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George Orwell Quotes

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely ruinous to the novel, the most anarchical of all forms of literature.

George Orwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Literature Always Above Atmosphere

What I can say that's different in American television... in Britain, they wouldn't cancel something after a couple of episodes. In the States they would. They would just decide it's not working, take it off and put something else in on the fall schedule.

John Barrowman

American Fall Television I Can Say

I actually know the moment I became known. It was at the Cannes Film Festival, when they showed 'The Virgin Spring.' I walked into that theater as one person, and I walked out as another.

Max von Sydow

Moment Spring Person Know Out Film

I am a huge fan of Nirvana and always will be.

Jeffree Star

I Am Will Always Nirvana Fan Am

Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about.

John Polkinghorne

New Things Chance New Way Mean Come

Since ballet has such a solid classical framework, everything is supposed to be a very specific way, so you learn to look at things with an eye towards perfection. But in acting, it isn't always necessarily good to be like that - really magical things can happen when it's unexpected and messy.

Sonoya Mizuno

Good Perfection Eye Learn You Look

If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.

Sitting Bull

Children Food People Feel Wish Land

We wanted it to be that you could go to the comic shop and read about the back story of 'Pacific Rim' and the drama inherent in it.

Travis Beacham

Story You Back Drama Go Read

I think Pete did have a hard time as a kid with his appearance. But don't all kids have a hard time? God, I had a hard time, too. I was little with bow legs and rickets. I used to get picked on like everybody used to get picked on.

Roger Daltrey

God Time Think Appearance Legs Kid

I wrote a song for my sister's wedding.

Lou Barlow

Sister Song Wedding Wrote

We live in a very uncertain world, and I think that uncertainty of itself generates an environment which we should not make a decision that deprives future generations of the deterrent effect that the nuclear weapons have provided for us and for almost all of my life.

Des Browne

Life Future Live Decision World

Man, if I get a chance to speak on the microphone, I've got to say something somewhere in there. You know, I'm going to laugh and have fun, too, but something has to be said that has some substance, because this is a platform, and the power that we have with words and with this microphone is phenomenal.

Common

Power Words Man Fun Have Fun Chance

Imperfection is fine.

Anna Wintour

Imperfection Fine