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Marshall McLuhan

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GARRY MARSHALL My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My par...
GARRY MARSHALL A lot of people come work with me because I keep an open set, and people can visit. Julia Roberts us...
GARRY MARSHALL I was a journalist. I was a drummer. I was everything. I didn't know what the heck I was. But wi...
GARRY MARSHALL You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover the...
GARRY MARSHALL I don't sit well. I like to move around as I talk.
GARRY MARSHALL When I was five years old, my parents gave me a drum set for Christmas. My mom played the piano, and...
GARRY MARSHALL My mother was funnier than anybody I ever worked for. My father was as funny as this coat. Not a lau...
GARRY MARSHALL I didn't want to do movies with hundreds of camels crossing the desert followed by tanks and thi...
GARRY MARSHALL We can't compete with Mel Gibson, but we figured we could do our part.
GARRY MARSHALL Religion has a good place and it has its good people.
GARRY MARSHALL My happiest moments of growing up in the Bronx were when my mom would bring home a new sports magazi...
GARRY MARSHALL I must confess that the original 'Pretty Woman' was terrific and a hit, but I always felt th...
GARRY MARSHALL There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else...
GARRY MARSHALL I try to find scripts of stories that kinda celebrate the human condition... let's talk about th...
GARRY MARSHALL There is more to life than show business.
GARRY MARSHALL Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I sp...
GARRY MARSHALL I always wanted to be known as the Norman Rockwell of television, and 'Happy Days' represent...
GARRY MARSHALL It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can ...
GARRY MARSHALL When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.
GARRY MARSHALL In the education of the American people, I am Recess.
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