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A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.
A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.... (more George Orwell quotes)
He was a close friend of David Astor, the owner and editor of The Observer newspaper. Astor died in 2001 and is buried in the grave next to Orwell.
Between 1943 and 1945, he was the literary editor of Tribune, a left-wing weekly magazine, and also wrote a regular column for Tribune called As I Please.
In 1939, George Orwell supported the British and French declaration of war against Germany. He was found to be unfit for military service... (more George Orwell trivia)
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