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Did Orwell Say Anything About Trans-Fat In His Book?
2008-07-26 06:02:00 “Citizens of California, worry no more. We here to look after and take care of you. We know you’re unable to make your own decisions, so we will make them for you.” You have to read that in Schwarzenegger’s accent. I don’t know, but if I want to eat foods saturated in trans-fat isn’t that ...
[Stupid] Teens commandeer school intercom, read from Orwell?s ?1984?. Behav
2008-05-22 10:23:00 (South Coast Today)
Jim Clark Revival 2008, Orwell SuperSportsCup video
2008-05-07 00:00:00 Orwell SuperSportsCup Highlights from JIM CLARK - REVIVAL (www.jimclark-rev... the popular International Historic Grand Prix at Hockenheim 2008. © RED-Medien
Orwell explains mass-media deception
2008-04-14 07:09:00 "The process (of mass-media deception) has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be unconscious, or it would bring with it a feeling of falsity and hence of guilt.... To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from
George Orwell, Author of 1984
2008-04-02 20:44:00 George Orwell Author of 1984 - The High School English Literature Curriculum Who was George Orwell, the author of 1984? George Orwell’s real name was Eric Arthur Blair. He was born in Bengal, India in 1903. His father was an opium agent and worked for the Indian Civil Service. When he was four years old, his family returned to England. ...
Orwell tenĂa razĂłn
2008-03-25 05:26:00 El jueves (santo) pasado, volvĂa del centro de comprar los huevos de pascua para los gurises (en rigor, resultaron ser unos perritos de pascua... la modernidad, viĂł), y me encuentro que habĂa pasado el cartero por casa. La factura de la luz, la factura del telĂ©fono, un par de misivas relacionadas con el trabajo, alguna carta familiar, y un paquete. Por suerte dejĂ© la ventana abierta, ya que por debajo de la puerta todo no pasaba y el cartero se las hubiera visto en figurillas para cumplir su tarea. Me llamĂł la atenciĂłn el sobre, papel madera oscuro, grande. Remitente: Lapicerdo, España. Destinatario: pues yo, Argentina. Como ya saben, y deberĂan saberlo si me leen, participĂ© del concurso Lapicerdo organizado hace un mes, y fui uno de los cinco beneficiados en la ocasiĂłn. Desde aquĂ©l dĂa, tortuosa fue la espera del premio elegido post-concurso, porque al momento de inscribirme elegĂ mal, y donde decĂa: "Remera que le gustarĂa ganar", yo seleccionĂ© un buzo (que del ot...
Tierra y Libertad, de Ken Loach - Pelicula sobre la Guerra Civil Espańola.
2008-03-18 19:09:00 Tierra y libertad (Land and Freedom) es una gran película de 1995, dirigida por Ken Loach y escrita por Jim Allen. La película narra la historia de un trabajador desempleado miembro del Partido Comunista de Gran Bretańa, que decide luchar en el bando republicano. Inspirada por Homenaje a Cataluńa del genio George Orwell, las connotaciones políticas ...
By: teimagino
Top 10 Most Depressing Quotes from Orwell?s 1984
2008-03-13 17:07:00 Written by Alternative Reel #10 - TRAMPLED UPON “Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers imagined. A world of fear and treachery and torment, a world of trampling and being trampled upon, a world which will grow ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Top 10 Most Depressing Quotes from Orwell’s 1984", url: "http://www.bspcn.com/2008/03/1-3/top-10-most-depressing-quotes--from-orwells-1984/" });
By: Lame News
It?s L. Ron Hubbard?s Birthday and SCIENTOLOGY IS A TOTALITARIAN TERRORIST
2008-03-13 05:39:00 It’s not everyday that we get to celebrate the birthday of a man who realized his aspiration to get rich by starting up a religion. It’s not everyday that we get to celebrate the birthday of a man who created a totalitarian Orwellian terrorist cult. Today we get to celebrate both. Today is the birthday of the ...
Welcome To The Orwellian World Of “Chickenshit”
2008-02-04 06:24:00 I know, I know..that word is vulgar. However, I’m reminded of the fact that the military frowned on “obscene” images drawn on bombers that rained death and destruction from above. In the military sense, the term chickenshit means petty, nit-picky….the kind of person or situation that does nothing but lower morale of any ...
Orwell Supersportscup 2008 provisional calendar
2008-02-03 00:00:00 Provisional Race Calendar 2008 April 25./27. 2008 - Jim Clark Revival/Hockenheim/GER - confirmed May 16./18. 2008 - RMU Classic/Spa/BEL - confirmed June 28./29.2008 - Superprix/Brands Hatch/GBR - confirmed August 8./10.2008 - Oldtimer Grand Prix/Nürburgring/GER - confirmed October 25./26.2008 - Martini Historic Festival/Jarama/ESP - confirmed Races 6 + 7 - to be adviced
Orwell and Euphemisms for Corrupt Policy
2008-02-02 23:54:00 Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness. Defenseless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside, the cattle machine-gunned, the huts set on fire with incendiary bullets: this is called THE SURGE. Millions of IRAQIS are robbed of their farms and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carry: this is called transfer of population or rectification of frontiers OR DEBATHIFICATION. People are imprisoned for years without trial, or shot in the back of the neck or sent to die of scurvy in Arctic lumber camps OR BE TORTURED IN GITMO: this is called elimination of unreliable elements OR ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES. Such phraseology is needed if one wants to name things without calling up mental pictures of them. Consider for instance some comfortable English professor defending Russian totalitarianism OR AMERICAN TORTURE. He cannot say outright, "I believe in kill...
By: NO Exit...
6 Rules for Effective Writing from George Orwell
2008-01-27 18:51:00 Written by John Wesley In our society, the study of language and literature is the domain of poets, novelists, and literary critics. Language is considered a decorative art, fit for entertainment and culture, but practically useless in comparison to the concrete sciences. Just look at the value of a college degree in English versus one in ...
By: Lame News
Big Brother 2.0: Microsoft?s Orwellian innovation
2008-01-18 01:19:00 Microsoft has submitted a patent application for a new Big Brotheresque software program capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity, competence and physical wellbeing. This takes the monitoring of people at work to a new level, say civil liberties groups, privacy lawyers and the Information Commisioner.
Review: 1984 by George Orwell
2008-01-14 11:00:00 1984. I was five in 1984. The Berlin Wall still stood. Thatcher was busy castrating the unions, Reagan eyeballed Chernenko and the world teetered on the brink of a few atoms. Oh and Tommy Cooper died live on telly. Another taff bites the dust. But the world survived even if Tommy didn’t. And there was no Oceania. So ...
Orwell on nationalism
2008-01-04 13:12:00 All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency. Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost ...
By: Way of the Mind
Orwellian
2008-01-03 13:02:00 Throughout my high school years, I was forced to read many different works of literature that our English teachers deemed to be classics. While I have been an avid reader all my life, I’ll admit that I probably spent more time on sparknotes.com than I did reading the books that were assigned. One of the ... For the whole article, visit me at collegecritic.net!
The FBI ? One Step Nearer To Orwellian Hell
2007-12-22 15:07:00 The Washington Post is reporting a new FBI initiative that further erodes whatever privacy everyone has. It is going to award a $1 billion contract for a 10 year project to create the worlds largest Biometric database. Yes folks, finger and palm prints, iris scans, pictures, scars, pretty much every possible piece of biometric data. About ...
Candidate Infighting Dates Back To 1984- Kind Of Orwellian, Eh? Wait, What?
2007-12-10 20:37:00 Most of us have seen the 1984 Super Bowl Commercial for the launch of Mac. We remember identical skinheads clad in identical coveralls, marching in sync through a futuristic tube hallway into a massive hall. We can recall them sitting down, bolt upright, staring straight ahead at a massive big screen, donning the image of Big Brother, zoomed in grotesquely on his mysterious face. And these harrowing words project powerfully from his mouth: "Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests purveying contradictory thoughts. Our Unification of Thought is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!" And as we watch this commercial, moved ...
Morwell Unlimited Meet King Tubby's - Dub Me
2007-12-07 14:59:00 Morwell Unlimited Meet King Tubby's - Dub MeLabel - Blood&FireRecorded - 1975-ishStyle - Dub, Reggae, Tubbys, Lee LibraryBy 1975, the Jamaican dub had evolved from being a mere instrumental version of a singer's hit to a unique creative force. Instruments began dropping in and out of the mix unexpectedly, vocals appeared only to be frozen in time by heavy doses of echo and reverb, and filtered drums started changing shape before listeners' ears. The first shots had been fired two years earlier, with the near-simultaneous release of Lee "Scratch" Perry's Blackboard Jungle Dub, Herman Chin Loy's Aquarius Dub, and Clive Chin's Java Java Dub opening the floodgates. Lost in the shuffle during the years that followed was this 1975 encounter between King Tubby and the Morwells. Formed in 1973 by Maurice Wellington and Eric Lamont, the duo soon began releasing music on their own MOR-WELL ESQ label. For Dub Me (1975), Tubby draws heavily upon the Morwells' debut album, Presenting the ...
The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act: A Tutorial in Orwellian Newspeak
2007-12-02 16:16:00 by Robert Weitzel “Political language has to consist largely of euphemisms . . . and sheer cloudy vagueness.” - George Orwell H.R 1955: the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 recently passed by the House — a companion bill is in the Senate — is barely one sentence old before its Orwellian moment: It begins, “AN ACT - To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes.” Those whose pulse did not quicken at “other purposes” have probably not read George Orwell’s essay, “Politics and the English Language,” or they voted for the other George both times. Orwell’s jeremiad on the corruption of the English language and its corrosive effect on a democracy was written two years before his novel 1984 spelled out in chilling detail the danger of Newspeak, which renders citizens incapable of independent thought by depriving them of the words necessary to form ideas other than those promulgated by the state. After its opening “tribute” to Orw...
Judge Halted ?Orwellian Probe? into Amazon Customer?s Reading Habits..
2007-11-28 15:43:00 by GEF @ 7:28 AM MST Is it time to drop Amazon.com ? You do know the Govt will try again right? Feds withdraw subpoena seeking Amazon records Judge says DOJ request would have ‘frost keyboards across America’ By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch Last Update: 5:33 PM ET Nov 27, 2007 ...
By: Suzie-Q
Orwell?s 1984, plus 23
2007-11-21 15:56:00 News Item: Talking camera aimed at sex on the beach Sex on the beach, a time honored tradition, so much so that there’s a cocktail named after it. Yet officials in Stuart, Florida, just up the road from Palm Beach, seem to have a problem with folks getting too frisky in public. There is a proposal before ...
Credit Policy: Orwellian logic at work?
2007-11-17 20:43:00 Inflation is the result of synchronised currency debasement by central bankers the world over. The markets understand this better and have been sending the right message through rising gold prices, particularly during the last few years. The RBI woul4 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
Orwell se revuelve en su tumba. Ver video documental que analiza los medios
2007-11-12 10:09:00 Robert Kane Pappas ha dirigido “Orwell Rolls Over In His Grave“, un documental que examina criticamente al mal llamado “cuarto poder”, la prensa, que una vez fue bastión de la democracia en Estados Unidos. El documental se plantea cuestiones eticas y morales y analiza discurso doble e hipocrita de los medios de comunicacion de masas ...
By: teimagino
Orwell rolls over in his grave and says I was right
2007-10-31 13:03:00 Daniel Estulin, a Madrid-based journalist and an investigative reporter who took on the daunting and dangerous task of researching the Bildeberg Group, has offered his findings in The True Story Of The Bilderberg Group, recently published by Trine Day. What Estulin’s book makes clear is that the group, along with the Council on Foreign Relations ...
By: Turd on a Stick
George Orwell U
2007-10-31 07:00:00 The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) reports on a disturbing program of political indoctrination at the University of Delaware. To highlight a few parts of their report: The University of Delaware subjects students in its residence halls to a shocking program of ideological reeducation that is referred to in the university?s own materials as ...
By: Liberal Values
Pinoy Big Brother, George Orwell and Burma Connection
2007-10-23 15:35:00 Though not a fan of the popular show on Kapamilya TV, Tutubi was able to take these pictures of Pinoy Big Brother house on three locations shown below. He doesn't find it entertaining watching a bunch of "eye candies" sleeping and living inside a house full of cameras to simulate "reality," the still present flimsy gimmick of the network to create "reel" love teams and the apparent lack of transparency in the effect of the text votes on who will next be evictedOk, but what about the title?During the oppressive rule of the British in Burma, Eric Arthur Blair was a member of the British Imperial Police Force in Burma in the 1920s. Eric left Burma and decided to become a writer using the pseudonym George Orwell. His first novel was titled "Burmese Days." One of his later novel, the futuristic "1984," tells of a dystopian society watched carefully by Big Brother-- the omniscient, omnipresent head of the oppressive government.The phrase Big Brother is now used to refer to any oppressive...
"Censoring speech, to me, is a crime of Orwellian ...
2007-10-13 16:30:00 "Censoring speech, to me, is a crime of Orwellian proportions. There is never a reason to do it, other than, you know, shouting fire in a crowded theatre, blah blah.And yes, I understand not allowing talk on a blog is not the same as denying someone's first amendment rights... but if you are going to compare calling someone a nazi to suppressing their entire rights to speech, I gotta say... well, WOW. "Thak you, Daisy. The million justifications for censorship have really been getting to me too. Stunting speech is not a feminist value. (Or if it is somehow necessary to hold these views in addition to views that women should be respected in order to be a feminist, fuck feminism, as far as I'm concerned.)
By: Daisy's Dead Air
Orwell’s Nightmare Comes True - BIG BROTHER is Here!
2007-10-09 22:13:00 Â George Orwell’s 1984 has always been one of my favorite books, ever since I was about 12 years old. I still, to this day, read it at least once a year. When I was a teenager it seemed so fantastical, but unfortunately today it seems to be the new reality. Liberals are ...
By: Stuck On Stupid
Orwell in 2007
2007-10-03 23:05:00 Prime Minister of Poland - Mr. Kaczy??ski signed order for CBA (Central Anti Corruption Office) with permission to access to all files collected in ZUS (National Insurance Company).According to article in Gazeta Wyborcza, secret services managed by people from Law & Justice will have access to all kinds of files - like health, insurance, income, hospital files, collected by ZUS about 25 000 000 Polish citizens.Orwell's story in 2007? Or just little step forward to big victory in the elections...victory made by gossips, blackmail, and lies....Dear God, save us from this mad people... Polska wersja po klikni??ciu na linka: Premier Kaczy??ski podpisa?? rozporz??dzenie daj??ce Centralnemu Biuru Antykorupcyjnemy akces do wszystkich danych zgromadzonych przez Zak??ad Ubezpiecze?? Spo??ecznych.Zgodnie z tym, co podaje Gazeta Wyborcza, s??u??by zarz??dzane przez ludzi z PiS'u b??d?? mia??y dost??p do ka??dego rodzaju danych - jak dane o zdrowiu, ubezpieczeniu, dochodzie, leczeniu, gr...
Riso e Orwell
2007-10-03 10:44:00 Una lacrima sul riso: il Buongiorno di Massimo Gramellini tra Orwell e zombie. riso, finanziaria, enti
By: DestraLab
1984. Ver peliculas online de George Orwell. Mil Novecientos ochenta y cuat
2007-09-27 10:35:00 1984 (en inglés Nineteen Eighty-Four) es el título de una novela de política ficción distópica escrita por George Orwell en 1948 y editada en 1949. En la novela el estado omnipresente obliga a cumplir las leyes y normas a los miembros del partido totalitario mediante el adoctrinamiento, la propaganda, el miedo y el castigo despiadado. ...
By: teimagino
El Gran Hermano de Orwell se cuela en las oficinas
2007-09-25 00:08:00 http://www.20minutos.es/noticia-/251828/0/gran/hermano/oficinas-/ * Hitachi ha desarrollado un sistema de monitorizaciĂłn de las comunicaciones interpersonales de los trabajadores. * Ha empezado a utilizarlo en sus oficinas. * Esperan comercializar el sistema en menos de un año. Con cada nuevo avance en las nuevas tecnologĂas vuelve a resurgir en la opiniĂłn pĂşblica la idea del Gran Hermano, el
Indian Government inspired by Orwell
2007-09-24 09:28:00 The powers that be in Mumbai must have recently been gifted copies of 1984. According to this article, the Mumbai police has made it a mandate for all cyber cafes operating in the city to install KeyLoggers. As soon as I read this, several alarm bells started ringing in my head. Primary question being ...
By: Habitually Good
MI5 Confused by George Orwell
2007-09-20 09:54:00 George Orwell, writer of the political books “1984″ and “Animal Farm” was unsurprisingly monitored my MI5 for “advanced communist views”. But his views actually confused the security service. Copyright © 2007 Spy Review. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@spyreview.co.uk so we can take legal action immediately.
By: Spy Review
'1984' - George Orwell
2007-08-31 00:54:00 Have you ever thought about the lies that society falls for? Nobody wants to be watched or under surveillance but without credible surveillance we are vulnerable to attack. I think some authors actually get published to miss-lead the masses. Sound like other flaws that I write about? read more
By: Communati.com
Pagsasalin kay George Orwell
2007-08-30 14:34:00 Insired by Jego, who has begun translating CS Lewis into Filipino, I begin my translation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. He was probably spurred by the discussion at Manolo’s blog over the lack of good translations of English works into the vernacular. I took the liberty of changing the setting from England to the Philippines. ... [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
Padilla Verdict Orwellian
2007-08-19 07:00:00 When Timothy McVeigh blew up a federal building killing scores of men, women and children. The American Justice system sought him out and the rule of law put him to death. We have since that tragic event become a Republic beguiled by Christian evangelical neoconservatives, Who are neither Christian, conservative or even very competent in the execution of conspiracy. The rule of ...
George Orwell - Describes being Shot By Fascist Sniper
2007-08-17 23:59:00 I have been about ten days at the front when it happened. The whole experience of being hit by a bullet is very interesting and I think it is worth describing in detail. There seemed to be a loud bang and a blinding flash of light all around me, and I felt a tremendous shock - no pain, only a violent shock, such as you get from an electric terminal; with it a sense of utter weakness, a feeling of being stricken and shriveled up to nothing. It was at the corner of the parapet, at five o'clock in the morning. This was always a dangerous time, because we had the dawn at our backs, and if you stuck your head above the parapet it was clearly outlined against the sky. I was talking to the sentries preparatory to changing the guard. Suddenly, in the very middle of saying something, I felt -- it is very hard to describe what I felt, though I remember it with the utmost vividness. Roughly speaking it was the sensation of being at the center of an explosion. There seemed to be a loud ...
Personalized Search - All?s Well or Orwell?
2007-08-06 06:08:00 An article explaining personalized search, a new method being used by Google and other engines to try to improve search results. The article discusses the potential advantages and drawbacks of the strategy as well as current user opinion. More: continued here
Fat - Thin Quotes - George Orwell
2007-08-03 15:45:00 “I'm fat, but I'm thin inside. Has it ever struck you that there's a thin man inside every fat man, just as they say there's a statue inside every block of stone?” George Orwell (1903 – 50) British novelist, critic, and political commentator
ORWELLIANA
2007-07-18 12:57:00 Uno de mis escritores preferidos es Eric Blair, más conocido por George Orwell. Este personaje tan interesante y curioso nació en Bengala y murió en Londres, era de origen escoces, batalló por las ideas republicanas en Espańa y vivió en París.
By: BlogMemes
1984 - George Orwell
2007-07-16 23:47:00 1984 es el título de una novela de política ficción distópica escrita por George Orwell en 1948 y editada en 1949. En la novela el estado omnipresente obliga a cumplir las leyes y normas a los miembros del partido totalitario mediante el adoctrinamiento, la propaganda, el miedo y el castigo despiadado. La novela introdujo los conceptos del siempre presente y vigilante Gran Hermano, de la notoria habitación 101, de la ubicua policía del pensamiento y de la neolengua, adaptación del inglés en la que se reduce y se transforma el léxico -lo que no está en la lengua, no puede ser pensado-. Muchos comentaristas detectan paralelismos entre la sociedad actual y el mundo de 1984, sugiriendo que estamos comenzando a vivir en lo que se ha conocido como sociedad Orwelliana. El término Orwelliano se ha convertido en sinónimo de las sociedades u organizaciones que reproducen actitudes totalitarias y represoras com...
Censur, Orwell och Burma
2007-05-30 10:14:00 Idag läste jag en artikel i Mizzima News om att en ny bok stoppats av juntan(för att läsa artikeln, tryck här). Det är inte förvånande, inte för någon, men det gör mig så arg att jag måste skriva om det. Jag är uppväxt i ett hem där böcker alltid varit viktigt, väldigt viktigt. När jag var liten kunde det vara okej att missa skolan en dag, om det var för att jag läst en bok hela natten (hade jag
By: Cattis blogg
Police Cheif Fears "An Orwellian Situation" In Britain
2007-05-20 12:34:00 Deputy chief constable of Hampshire Ian Readhead said Britain could become a surveillance society with cameras on every street corner. He fears the spread of CCTV cameras is leading to "an Orwellian situation". Readhead expressed concerns about CCTV being used in small towns and villages where crime rates were low and whether the relatively low crime levels justified the expense and intrusion.
George Orwell - pensieri
2007-05-15 11:35:00 George Orwell - La libertà intellettuale è una tradizione profondamente radicata, senza la quale è improbabile che esisterebbe la nostra cultura specificatamente occidentale. E’ una tradizione alla quale molti dei nostri intellettuali stanno visibilmente voltando le spalle. (da La libertà di stampa) - Un fatto è disapprovare le idee politiche di uno scrittore; altra cosa, non necessariamente incompatibile con la prima, è disapprovare “lui” perché ti costringe a pensare. (da La letteratura e la sinistra) - Al vertice della piramide c’è il Grande Fratello. Egli è infallibile e potentissimo. […] E’ un volto sui manifesti, una voce che viene dal teleschermo. Possiamo essere ragionevolmente certi che non morirà mai. Già adesso non si sa con certezza quando sia nato. Il Grande Fratello è il modo in cui il Partito sceglie di mos...
George Orwell ? Egy csésze jó tea
2007-05-10 16:07:00 Már régen rátaláltam Orwell rövid írására, amelyben a teakészítés általa hozott tizenegy aranyszabályát sorolja fel, de csak most jutottam el odáig, hogy a Teázóba is kihelyezzem. Íme: George Orwell Egy csésze jó tea Ha megpróbálod a "teát" fellelni az els? kezed ügyébe kerül? szakácskönyvben, valószín?leg nem találod meg, vagy legfeljebb néhány vázlatos utasításra lelsz, ami a legtöbb fontos pontban nem szolgál eligazítással. Ez elég különös, nem csupán azért mert a tea a civilizáció egyik alapköve ebben az országban, csakúgy mint Írországban, Ausztráliában és Új-Zélandon, de azért is mert a f?zés legmegfelel?bb módja heves vitákat kelt. Mikor végignéztem a saját receptemet a csésze tökéletes teához, nem kevesebb mint tizenegy fontos pontot találtam. Ezek közül talán kett?ben van általános egyetértés, de legalább négy másik er?sen vitatható. Íme az én tizenegy szabályom, amiket mind aranyszabálynak tekintek. El?ször is indiai vagy ceyloni teát kell használni. A k...
In a land before Orwell and talking pigs
2007-05-01 01:46:00 People think that LSD was discovered in 1938, but Kafka wrote The Metamorphosis in 1915.
George Orwell
2007-04-26 14:39:00 During my school years, one of the few authors I read, (apart from Tolkien) was George Orwell. At the time, I was fascinated with his books, "Homage to Catalonia", "The Road to Wigan Pier", and "Down and Out in Paris and London". A feature of Orwell's writings, was that he always seemed able to see both points of view. Thus, although he was a committed Socialist, he powerfully portrayed the failings of his own ideological supporters. "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. " George Orwell Quotes |
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