Mignon McLaughlin? Marshall McLuhan? Wayne Dyer? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: History books laud unconventional thinkers and eccentric characters who faced hardships during their lifetimes. An adage expressing this notion has been credited to magazine editor Mignon McLaughlin and media theorist Marshall McLuhan. Here are two versions: The world values live conformists and dead rebels. Society …
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