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“A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.”
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“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
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“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body; it calls attention to the development of an unhealthy state of things. If it is heeded in time, danger may be averted; if it is suppressed, a fatal distemper may develop."
[New Statesman interview, 7 January 1939]”
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[New Statesman interview, 7 January 1939]”
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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
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John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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30 friends
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42 friends
82 books
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1 friend
12 books
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11 friends
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