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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.

George Orwell

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
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Essence Human Inspirational Perfection Seek
The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.
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Clear Enemy Language Sincere
There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.
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Corruption Language Route Swift
I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.
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Comment Failure Speak Work
However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
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Deny Existence Truth
The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.
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Believe Media People Tell
If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them.
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Beat Human Result Stay Tolerance Worth
Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
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Believe Myth One Liner True
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.
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Aim Degrade Human Joke Remind
Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
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Against Defense Politics Represent War
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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Animal Equality
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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Act Deceit Revolution Time Truth Universal
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
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Acceptance Belief Contradict Power
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
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Goodness Human Quite Time
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.
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Book Exhaust Ill Pain Resistance Struggle Writing
To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
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Corruption Live Tolerance

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