George Orwell Quotes

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.

George Orwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatWordsLanguageLongEnemyOut

I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting.

Amy Adams

ThinkFantasyMoreOpenBeingJust

The only plan is trying to push myself the maximum to be the best player I can.

Stan Wawrinka

MyselfBestPushPlanTryingI Can

I love the flamboyance, the melodrama, the bloody theatre of Russian history.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

LoveHistoryTheatreBloodyI Love

It is a little scary to go across the whole country, and basically the world, and be like, 'What's up? I'm gay, and you should let me get married everywhere.' I don't feel like I'm a spokesperson. I just sing what my experience is.

Mary Lambert

ExperienceMeWorldFeelYouGay

You play this sport in the mind, not only on the field.

Javier Hernandez

MindYouPlayOnlyFieldSport

I knew that I had to find my own voice, both figuratively and literally.

David Sylvian

VoiceFindMy OwnOwnKnewBoth

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.

Clay Aiken

GodMyselfThinkGoDoneMore

People have really taken Mrs. Brown to their hearts. I think she reminds them of their own mammies... Fierce and scary but full of love.

Brendan O'Carroll

LovePeopleThinkFierceSheScary

In 'Bunny,' I have got my dialogues - almost 80 per cent of my shots were okayed in a single take. I did put in effort and did a lot of homework.

Allu Arjun

EffortHomeworkSingleBunnyTake

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.

Alfred Hitchcock

GoodGoSoundAudienceGood Movie

I think part of being an actor is staying private.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

ThinkActorBeingStayingI Think

I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight.

Pramila Jayapal

PeopleFeelCountryMoralYoung

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