#been

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. ↗

— George Orwell

#coincides #facts #foresee #future #grossly

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. ↗

— George Orwell

#been #eurasia #had #therefore #war

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

The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast. ↗

— George Osborne

#been #forecast #larger #oil #oil prices

Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure. ↗

— George Osborne

#british #british people #funds #infrastructure #investing

I took a bottle of pills. I'd been in Europe and I had a lot of absinthe and I was just drinking and drinking, trying to, you know, just shut my body down. ↗

— Jack Osbourne

#been #body #bottle #down #drinking

It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know? ↗

— Jack Osbourne

#big #crossed #day #especially #expected

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. ↗

— William Osler

#been #certain #effort #ideals #made

I've been collecting photos for a long time, I mean since I started making money. But what you have had to go through to find a good photo is like a needle in the haystack sometimes. You'll drive from one gallery to the next gallery to the next gallery. It's not an easy process. It's a very ancient model that just hasn't caught up with the times. ↗

— Guy Oseary

#been #caught #collecting #drive #easy

That professionalism comes from what I've watched people do on the set. I'm just trying to be as respectful to the environment, as they have been. I think I still act like a kid. I just try to be as professional as I can. ↗

— Haley Joel Osment

#been #comes #environment #i #i can