Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
GEORGE ORWELLSerious sport has nothing to do with fair play.
More George Orwell Quotes
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Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
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Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose
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It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.
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The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
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He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
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The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.
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Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.
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Sanity is not statistical.
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On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
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Fate seemed to be playing a series of extraordinarily unamusing jokes.
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I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
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Every Joke is a Tiny Revolution.
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