In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
GEORGE ORWELLGood prose should be transparent, like a window pane.
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You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.
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The object of power is power.
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If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.
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The only good human being is a dead one.
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The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.
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If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.
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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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Rich people are poor people with money.
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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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He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.
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Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.
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The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
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The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
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