Marshall McLuhan Quotes
Relativity theory forced the abandonment, in principle, of absolute space and absolute time.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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Being on 'The Vampire Diaries' feels almost like a game you play when you're a kid. When I was a kid, I used to have to take the garbage out at night on Wednesdays. I lived out in the country. I'd take the garbage out, and I used to pretend that I was the only person in the whole world, except for one other person, and he was looking for me.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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Why did I elope with my husband after knowing him for only four months? I wish I could show people the picture of the two of us that night and have them feel what I felt. But it's just a picture. It can only capture how things looked, not how they felt.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'
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I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan.
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Understanding the intentions of a play is so key because you can block a guy into the running back if you don't know how the play is supposed to work or where the back is going to come out.
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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
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Relativity theory forced the abandonment, in principle, of absolute space and absolute time.
