#be

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt. ↗

— George Orwell

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To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others. ↗

— George Orwell

#does #human #human being #love #loving

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. ↗

— George Orwell

#comes #heroic #human #human beings #pinch

Myths which are believed in tend to become true. ↗

— George Orwell

#believed #myths #tend #true #which

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. ↗

— George Orwell

#beings #human #human beings #quite #time

Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below. ↗

— George Orwell

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Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there. ↗

— George Orwell

#battles #been #lost #opening #probably

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. ↗

— George Orwell

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I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow. ↗

— Adam Osborne

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I believe in public services. ↗

— George Osborne

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