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Quote by George Orwell
Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custar

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

Other quotes by George Orwell

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. – George Orwell

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Fear
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George Orwell
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No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. – George Orwell

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Equality
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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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You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side, they dont like you as much. I find, too, that I can hide behind the idiots mask being funny, and you never see the sorrow or the pain. – Terry Bradshaw

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I was the little, funny one. I felt I was the child among grown women. – Julie Walters

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funny

California is a fine place to live – if you happen to be an orange. – Fred Allen

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People ask do you make a conscious effort not to swear? – if youre doing silly stuff youre not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway. – Tim Vine

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I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth. – James Otis

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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee. – Montaigne

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I know a lot of people dread going to work every morning, but my work is playing pretend and doing stunts and screaming. Its a lot of fun and I get to play dress up. Every day is exciting and different and new and cool. I couldnt be more grateful. – Nina Dobrev

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I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more. – Catherine Deneuve

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