Marshall McLuhan Quotes
Aretino, like Rabelais and Cervantes, proclaimed the meaning of Typography as Gargantuan, Fantastic, Supra-human. (p. 220)
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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It's important to wallow and grieve when you have a health issue. I don't think you really get the best stuff out of life until you've had the worst stuff.
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I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.
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I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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I know what poverty is.
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Our underwear used to just be cotton, but we wanted to see if we could create something out of synthetics.
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I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley and Inigo dueling on the cliff-top. I had never held a sword in my life, but I phoned my mum and said, 'I want to learn to fence!'
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.
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My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.
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I do not believe, given her past decisions and comments on the reasons to go to war in Iraq, that Dr. Rice will be able to represent the United States without a predetermined bias from the war.
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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
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When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats that are shown to be humane, caring people.
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Computers will be able to do all the mundane tasks in our daily lives.
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I try to create an environment where, when we step onto the set, we're all in character.
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I feel like if you see five films not knowing who made them, you know which one is the Coen Brothers.
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The only time I even entertain the tiniest element of religion is for Christmas carols.
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Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.
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I tend to opt for relaxed family holidays when I can.
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Coats of bouclé, jacquard and cashmere;cartouche and tweed, all silver shot -and everything that could remind youof how easy I was not.
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Aretino, like Rabelais and Cervantes, proclaimed the meaning of Typography as Gargantuan, Fantastic, Supra-human. (p. 220)
