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Canadians are the people who learned to live without the bold accents of the natural ego-trippers of other lands.

Marshall McLuhan

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Marshall McLuhan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1911
Born: July 21
Died: 1980
Died: December 31
Literary Critic
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Edmonton
Alberta
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