It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. ― George Orwell

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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.― George Orwell

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Dogs never bite me. Just humans.― Marilyn Monroe

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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. ― George Orwell

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Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. ― George Orwell

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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. - George Orwell

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When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing. - George Orwell

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If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.― Woodrow Wilson

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Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. ― George Orwell

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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.― Mark Twain

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