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Etta

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“Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant—better left unstirred.”
― P. G. Wodehouse

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“I don't believe in God, but I miss him.
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― Julian Barnes

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“XXI. But Arnold Bros (est. 1905) said, This is the Sign I give you:
XXII. If You Do Not See What You Require, Please Ask.

From The Book of Nome, Regulations v. XXI-XXII”
― Terry Pratchett, The Bromeliad Trilogy

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“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

tags: 1946, language, power-of-words, propaganda, thought

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“On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.”
― George Orwell, All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays

tags: goodness, human-nature, humour, philosophy

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