One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.- Frank Zappa

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The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

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The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. — George Orwell

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If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. ― George Orwell

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Never feel guilty for doing what’s best for you. — Dushant Isankar

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Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. ― George Orwell

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The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. ― George Orwell

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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. — Erica Jong, novelist

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Whatever your calling, it's already rooted within you, and those roots can be trampled or tugged at but never removed. They grow stronger only when tended, nurtured, and most important, shared with others. ― Oprah Winfrey

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