Marshall McLuhan Quotes
Bless Madison Ave for restoring the magical art of the cavemen to suburbia. (p. 130)
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I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
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Cash flow is a problem for a small and developing company, and the lack of it is the reason why many small businesses fail. Ensure that you have enough money in your bank account to make you able to carry out daily basic needs for your business.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.
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Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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Anyone who's seen me before knows that when it's fight time, I don't have much to say.
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I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that.
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I came to art because I wanted to escape the other regulations of the society. The whole society is so political. But the irony is that my art becomes more and more political.
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The 'low' quality of many American films, and of much American popular culture, induces many art lovers to support cultural protectionism. Few people wish to see the cultural diversity of the world disappear under a wave of American market dominance.
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The art world is a jungle echoing to the calls of vicious jealousies and ruthless combat between dealers and collectors; but I have been walking in the jungles of business all my life, and fighting tooth and nail for pictures comes as a form of relaxation to me.
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Bless Madison Ave for restoring the magical art of the cavemen to suburbia. (p. 130)
