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

Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be. – Marshall McLuhan

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Politics
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Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but, disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort. – Marshall McLuhan

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Shopping
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Other Quotes from
Travel
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Strange – is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too. – Horace

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Travel

The only way of catching a train I ever discovered is to miss the train before. – G.K. Chesterton

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Travel

People have to make journeys, what we want is people to have alternatives in public transport so that they can make a choice about the sort of way in which theyre going to travel. – Theresa May

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Travel

Aviation – and space travel, in particular – have always been especially captivating. – Felix Baumgartner

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Travel

Random Quotes

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. – Barbara Kingsolver

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strength

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. – Jean de la Bruyere

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Future

The utmost extent of mans knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing. – Joseph Addison

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Knowledge

Thats not to say that womens priorities are better than mens. Rather, when women are empowered, when they can speak from the experience of their own lives, they often address different, previously neglected issues. And families and whole communities benefit. – Dee Dee Myers

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Experience