Marshall McLuhan Quotes
As the totem pole is tied to the lineality of the missionaries' Bible, so the igloo was made possible by the primus stove.
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering; to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism; they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue.
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I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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TV is still the place to grab the most eyeballs.
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My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
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Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.
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For me, rockabilly is very, very exciting music. It's electric and kind of wild, you know? It's 'make your hairs stand up on the back of your neck' kind of music.
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A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
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I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.
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Terrorism cannot be isolated from its political, historical, and even social context.
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'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it.
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Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were funny. It's important to pay attention also to what people are laughing at when you are just talking in regular conversation. Often that is when you are truly being yourself.
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I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter.
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Di pia facta vident.
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That strain once more; it bids remembrance rise.
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The world is ever new to me; like an old friend loved through this and former lives, the acquaintance between us is both long and deep.
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Let us weep in our darkness, but weep not for him!Not for him who, departing, leaves millions in tears!Not for him who has died full of honor and years!Not for him who ascended Fame’s ladder so high:From the round at the top he has stepped to the sky.
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I bade adieu to mechanical inventions, determined to devote the rest of my life to the study of the inventions of God.
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All actions without love are just like dust in the air.
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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The Qur'an is in many ways far less concrete than the Bible, relying on the esoteric more often than the apparent.
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I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is.
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As the totem pole is tied to the lineality of the missionaries' Bible, so the igloo was made possible by the primus stove.
