Marshall McLuhan Quotes
An administrator in a bureaucratic world is a man who can feel big by merging his non-entity in an abstraction. A real person in touch with real things inspires terror in him.
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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I'm a character actor.
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The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.
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When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
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People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
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I have nothing to hide.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.
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The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.
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I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a normal person!
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.
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I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
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When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.
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We all have a stake in ensuring that all students have the schools they deserve and that communities are leading this effort, not being left behind. To do that, we must challenge unchecked charter expansion and the forces driving it.
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I used to be fast and loose with the term 'country' because I didn't know what else to call my music. I still don't.
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It's not enough to be a good person. You also have to show it.
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Marilyn Monroe: What about the difference in our ages?
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Many of us would like the world to change, but we don't want to endure the trouble of helping make it happen.
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A Christian philosophy of literature begins with the same agenda of issues that any philosophy of literature addresses. Its distinctive feature is that it relates these issues to the Christian faith.
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We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.
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An administrator in a bureaucratic world is a man who can feel big by merging his non-entity in an abstraction. A real person in touch with real things inspires terror in him.
