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Related It's a very good choice. The boost he will give to the country's credibility is more than any budget... FRANCESCO GIAVAZZI Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ... SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota... FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv... SUI HE I like to find old things and I picked up that arrowhead in tears, that broken point ... LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more... FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ... FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa... HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re... HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin... HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act. HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods. HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ... HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today. HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties. HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university. HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have... HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w... HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined. HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required. HE CHANGCHUI He was a big man, about 6-5. He had this leadership aura about him. You knew he was in charge. He wa... DALLAS GREEN He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL He had hundreds of friends. He was the most generous person you knew. BRIAN PENN By stepping outside the majority view, he undermines his own credibility. He just becomes another me... STUART THOMSON He knew Alec enough by now to know the conflicting impulses that warred in him. He was conscientious... CASSANDRA CLARE He didn't have to score a lot because of the other guys we had. But he knew we'd rely on him some mo... ED TORRES The forward-looking numbers that they're putting out are beginning to give them more credibility tha... JEFFREY FIELER Sharon had the personal credibility to take the next steps toward peace, similar to the way we talk ... BRUCE JENTLESON He knew most men only heard what they wanted to hear, and he had no desire to be like most men. DAN GROAT She had grown older. And he loved her more now than he had loved her when he understood her better, ... MICHAEL ONDAATJE Almost everyone has asked him to get involved. He has credibility. BARHAM SALEH Hackett brought credibility on the No. 1 issue facing the nation – the war in Iraq. The Democratic... JON SOLTZ Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them... JOSEPH HELLER If he played in a system where he had to constantly have his back to the basket, he would not have b... DAVE ROGERS We knew we had to get him involved. They had him locked down pretty good in the first half, and they... CHAD CLUVER And I understood why he didn’t need friends or to be accepted at our shitty racist high school, be... MATTHEW QUICK C.J. had once believed that he understood who he was, what he was about, what he was capable of. But... ROY L. PICKERING JR. Alex understood such discipline. He knew the rarity of it, and the cost. And on the rare occasions w... MEREDITH DURAN He had taken George, my beloved George, from me. And he had taken my other self: Anne. PHILIPPA GREGORY He did a good job throughout the preseason of limiting the penalties. He had a couple spells where h... JIM BATES He was a good athlete, and he made up for whatever speed he might have lacked by being a natural foo... WALT HARRIS The biggest problem with God is that... He is invisible!
He forgot the adage... Visibility brings Cr... DR. VINOD B. NAIR Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never... MAC DEMARCO He had some chances, and he made the most of them. DANIEL LAMB He had learned that close-held secrets could often be cracked by going all the way to the top and th... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Whoever the successor is, he will inherit a complex situation and serious credibility problem. LUIGI SPERANZA Scott was punk rock and basically we were just worried about his health. We got kind of midway throu... BRANDON THOMAS I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be aro... MAIRA KALMAN He was an absolute great guy, ... He knew the people in the county. He knew the civil process book. ... CHARLES DEAN No sooner had he thought this than he realized what was anchoring his happiness. It was purpose. He ... TRENTON LEE STEWART You cannot lie ever, because a lie destroys the credibility of the product, and credibility is more ... FRANK LUNTZ Once the good man was dead, one wore his hat and another his sword as he had worn them, a third had ... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG People sometimes ask me to name the greatest coach in NFL history. George Halas may have set the sta... MARV LEVY He knew he had to go back out there. But he couldn't go back out there and swing at everything. He h... HAL MCRAE Everything you did had to be so precise. He watched everything like a hawk. He knew if you crossed y... BOB TALLENT He's going to be featured pretty extensively in our media campaign because he has so much credibilit... MARK MARISSEN Of all the women he knew, she had meant the most; and was the one person in his life he felt he had ... LARRY MCMURTRY I take anybody seriously, ... But right now, we should not fall into their hands by giving them a lo... WILLIAM ANDERSON He started to serve big. I think he knew he had to serve bigger because in the baseline rallies, I w... JURGEN MELZER The Pope knew and understood this best as he had been dealing with Jews and Muslims in an extraordin... ISRAEL SINGER My father was 40 when he had me, so he was more a grandparent than a parent. KARAN JOHAR Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never recorded as taking a holiday? He retired for the purposes ... EVELYN UNDERHILL Peter has been great, in that he has been talking to everyone and making suggestions on how we can i... DAVE DUPUIS And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. BIBLE [George] Clooney seems to be the one Big Star, give or take a Bono, who has managed to have his cake... DAVID CARR He painted, or made a lot of art. He must have had a premonition that his life was going to be a sho... ELISABETH SUSSMAN He painted, or made a lot of art, ... He must have had a premonition that his life was going to be a... ELISABETH SUSSMAN Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no lo... JOSEPH HELLER A first premonition of the rich variety of life had come to him; for the first time he thought he ha... STEFAN ZWEIG He had anticipated every question. And he knew how to answer them without ruffling any feathers. LYLE GRAMLEY I think he adds substantial credibility to the combination; it makes people very optimistic that he ... MARIANNE WOLK When George spotted the pinup girl of his fondest fantasies across that cheesy bar, he had no idea w... KRISTEN CASEY A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isn’t. DON WILLIAMS, JR A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isn’t. DON WILLIAMS JR He knew whats'ever 's to be known,
But much more than he knew would own. SAMUEL BUTLER (1) If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a ... ORLANDO BLOOM George Washington didn't have to make us laugh; he just had to establish precedents and avoid ch... ALEXANDRA PETRI I had 10,000 things that I like doing on the show itself, and certainly among them was telling Georg... JERRY SEINFELD I think the kids love Andy as he is only just a few years older than them and seems like a normal ki... PATRICIO APEY A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isnt. DON WILLIAMS, JR He hated him with a passion because Garrison got all of the press and accolades Shepherd felt he sho... FRED BARZYK As we landed, we knew we were in the right spot because there was literally a mountain of dog food. ... BRENT HUDSPETH Nightmares and secrets. Ewan wished he knew what had happened to these girls before he found them. C.J. MILBRANDT He just refused to go until he knew he had a welcoming place, ARMY SGT. We had to throw out our offense. They trap and press, so we had Kelvin attack when he beat the press... ED CRISMAN He was the difference for them. We had a lot of shots and he played excellent. BILL TORNI He had enough sense to get back in there, which a lot of people wouldn't. He knew something still wa... ROBERT WILLIAMSON Once the woman decided to get free, she had also decided to stay free... The older Jo =got, the more... YAA GYASI They were talking more distantly than if they were strangers who had just met, for if they had been ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be r... JUAN MARICHAL He's excited. He knows that there are a lot of very good bowlers that don't get the chance that he h... JAY LINDSEY He had seen the plane and knew what he was getting into. It says a lot about his character. DAVID HAGEN You got to see Charlie against a lot of other guys from around the area that were the best and he st... ANDY KUHL He had to keep thinking of them because if he forgot them and did not think of them they might forge... GARY PAULSEN He chose people he thought would make a difference in the game and challenged them. He taught indivi... BUTCH LAWSON He can't outspend us, he doesn't have a grass-roots network like ours, and he's got no credibility o... GENE PIERCE This was the greatest gift that he had, the talent that fitted him for war; that ability not to igno... ERNEST HEMINGWAY He had a deep gash. His head was really swollen because of the trauma from the accident. Other than ... SALLY BOLON There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if ... JOSEPH HELLER He had three guys on him and he couldn't have been more than three inches off the end line, and he s... DON HADDOX
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That was a little spin. I don't know if Lyn knew that, but he did a bang-up job that night. GEORGE SKELTON During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is ... IKE SKELTON Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to ... IKE SKELTON That the Iraqi Government is considering a political deal granting amnesty to insurgents who have at... IKE SKELTON The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one o... IKE SKELTON Better treatment and detection methods have also improved the survival rate for people with cancer, ... IKE SKELTON Congress must make it clear that common animal waste will not expose farmers to liability under Supe... IKE SKELTON Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply with a variety of federal, state, and local r... IKE SKELTON The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the in... IKE SKELTON We have global interests, potential threats from elsewhere, North Korea, Iran, Taiwan Straits and th... IKE SKELTON In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our enviro... IKE SKELTON If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've ... RED SKELTON I'm nuts and I know it. But so long as I make 'em laugh, they ain't going to lock me up. RED SKELTON Today nearly every combat brigade located within the United States would report that they are not re... IKE SKELTON Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. ... RED SKELTON If I may I would like to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and give you a definition for each word. RED SKELTON One of the standing jokes of Congress is that the new Congressman always spends the first week wonde... RED SKELTON That byrd ys nat honest
That fylythe hys owne nest. JOHN SKELTON All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner. RED SKELTON Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these im... IKE SKELTON In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic ... IKE SKELTON The number of attacks on the American and allied forces is at the highest level since the insurgency... IKE SKELTON Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime. RED SKELTON It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those wh... IKE SKELTON Against East Central, we had to come from behind and it took a lot out of us. The last two games we ... BUBBA SKELTON Everybody on the team saw their role change in some way. Everybody accepted their role and made the ... BUBBA SKELTON We're a pressing-style team and it really changed the way we played. We started playing more zone an... BUBBA SKELTON Any time you get an opportunity to play in the national tournament it's special. This is something y... BUBBA SKELTON After that loss in our gym, some doubt did creep in my mind if we could win another one or not. But ... BUBBA SKELTON I say, thou mad March hare. JOHN SKELTON Congress: Bingo with billions. RED SKELTON It's been a long ride ... to get us to this point in the base-closure process. This journey has been... IKE SKELTON Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics. RED SKELTON Every version of it still has the lovers, outraged parents and fairies. CHARLIE SKELTON I don't want to be called 'the greatest' or 'one of the greatest'; let other guys claim to be the be... RED SKELTON The shows themselves will provide perpetual funding for the scholarships. CHARLIE SKELTON He was very, very talented. In the beginning, he is a little obnoxious, but he learns humanity near ... CHARLIE SKELTON It exceeded all our expectations. CHARLIE SKELTON The story is timeless and can be done in any era. CHARLIE SKELTON We're trying to get everyone to walk around town. That's one of the ideas behind the festival - see ... CHARLIE SKELTON This is our gift to the community. CHARLIE SKELTON This is going to be a great show. We have kids from every school in the county. CHARLIE SKELTON We want everyone of every age to see everything. CHARLIE SKELTON We're having more and more people getting in on this. CHARLIE SKELTON We need an immediate supplemental appropriation right now -- for seamen hours, flying hours, trainin... IKE SKELTON This effort will clearly increase the overall burden on our military, ... The Defense Department's c... IKE SKELTON For each 1 percent pay raise it is about a $600 million, so a billion dollars won't cut the mustard. IKE SKELTON All of these are necessary right now. Otherwise, much of the efforts of the military will be shut do... IKE SKELTON the Balkans are a tinder box ... World War I started there ... there's a great deal at stake -- the ... IKE SKELTON Congress: Bingo with billions RED SKELTON Exercise? I get in on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics. RED SKELTON I personally believe that each of us was put here for a purpose -- to build not to destroy. If I can... RED SKELTON No matter what your heartache may be, laughing helps you forget it for a few seconds. RED SKELTON God's children and their happiness are my reasons for being. RED SKELTON I have no history but the length of my bones ROBIN SKELTON Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness... RED SKELTON I have no history but the length of my bones. ROBIN SKELTON The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat di... IKE SKELTON Meaningful oversight must include proper scrutiny of all U.S. detention facilities, whether those fa... IKE SKELTON For each 1 percent pay raise, is about $600 million -- so $1 billion just won't cut the mustard. IKE SKELTON I'm nuts and I know it. But so long as I make 'em laugh, they ain't going to lock me up. RED SKELTON A fellow told me he was going to hang-glider school. He said, 'I've been going for three months.' I ... RED SKELTON His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad. RED SKELTON We felt like our guard play was better than theirs and I think we got them tired. GINA SKELTON We haven't talked to the girls yet about tying (the series), but we will first thing this morning. GINA SKELTON And they weren't allowed to take those pictures down until we won South State. GINA SKELTON That loss woke us up. We had a sign in our locker room that said, 'Fear none, respect all' that the ... GINA SKELTON It is well deserving for this group. Even though we didn't talk about the No. 1 ranking, it's always... GINA SKELTON To win it, you have to be good, and you have to be lucky too. We really needed to be tested like we ... GINA SKELTON We need to succeed in Iraq. If we don't, we will create a snake pit ... of terrorists. IKE SKELTON We have very, very fine air traffic controllers, men and women. They do their job, they do a fine jo... IKE SKELTON We need an immediate supplemental appropriation -- right now, IKE SKELTON The MOAC should be happy with 11 champions. MIKE SKELTON It proves what they say, give the public what they want to see and they'll come out for it RED SKELTON We speculate that some, if not most, of these acts of mischief may relate to a non-sanctioned grad r... SGT. PAUL SKELTON North Shore Rescue felt that that was probably the location the person would be found in based on th... SGT. PAUL SKELTON It's too early in the investigation to speculate how much of this mischief was caused by those assoc... SGT. PAUL SKELTON It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. GEORGE My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a br... GEORGE TAKEI Every historian discloses a new horizon. GEORGE SAND The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. GEORGE SAND Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. GEORGE WASHINGTON First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, y... GEORGE BURNS The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings. GEORGE SANTAYANA Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament. GEORGE SANTAYANA Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; ... GEORGE SANTAYANA Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. GEORGE SANTAYANA History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. GEORGE SANTAYANA A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. GEORGE SANTAYANA When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different. GEORGE SANTAYANA A child educated only at school is an uneducated child. GEORGE SANTAYANA Only the dead have seen the end of the war. GEORGE SANTAYANA The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradicti... GEORGE SANTAYANA People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they... GEORGE CARLIN I was doing a civil rights musical here in Los Angeles, and we sang at one of the rallies where Dr. ... GEORGE TAKEI 'Mad Men' is nothing more than the fulfillment of every possible stereotype of the early 196... GEORGE LOIS I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood. GEORGE CARLIN True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, b... GEORGE WASHINGTON The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and ye... GEORGE ELIOT Electricity is really just organized lightning. GEORGE CARLIN Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made. GEORGE BURNS Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. GEORGE BURNS I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill. GEORGE BURNS I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life. GEORGE BURNS When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick. GEORGE BURNS If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. GEORGE BURNS If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding wo... GEORGE BURNS I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age. GEORGE BURNS You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could ... GEORGE BURNS I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something. GEORGE BURNS Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. GEORGE BURNS It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and ... GEORGE BURNS I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at somethin... GEORGE BURNS I spent a year in that town, one Sunday. GEORGE BURNS Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on ... GEORGE BURNS Weather forecast for tonight: dark. GEORGE CARLIN I miss all of my old friends who have passed away. Sometimes you just don't understand why they ... GEORGE JONES You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right... GEORGE LUCAS I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within you... GEORGE STEVENS The influence of 'Hidden Fortress' comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The... GEORGE LUCAS Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship mu... GEORGE AYITTEY We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past,... GEORGE SANTAYANA I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gat... WALLY GEORGE I am always the 'good guy', and I take on the idiotic jerks of the nation. WALLY GEORGE I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, ma... GEORGE GROSZ I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate. INARA GEORGE I think a show is for fun, and the thing about playing live is that you make mistakes, and that'... INARA GEORGE I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A l... INARA GEORGE The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it. GEORGE SANTAYANA We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it. GEORGE OSBORNE In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political iss... GEORGE ORWELL I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of a... GEORGE WASHINGTON The status quo sucks. GEORGE CARLIN The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on. GEORGE SEWELL Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time. GEORGE GISSING The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a r... GEORGE ORWELL It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirte... GEORGE BURNS Praise the bridge that carried you over. GEORGE COLMAN We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al ... GEORGE TENET In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and eve... GEORGE GURDJIEFF Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.' GEORGE MCGOVERN Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul. GEORGE CARMAN May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. GEORGE CARLIN Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every libera... GEORGE MASON Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. GEORGE WHITEFIELD The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again. GEORGE MILLER All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour, so even when you're using... GEORGE LUCAS No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible. GEORGE CHAKIRIS The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come ... GEORGE ELIOT Winter dressing is all about having chic outerwear. GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS You know what I've kind of come to realize is that I'm a huge Drew Barrymore rom-com fan. Th... GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS It's better if you have a strong opinion on any talk show. GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS For many years I've been using Swarovski accessories when styling editorial photo shoots and als... GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS I learned everything about fashion during my time at the 'NY Times.' 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GEORGE SANTAYANA The first sign of real obsession with music was with an old wind-up gramophone that mum had thrown o... GEORGE MICHAEL There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. HENRY GEORGE Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pay... GEORGE GALLUP Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an... GEORGE ORWELL Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we... GEORGE SAND There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. ... GEORGE WASHINGTON War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. GEORGE WASHINGTON The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon. GEORGE WASHINGTON Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your prepa... GEORGE WASHINGTON Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive. GEORGE WASHINGTON I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require... GEORGE WASHINGTON Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before i... GEORGE WASHINGTON Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is ... GEORGE WASHINGTON Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing. GEORGE ORWELL One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume... GEORGE ORWELL The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of huma... GEORGE ORWELL No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. GEORGE ORWELL Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire t... 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GEORGE ORWELL Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible. GEORGE ORWELL Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant. GEORGE ORWELL It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequentl... GEORGE ORWELL The best books... are those that tell you what you know already. GEORGE ORWELL In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. GEORGE ORWELL I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corpora... GEORGE ORWELL Society has always to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. GEORGE ORWELL