"You only understand information relative to what you already understand."

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Source : Richard Saul Wurman, Loring Leifer, David Sume (2001). “Information Anxiety 2”, Que Pub

Richard Saul Wurman

#Information Quotes #Relative Quotes

“If you can, you will quickly find that the greatest rate of return you will earn is on your own personal spending. Being a smart shopper is the first step to getting rich.”
“It is one of the perceptual defects of Western government and press to assign Western-style motives to what people do in non-Western societies, as if these are universally relevant.”

Source : "Barbarian Sentiments - How The American Century Ends". Book by William Pfaff, Chapter 5, Nationalism, p. 147, 1989.
“Where you come from does matter -- but not nearly as much as where you are headed.”
“There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.”
“Our Industry has been bitten by the 100 crore club”
“I'd come up with one leg in theater, but never my first leg. I loved the camera too much.”

Source : Source: film.avclub.com
“Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.”
“Hold up your hands before your eyes. You are looking at the hands of God.”

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