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And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposedâ€”if all records told the same taleâ€”then the lie passed into history and became truth.… — George Orwell
I believe there are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. Such activities sometimes concern facets… — John Steinbeck
To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who does not control… — Philip Yancey
She knew this music--knew it down to the very core of her being--but she had never heard it before. Unfamiliar, it had still always been… — Charles de Lint
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there's no place… — Carl Sagan
Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as potentially dangerous and… — Alberto Manguel
Maybe some things aren't meant to be known. maybe there just meant to be accepted. — Wendy Mass
You did what you were told or you didn't get paid, and if things went wrong it wasn't your problem. It was the fault of… — Terry Pratchett
the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners — Barbara Kingsolver
All Dogs Go To Heaven? Sorry, kids. It's only the dogs who've accepted Christ. — Stephen Colbert
Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated. Only when all… — Jean Vanier
no form of love is wrong, so long as it is love, and you yourself honour what you are doing. Love has an extraordinary variety… — D. H. Lawrence
That an error made on your own is safer than ten truths accepted on faith, because the first leaves you the means to correct it… — Ayn Rand
A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows. — Mark Twain
she had long accepted the fact that happiness is like swallows in Spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not.… — Elizabeth Goudge
It is a good principle in science not to believe any 'fact'---however well attested---until it fits into some accepted frame of reference. Occasionally, of course,… — Arthur C. Clarke
After perhaps thirty meters, just as a soldier turned around, the girl was felled. Hands were clamped upon her from behind and the boy next… — Markus Zusak
What a mystery blood was -- how did a tiny gesture, a tome of voice, endure through generations like the harder verities of flesh? He… — Diana Gabaldon
I gave my mother a matching set [of mugs] for Christmas, and she accepted them as graciously as possible, announcing that they would make the… — David Sedaris
Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It's accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics. — Stephen King

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