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“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.”
― Rita Mae Brown

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”
― Harvey Fierstein

“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.”
― Frank Zappa

“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
― Brian Tracy

“I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“وَنَحْنُ أُنَاسٌ، لا تَوَسُّطَ عِنْدَنَا،
لَنَا الصّدرُ، دُونَ العالَمينَ، أو القَبرُ !”
― أبو فراس الحمداني, ديوان أبي فراس الحمداني

“A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being