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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I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
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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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When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.
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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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Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.
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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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I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it.
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I let my boy go and do and say pretty much as he likes, as, and perhaps because, my father kept no string on me.
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The thing with me is if I feel disrespected I won't hesitate to fight. But it takes a lot to make me feel disrespected.
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What art does is it makes you feel alive and makes you feel like you're connected.
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Many art-worlders have an if-you-say-so approach to art: Everyone is so scared of missing out on the next hot artist that it's never clear whether people are liking work because they like it or because other people do. Everyone is keeping up with the Joneses, and there are more Joneses than ever.
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Bless Madison Ave for restoring the magical art of the cavemen to suburbia. (p. 130)
