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Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. ↗

— George Orwell

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Now, what we are not talking about, what you're really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you're doing, what you're trying to express. ↗

— Leo Ornstein

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The danger of that - and there's a grave danger that I, myself, have to be very aware of - is that you become so involved and intrigued in the language that sometimes you lose track that that is only a means to an aesthetic experience that the listener has to get. ↗

— Leo Ornstein

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When I was speaking about communicating, I meant that the listener - we have to reach the listener; otherwise, of course, you're writing the piece, as I say, only for the satisfaction of seeing it on the paper for yourself, and then it ends right there. ↗

— Leo Ornstein

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The people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against the domination of the capitalists of our country in collusion with the U.S. government, i.e. imperialism. ↗

— Daniel Ortega

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To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today and provide long overdue benefits for the veterans and military retirees who have already served. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

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We're all like little ants who scurry around with the materials that are at hand right now. Each generation finds new materials. Its just evolution, isn't it? ↗

— Beth Orton

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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

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Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility. ↗

— George Orwell

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A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. ↗

— George Osborne

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