1. "Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood."
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George Orwell, 1984
2. "He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past."
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George Orwell, 1984
3. "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
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George Orwell, 1984
4. "The best books... are those that tell you what you know already."
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George Orwell, 1984
5. "If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself."
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George Orwell, 1984
6. "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
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George Orwell, 1984
7. "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever."
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George Orwell, 1984
8. "We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."
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George Orwell, 1984
9. "But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."
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George Orwell, 1984
10. "Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them."
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George Orwell, 1984