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Hearing Quotes by George Orwell
- Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing.
- At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas of which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question.…
- The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about…
- What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in…
- When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, 'I am going to produce a work of art.' I write…
- Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no kind of…
More Hearing Quotes
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- A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it. — Stanley Baldwin
- I love hearing my audience breathe. — Adele
- I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players… — Ritchie Blackmore
- I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a regular basis. More… — Christina Aguilera
- Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
- As a kid, I grew to define what I didn't want my life to be like by sitting behind moaning women on… — Julie Burchill
- I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. — John Burroughs
- When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this… — Steve Buscemi
- Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. — Samuel Butler
- People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced. — Samuel Butler
- There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear.… — John Cage