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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

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The successor to politics will be propaganda. Propaganda, not in the sense of a message or ideology, but as the impact of the whole technology of the times. – Marshall McLuhan

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Propaganda
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Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it. – Marshall McLuhan

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Art
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The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. Theres where you get down to bedrock and meet human people. – Robert W. Service

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I want to initiate a change in society in the long term. – Francois Hollande

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The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art. – Thom Mayne

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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive? – Irv Kupcinet

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The words of tongue should have three gate keepers. – Arabic Proverb

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I feel that there is an angel inside me whom I am constantly shocking. – Jean Cocteau

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I think fun is an important part of the entertainment industry, and it should be. Anybody whos not incorporating some of that into their work needs to take a break, go away, and have an attitude adjustment. – Diane Lane

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The truth doesnt hurt unless it ought to. – B. C. Forbes

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