"Christianity was preached by ignorant men and believed by servants, and that is why it resembles nothing ever known."

-- Joseph de Maistre

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“Wolf," said Ran, enunciating it very carefully. "What an unusual name. Did your parents give it to you?" "Does it matter?" said Wolf, tossing away his bone. "I'm only making conversation." "I'd prefer silence," Wolf said, a growl in his tone.”
“Don't ever deny yourself a chance at your dreams. We're all meant for great things, but not everyone believes that can happen.”
“You don’t pay attention man/that’s why your money is the size of your attention span.”
“The lovers of beauty must unite in a league, and carry out some great propagandist work through the country. They must demand the extermination of the bulldog and the dismantling of the cheap villa, both of which are responsible for a deal of our contentment amid ugliness.”
“Thou and I are but the blind instruments of some irresistible fatality, that hurries us along, like goodly vessels driving before the storm, which are dashed against each other, and so perish.”
“Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.”
“We are too prone to make technological instruments the scapegoats for the sins of those who wield them. The products of modern science are not in themselves good or bad; it is the way they are used that determines their value.”

Source : "Understanding Media: the Extensions of Man?". Book by Marshall McLuhan, p. 11, 1964.
“Because it's our choices that makes us who we are...”

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