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A great problem of the internet is how to filter information, how to discard what is not relevant or what is silly and to keep only the important information.

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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
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Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.
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If you want to use television to teach somebody, you must first teach them how to use television.
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