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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I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to learn how to contribute to society on a practical level they wouldn't get into trouble.
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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 think of myself as an actor.
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You can ravish your woman so deeply that her surrender breaks your heart into light.
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I think, when I wrote 'Children of Jihad,' I wrote it with a very optimistic view of what technology can do. Today I maintain that optimistic view, but I'm also aware of the challenges we have. So I would say I'm not a techno-utopian, but I'm a techno-pragmatist.
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With all the endless varieties and toppings you can add to burgers, there's no need to keep munching on the boring burgers and ketchup found at all the tailgating events and BBQs.
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I was in the National Academy of Fine Arts and Design, on a scholarship. I was - still am - an artist. They were looking for an actor for 'Take a Giant Step,' and a producer liked my look and asked if I could act. I said, 'Yep!' Then I got into acting more or less just to make money for paints and canvases.
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The potential of any new technology is always dissipated by its users involvement in its predecessors. (p. 210)
