"Information is a difference that makes a difference."

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Source : 1984 Quoted in Scientific American, no.41, Sep.

Gregory Bateson

#Differences Quotes #Making A Difference Quotes #Information Quotes

“I'm not imprisoned in any one medium. In films I use techniques that are not necessarily what other directors attempt. When I write novels I also use techniques which can run counter to those that a novelist would use.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object.”
“The adventure of the sun is the greatest natural drama by which we live...”
“People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.”
“I think there was something started under my father that I appreciate that it's time to end, and I like the symmetry of me being the person who actually turns the clock back so that we can have a Prime Minister's Office and, indeed, a democracy, that actually respects what voters say and is open and transparent. Because, not only does it matter to gain people's trust, but it matters for quality public policy and governance, and that's why we're committed to open and transparent government.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the great and good who now cluster around the banner of the country, there exists no purer spirit, no more heroic soul, than that of the illustrious man whose death I join you in lamenting.”

Source : William Winwood Reade (1874). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.38
“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose.”
“We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. And so from social networks to sociable robots, we're designing technologies that will give us the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.”

Source : "Are We Plugged-In, Connected, But Alone?". 'TED Radio Hour' with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. February 26, 2013.

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