Marshall McLuhan Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.
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I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.
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I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
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Growing up in Seattle, I had the opportunity to take classes since I was 7 years old. I did theatre. I auditioned for film, television, commercials, and built up not just a resume but also some confidence. I learned how to master my craft before arriving in Los Angeles.
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Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
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I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.
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Unfortunately, I was making comedies in my 20s, but other people didn't realize they were comedies.
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I'm crazy, and I don't pretend to be anything else.
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From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction toward the Third Place, where the starting point is myth.
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Regarding Syria, we already call for dialogue between Syria and all parties concerned, in order to avoid any kind of escalation in the region which may expose the whole area to chaos.
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Am I too fast, too facile? I do not know. I do not know myself sometimes, or how to measure and name and count out the grains that make me what I am.
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You spend five months filming in outer space and saving the world, and suddenly that kind of family unit and story disappears, and you come crashing back down to Earth, and you have to do your own washing... and most actors are insecure that the last job they did will be their last job ever.
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I don't particularly like equities, but I think equities are a better space to be in than bonds.
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Cubism ('multi-locationalism') is one of the painterly forms of acoustic space.
