"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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"I definitely have been known to be grossly insensitive in many different ways, you can ask the wife. To speak without a filter sometimes and not being able to edit myself with much sensitivity."
"When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented."
"Don't read newspapers for the news (just for the gossip and, of course, profiles of authors). The best filter to know if the news matters is if you hear it in cafes, restaurants... or (again) parties."
"There are only a few images that are not forced to provide meaning, or have to go through the filter of a specific idea."
"We all make mistakes, but when I made mistakes there was no filter between me and the consumer."
"Women are a finer filter of reality. They can sniff things."