We look at the present through a rear view mirror. We march back… — The Medium Is the Massage (1967), p 75 | The MMM

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We look at the present through a rear view mirror. We march backwards into the future. Suburbia lives imaginatively in Bonanzaland.

The Medium Is the Massage (1967), p 75

Quote #6007

Year: 1967

Chapter: Rear View Mirror

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