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Quote by George Orwell
Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual worker

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers. – George Orwell

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We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. – George Orwell

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Men
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Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a childs eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below. – George Orwell

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best
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I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment. – George Orwell

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Education
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Other Quotes from
Language
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What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Language

All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the same words: the stereotype is a political fact, the major figure of ideology. – Roland Barthes

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Language

Conversation is the slowest form of human communication. – Author Unknown

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Language

Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. – William James

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Language

Random Quotes

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things. – Saul Bellow

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Women

Never ask, “What reason do I have to be happy?” Instead ask, “To what purpose can I attach my happiness?” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Purpose

My future is righteousness. – Bob Marley

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Future

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. – Douglas Adams

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Responsibility