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George Orwell
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George Orwell
Age: 46 †
Born: 1903
Born: June 25
Died: 1950
Died: January 21
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... ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will tend to be ages of despotism, whereas when the dominant weapon is cheap and simple, the common people have a chance... A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the weak.
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Serious sport is war minus the shooting.
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Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.
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