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A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. ↗

— E. M. Forster

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We all know that any thing which retards in any way the free circulation of the sap, also prevents to a certain extent the formation of wood and leaves. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we would be well prepared to cancel operations at the latest moment that communication technology would have permitted. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

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Gradually I became aware of details: a company of French soldiers was marching through the streets of the town. They broke formation, and went in single file along the communication trench leading to the front line. Another group followed them. ↗

— Ernst Toller

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I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America. ↗

— Mel Torme

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I write music with an exclamation point! ↗

— Richard Wagner

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But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

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As you lecture, you keep watching the faces, and information keeps coming back to you all the time. ↗

— George Wald

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A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

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If I had some information, the last thing I would ever do with it is send it to Wikileaks. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

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