George Orwell Quotes

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

George Orwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PowerMindTwoBeliefsMeansBoth

The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create.

Jocko Willink

FreedomPracticeBetterYouCreate

What's interesting is that some of the things I'm interested in talking about is a story which has to do with the second half of your life, which can be told through Hedwig's voice because she's older. If the timeline is consistent, she's as old as me.

John Cameron Mitchell

LifeMeVoiceStoryInterestingShe

In America, people with lots of money can easily avoid the consequences of bad bets and big losses by cashing out at the first sign of trouble.

Robert Reich

MoneyPeopleAmericaBadTrouble

I still party all the time and hang out with everyone who drinks, but I just don't personally, and don't really have the desire to get blitzed drunk any more.

Slash

TimeDrunkPartyDesireMoreOut

Christians historically have believed wrong on issues. Take slavery: they believed wrong on that issue for generations, and it had, just, repercussions that were staggeringly negative for our culture and my community. So it is possible to be Christian and to believe wrongly and practice wrongly.

Tony Evans

CommunityCulturePracticeNegative

Everybody has many people inside of them. I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want.

Rupert Friend

AcceptancePeopleThinkPresentFeel

People are playing games on their TV, young men are, and people are shopping... they are not watching their news channels, but they are using their TVs for other things.

Rupert Murdoch

MenPeopleShoppingYoungChannels

If I could have gotten my way at an early age, I would have entered the priesthood, but my mother informed me that I could not become a priest because I was a girl. It really was the biggest blow to my ego, because it was my calling. When she told me I'd have to be a nun, I looked at her and said, 'I'm not following anyone.'

Donna Brazile

MotherGirlAgeMeEgoEarly

And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power.

DeForest Soaries

PowerPeopleLittleStayVeryThem

I don't think people will ever forget I was an 'Angel', anymore than they'll forget Sally Field was 'The Flying Nun.'

Cheryl Ladd

PeopleAngelFlyingThinkForget

I think that the dialogue between police officers and the black community has to get better, but not better in a way where, 'Oh, let's talk about it when something horrible happens.' The dialogue has to be going on consistently, every day.

Antoine Fuqua

CommunityDayPoliceThinkBetter

If you've enjoyed 'Battlestar Galactica', you should love my stuff.

Peter F. Hamilton

LoveYouStuffEnjoyedShould

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