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> [At some point, it's no longer about taking in more information but about living what you already know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/at-some-point-it-s-no-longer-about-taking-in-more-information-but/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [Whether or not you're aware of it or not, you're taking the information you get from watching TV and putting it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-beatriz/whether-or-not-you-re-aware-of-it-or-not-you-re-taking-the/)

[Stephanie Beatriz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-beatriz/)

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> [I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-izzard/i-m-quite-good-at-taking-in-information-so-i-voraciously-inhale/)

[Eddie Izzard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-izzard/)

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> [I know I'm old-fashioned, but there's just something about the act of looking at books versus taking in information on a screen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annabelle-selldorf/i-know-i-m-old-fashioned-but-there-s-just-something-about-the-act-of/)

[Annabelle Selldorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annabelle-selldorf/)

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> [“stupidity: a process, not a state. A human being takes in far more information than he or she can put out. “Stupidity”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-r-delany/stupidity-a-process-not-a-state-a-human-being-takes-in-far-more/)

[Samuel R. Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-r-delany/)

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