Violence is the quest for identity. When identity disappears with technological innovation violence is the natural recourse.

Marshall McLuhan
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  2. Art is whatever you can get away with.

  3. A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight andunderstanding.

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  5. American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age.

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