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title: "3 Seeking Information Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [In government and out, there are vast realms of the bureaucracy dedicated to seeking more information, in perpetuity if need be, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-greenfield/in-government-and-out-there-are-vast-realms-of-the-bureaucracy/)

[Meg Greenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-greenfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/meg-greenfield-33661_action_in-government-and-out-there-are-vast-rea_975980.jpg)

> [A word must become a friend or you will not understand it. Perhaps you do well to be cool and detached when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/a-word-must-become-a-friend-or-you-will-not-understand-it-perhaps-you/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/edward-coke-11376_asking_a-word-must-become-a-friend-or-you-will_1071005.png)

> [I do think digital media encourages speed-reading, which can be fine if one is simply seeking information. But a serious novel or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dirda/i-do-think-digital-media-encourages-speed-reading-which-can-be-fine/)

[Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dirda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/michael-dirda-3414_digital-media_i-do-think-digital-media-encourages-spee_2612639.png)

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