variety is stimulating and offers many different perspectives on the things I am thinking about.
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I don't feel like I have to apologize for being a technophile, ever. Technology is awesome and lets me do so much. Nor do I feel like I have to apologize for loving my work.
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Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.
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The current state of architecture and design requires extensive collaboration and an investigative attitude and we continue to research and develop new technologies.
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The potential of any new technology is always dissipated by its users involvement in its predecessors. (p. 210)
