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Quote by George Orwell
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the sam

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. – George Orwell

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Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. – George Orwell

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War
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War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. – George Orwell

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Im convinced that we can shape a different future for this country as it relates to mental health and as it relates to suicide. – David Satcher

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Future

The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future? – Jules Verne

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Future

There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. – Jean Rostand

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Future

Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold. – Margaret Fuller

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I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class. – Tim Robbins

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History

No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road to happiness, Conservatives believe you should not be demonized or penalized for it. – Glenn Beck

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Happiness

I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness – and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, Im a human trying to make it through in this world. – Ellen DeGeneres

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Peace

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. – Henry Van Dyke

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Death