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Orwell was dealing with communism and his disillusionment with communism in Russia and what he saw the communists do in Spain. His novel was a response to those political situations. Whereas I was interested in more things than the political atmosphere. I was considering the whole social atmosphere: the impact of TV and radio and the lack of education. I could see the coming event of schoolteachers not teaching reading anymore. The less they taught, the more you wouldn't need books. Ray Bradbury
William S. Burroughs quote: "Cheat your landlord if you can -- and must -- but do not try..."
Cheat your landlord if you can -- and must -- but do not try to shortchange the Muse. William S. Burroughs
I'm giving you my life to prove to myself I can, I really can love somebody. Even when I'm not getting paid, I can give love andhappiness and charm. You see, I can handle the baby food and the not talking and being homeless and invisible, but I have to knowthat I can love somebody. Completely and totally, permanently and without hope of reward, just as an act of will, I will lovesomebody. Chuck Palahniuk
Will Durst quote: "How did sex come to be thought of as dirty in the first place?..."
How did sex come to be thought of as dirty in the first place? God must have been a Republican. Will Durst
Truman Capote quote: "[C]locks indeed must have thier sacrifice: what is death but..."
[C]locks indeed must have thier sacrifice: what is death but an offering to time and eternity? Truman Capote
Jonathan Shapiro quote: "Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still..."
Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit. Jonathan Shapiro
My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have instructed our eyes to see. Muhammad Yunus
Marat Safin quote: "We live because of the dreams."
We live because of the dreams. Marat Safin
Horace Mann quote: "Give me a house furnished with books rather than furniture!..."
Give me a house furnished with books rather than furniture! Both, if you can, but books at any rate! Horace Mann
Margaret Atwood quote: "I don't want to look at something that determines me so..."
I don't want to look at something that determines me so completely. Margaret Atwood
I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future. Jimmy Carter
Martha Washington. I think she's done herself a disservice in history with a little cap, you know? She looks like a namby-pamby little grandmotherly type, but she turned out to be a very strong woman. Cokie Roberts
Washington Irving quote: "He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the..."
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart. Washington Irving
Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military. James Patterson
Azar Nafisi quote: "None of us can avoid being contaminated by the world's evils;..."
None of us can avoid being contaminated by the world's evils; it's all a matter of what attitude you take towards them. Azar Nafisi