George Orwell Quotes

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

George Orwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950

Topics

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I have no intention of making vampires cool. Absolutely not. They're not cool.

Joe Gilgun

CoolIntentionAbsolutelyMaking

Now, as husbands go, I have to admit I did all right. Joe is unquestionably handsome, doesn't leave ragged toenail clippings scattered about the house, and has never once, in nearly five thousand days of togetherness, left the toilet seat up.

Jenna McCarthy

HandsomeHouseAdmitGoTogetherness

Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.

John Maynard Keynes

OpinionAverageInterestedBelieves

I always get excited over James Murphy's work and everything that comes out of DFA. I really like the way that Murphy and LCD Soundsystem mix electronic, dance and rock together.

Stephen Morris

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I don't make unconventional stories; I don't make non-linear stories. I like linear storytelling a lot.

Steven Spielberg

StorytellingMakeUnconventionalLike

When I started making money, I immediately began buying property and fixing it up. I was always searching for the next neighborhood. The first place I bought when I was 19. I found a huge loft on the Lower East Side, almost 3,500 square feet. I did it up, turned it over, and sold it.

Trish Goff

MoneyFeetMaking MoneyPlaceFirst

I'd rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesn't sound too good.

Sloane Stephens

GoodGreatLosePlayTennisFirst

World records at 19. I don't want that. Later, yes. And when it comes, I'll learn to live with it, but it won't be my first love.

Steve Prefontaine

LoveLiveWorldLearnWantFirst

Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary of what we are giving up in the name of fighting terrorism.

Lucille Roybal-Allard

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There have always been huge musicians and poets in Uruguay, but Uruguay is a well-kept secret.

Juan Campodonico

MusiciansSecretAlwaysBeenPoets

Too many bar owners built a bar for themselves... when they should have built what their market and demographic demands!

Jon Taffer

BarMarketBuiltShouldManyToo

'Jurassic Park' was able to get away with big, dynamic filmmaking that might be out of place in another kind of story.

Colin Trevorrow

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