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The Penguin books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them.
George Orwell
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George Orwell
Age: 46 †
Born: 1903
Born: June 25
Died: 1950
Died: January 21
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I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.
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[You write out of the] desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, etc., etc., etc. It is humbug to pretend this is not a motive and a strong one.
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A sahib has got to act like a sahib he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things.
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