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War is evil, but it is often t...

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

George Orwell 848 quotes

Political language. . . is des...

Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

George Orwell 848 quotes

An autobiography is only to be...

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

George Orwell 848 quotes

Most people get a fair amount ...

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or very foolish imagine otherwise

George Orwell 848 quotes

We have now sunk to a depth at...

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men

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Each generation imagines itsel...

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it

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Insanity is my only means of r...

Insanity is my only means of relaxation

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The great enemy of clear langu...

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.

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The aim of a joke is not to de...

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded

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Whatever is funny is subversiv...

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

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The essence of being human is ...

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

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Serious sport has nothing to d...

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

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Who controls the past controls...

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

George Orwell 848 quotes

On the whole human beings want...

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.

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Minds are like parachutes-- th...

Minds are like parachutes-- they only function when open. Thomas Dewar 'Doublethink' means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. ЂўGeorge Orwell The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. ЂўHenri L. Bergson Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out . . . People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts. ЂўEleanor H. Porter The bigger a man's head gets, the easier it is to

George Orwell 848 quotes

For a creative writer possessi...

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

George Orwell 848 quotes

Each generation imagines itsel...

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.

George Orwell 848 quotes

Most people get a fair amount ...

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very sound or the very foolish imagine otherwise.

George Orwell 848 quotes

The Seven Commandments: Whatev...

The Seven Commandments: Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall kill any other animal. All animals are equal.

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The birds sang, the proles san...

The birds sang, the proles sang. the Party did not sing. All round the world, in London and New York, in Africa and Brazil, and in the mysterious, forbidden lands beyond the frontiers, in the streets of Paris and Berlin, in the villages of the endless Russian plain, in the bazaars of China and Japan Ђ' everywhere stood the same solid unconquerable figure, made monstrous by work and childbearing, toiling from birth to death and still singing.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....