Marshall McLuhan Quotes

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion.

Marshall McLuhan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: July 21, 1911 - December 31, 1980

Topics

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Twain is my keystone. He reminds me of my people because that's the way they told stories.

Joe R. Lansdale

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I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer's block is having too much time on your hands.

Jodi Picoult

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I'm a staunch anti-Castro individual.

Andy Garcia

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I was just used to being in shape, and getting out of it was really difficult for me.

McKayla Maroney

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I feel old only when I look at my hands or at myself in the mirror.

John Updike

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I was inspired by Cary Grant. I wanted to do the kind of work he did and to work in light-hearted roles, in comedies.

Robert Vaughn

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For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film.

Rupert Grint

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Google (and Bing and Yahoo!) don't 'owe' any company traffic. If a company has to spend more on advertising on Google, in addition to investing in search-engine-optimization, that is not a violation of any law.

Marvin Ammori

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I have social anxiety.

Dr. Dre

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Gene Kelly was hard on me, but I think he had to be.

Debbie Reynolds

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My concept of an advice giver had been a therapist or a know-it-all, and then I realized nobody listens to the know-it-alls. You turn to the people you know, the friend who has been in the thick of it or messed up - and I'm that person for sure.

Cheryl Strayed

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It's very important to understand that we never do the same thing twice; each of our projects is unique. We'll never do another 'Gates.' Each project is a unique image. We do not know in advance how the work will look. I do preparatory drawings, but they are only projections of our vision.

Christo

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