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“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ”
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“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
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“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
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