Quote by Marshall McLuhan
Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media

Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication. – Marshall McLuhan

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

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Travel
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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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communication
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Youre talking about a younger generation, Generation Y, whose interpersonal communication skills are different from Generation X. The younger generation is more comfortable saying something through a digital mechanism than even face to face. – Erik Qualman

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communication

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isnt listening. – Emma Thompson

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communication

There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy. – Annie Leibovitz

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communication

I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else – problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff. – Laura Linney

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As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! – William James

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You cant be fat and fast, too so lift, run, diet and work. – Hank Stram

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The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics – just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems. – Eric Alterman

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The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. – Oscar Wilde

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