Quote by Marshall McLuhan
The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had

The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar. – Marshall McLuhan

Other quotes by Marshall McLuhan

Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior. – Marshall McLuhan

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Experience
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The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way. – Marshall McLuhan

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Technology
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Other Quotes from
Travel
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One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. – Jane Austen

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Travel

I never travel without my sketch book. – Ian Wright

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Travel

We are going to sign a treaty with Mexico. We are competing internationally. We need another international airport for international cargo, international travel, international businesses. – Richard M. Daley

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Travel

I see a trend here where the President seems to think his job is to count votes and then try to make a deal Thats what we in legislatures do. Mr. Obamas job is to travel the country, fight for the values that he cares about. – Anthony Weiner

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Travel

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After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun. – Eric Allin Cornell

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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. – Golda Meir

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Past

Even if one is interested only in ones own society, which is ones prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others. – Peter L. Berger

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We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts. – Victor Daniels

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Reality