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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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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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If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on the human face — forever. – George Orwell

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The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. – George Orwell

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Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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It is hard to say what the future holds, but this is probable – it wont be just like the past. – Tony Campolo

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Habitual texters may not only cheat their existing relationships, they can also limit their ability to form future ones since they dont get to practice the art of interpreting nonverbal visual cues. – Jeffrey Kluger

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Were at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the future. Down the other road is a proud, solid, reaffirmation of American exceptionalism. – Newt Gingrich

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The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes. – Freda Adler

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The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. – Thomas Merton

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It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years Day. – Marilu Henner

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There are only three sins – causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing. – Roger Caras

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