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The best books... are those that tell you what you know already. -

The best books… are those that tell you what you know already. – George Orwell

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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. – George Orwell

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Men
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George Orwell
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Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie… a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. – George Orwell

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funny
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It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface ones own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. – George Orwell

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good
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Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. – Zig Ziglar

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Life is short and if youre looking for extension, you had best do well. Cause theres good deeds and then theres good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell. – Ben Harper

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Whether its the best of times or the worst of times, its the only time weve got. – Art Buchwald

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Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell. – Robert Green Ingersoll

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I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You cant really move from it: its on buses, in stores, its everywhere. One of my kids has read the books the other two are too small but they like the movies. – Gary Oldman

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Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. – Samuel Johnson

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I was terrified to do G.I. Joe. I had no idea how to do one of those movies. I was kind of scared. You know, if one of those doesnt work, its a huge hit on your career. People are like, Well he couldnt make a $170 million movie work. I dont want him in my film. – Channing Tatum

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