Marshall McLuhan Quotes
Where the whole man is involved there is no work. Work begins with the division of labor.
Quotes to Explore
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
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I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.
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Race differences show up early in life.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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I am actually talking about possibly adapting 'The Boys,' by Garth Ennis, which would not be a comedy, but an action movie with comedy elements to it.
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I like to act with people that know what they're doing.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.
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My best time is a 3:20 in Paris in 2010, and I trained to try for a 3-hour marathon in New York, but Hurricane Sandy hit, and it was canceled.
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Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it feels that much worse on the way out.
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If you think you know all the secrets, you think you know all the cures.
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I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or worship or religious activity. It can't.
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When I talk with my students, I introduce a process of work I call the three R's: First comes research, then real world exploration, and finally, and perhaps most important, a fact-checking review of all that has been written.
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If movies generically don't work, you immediately start to pick apart what ingredients contributed to that. If any movie is working, hopefully how it was made will be the least of your concern. You'll only want to have a god time.
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Where the whole man is involved there is no work. Work begins with the division of labor.
