Marshall McLuhan Quotes
The present is always invisible because its environmental. No environment is perceptible, simply because it saturates the whole field of attention.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.
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I want to eliminate the basis of problems and basis of crime, and basis of terrorism.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
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Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing by at once, it can seem abstract. I don't need to see great art to get stirred up. Music does that for me more easily.
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I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. I was playing a bit online, was using the chess club mainly. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games.
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I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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I am definitely a person of color.
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I like to read in the bathtub. Ideally, that bathtub would be located on a small Greek island.
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You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.
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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.
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Do not let where you come from define you, but never forget the values you learned from your close community.
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Governors sometimes have a hard time jumping up on a table and yelling the loudest because they've actually been there. They realize it's difficult to govern in a split environment.
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Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me.
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The present is always invisible because its environmental. No environment is perceptible, simply because it saturates the whole field of attention.
