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Idea Quotes by George Orwell
- In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country.
- The whole idea of revenge and punishment is a childish day-dream. Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Revenge is an act which…
- In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist…
- The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.
- I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for…
- Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.
- Nothing holds it together except an idea which is indestructible.
More Idea Quotes
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- Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what… — Lance Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the… — Antonin Artaud
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. — Mary Kay Ash
- The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that… — Chinua Achebe
- I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew… — Chinua Achebe
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but… — Wystan Hugh Auden