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A clown who takes to drink falls faster than a drunk tile-layer topples off a roof.
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
“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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“It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.”
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“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
― 1984
― 1984
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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