Marshall McLuhan Quotes
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.
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Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.
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To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way people feel about themselves and the world.
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I don't have time to be depressed.
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The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of any country to fall victim to nuclear weapons, and for each individual to express their refusal to continue living in the shadow of the threat they pose.
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I love a man with stubble. It's very sexy.
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You cannot make horses 'safe.'
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I have never understood the Iowa caucus.
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The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. That State is the best governed which is governed the least.
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The real war poets are always war poets, peace or any time.
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When we do something we have never done, we are already on the road to healing. We must break the routines.
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The Euthyphron then gives us a two-fold presentation of piety. First, a discussion of what piety is. Secondly, a presentation of the problem of Socrates' piety.
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The taxpayers deserve accountability.
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Being the ideal of a strong woman means utilizing all the things that God gives you. People are always saying to me, 'You're a strong female, so why are you wearing a bikini on the cover of that magazine?' Being a strong woman is misconstrued to be something evil and ugly.
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People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
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I'm not really worried about writer's block.
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In the ethical sense, propaganda bears the same relation to education as to business or politics. It may be abused. It may be used to over-advertise an institution and to create in the public mind artificial values. There can be no absolute guarantee against its misuse.
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I always say this: 'In life, truth is on your side.'
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As a Jew, I recognize the importance of Israel historically, liturgically: its place in our history and in our sacred texts. I fully recognize and appreciate that. I just think that, for me, a sole focus on Israel gets in the way of the pursuit of a relationship with God and a more spiritual existence within Judaism.
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Don’t confuse the process with the goal. Working on our processes to make them better, easier, and more efficient is an indispensable activity and something we should continually work on—but it is not the goal. Making the product great is the goal.
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There is no individualism in Eastern or oral cultures.
