Marshall McLuhan Quotes
Q: Why is America the land of the overrated child and the underrated adult? Q: How can children grow up in a world in which adults idolize youthfulness? Q: What happens when the ad makers taker over all the popular myths and poetry? (p. 141)
Quotes to Explore
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
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You would never see me driving around in a sports car. I feel like you're so low and squish-able by transport trucks.
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I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
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I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes.
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There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.
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Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan.
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I've always felt that children are the flowers of our future.
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Our program for American GIs can be heard at 1630 hours.
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Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.
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Washington is a very complicated city. You have to work the personal relationships. They are politicians, they are congressmen, they are senators, but they are human beings. And for them to get to know you on a personal level really, really makes the difference.
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If you're doing creative work, that work should never feel trivial - even if what you're doing is for hire or lightly intended. Even the mundane doesn't have to be trivial.
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A modest dose of self-love is entirely healthy - who would want to live in a world where everyone hated themselves? But taken too far, it soon becomes poisonous.
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Q: Why is America the land of the overrated child and the underrated adult? Q: How can children grow up in a world in which adults idolize youthfulness? Q: What happens when the ad makers taker over all the popular myths and poetry? (p. 141)
