Distraction is our habitual state. Not the distraction of the person who withdraws from the world in order to shut himself up in the secret and ever-changing land of his fantasy, but the distraction of the person who is always outside himself, lost in the trivial, senseless, turmoil of everyday life.

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In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act

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Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.

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Complaining is the absolute worst possible thing you could do for your health or your wealth. The worst!

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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. - George Orwell

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The best books... are those that tell you what you know already. ― George Orwell

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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.― George Orwell

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Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

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People laughed at the way I dressed, but that was the secret of my success. I didn't look like anyone.

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I am not afraid of crashing, my secret is . . . just before we hit the ground, I jump as high as I can.

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