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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

#comfort #disguised #fist #flocks #his

Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#agencies #classics #classroom #eloquence #models

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product. ↗

— Ed McMahon

#corporation #direct #factor #final #having

Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that doesn't mean that they all should live in exactly the same spot that they lived before. ↗

— Ed McMahon

#back #before #city #come #cultural

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#any #cleverness #decadence #except #incapable

While goals are chosen, a purpose is discovered. Our purpose is something we have been doing all along, and will continue to do, regardless of circumstances, until the day we die. ↗

— Peter McWilliams

#been #chosen #circumstances #continue #day

I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasn't really a big part of my life. My folks were away a lot, meeting foreign dignitaries and that sort of thing, but it never struck me as odd. If anything it allowed me to get into all sorts of mischief. ↗

— Julian McMahon

#anything #away #big #dignitaries #father

It's kind of fun when it's you versus them. ↗

— Julian McMahon

#kind #them #versus #you

So the mask was just really easy, I've got to be honest. And it was great actually because it really allowed you to get into the character a little bit more maybe than without it, if that makes sense. ↗

— Julian McMahon

#allowed #because #bit #character #easy

I don't know Gov. Palin. I've certainly seen her, since she came on the scene, you know, running with John McCain. ↗

— Linda McMahon

#certainly #gov #her #i #john