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• George Orwell was an optimist.
• If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on the human face-- forever .
  . . And remember that it is forever. -- George Orwell -- 1984...
• On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.
  -- George Orwell (1903-1950), collected essay...
• Perhaps this disgusting degraded creature is some sort of blessing in disguise?
  Well, if he is, it's a very _good_ disguise. -- George and Edmund : Duel and Duality...
• 1948: A novel for dyslexics by George Orwell.