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The birds sang, the proles sang, the Party did not sing.

a free intelligence, a type hated with equal hatred by all the smelly
little orthodoxies which are now contending for our souls.
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Joe Fineman wrote:
> The birds sang, the proles sang, the Party did not sing.
>
> a free intelligence, a type hated with equal hatred by all the smelly
> little orthodoxies which are now contending for our souls.

"...they all happened, and they did not happen any the less because the
Daily Telegraph has suddenly found out about them when it is five years
too late."

"... It is curious how one does not notice things. I had
been in London innumerable times, and yet till that day I had never
noticed one of the worst things about London -- the fact that it costs
money even to sit down...."

"Fishing is the opposite of war."

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That is, in addition to the usual.

/M
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On Jun 3, 11:08 pm, "aesthe...@hotmail.com" <aesthe....DeleteThis@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Do you have a favorite G.O. quote?

- Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one
that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

G.O.
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On Jun 3, 11:08 pm, "aesthe...@hotmail.com" <aesthe....RemoveThis@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Do you have a favorite G.O. quote?

The following article includes my favorite Orwell quote:

http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/30559.html
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"aesthete8@hotmail.com" <aesthete8 DeleteThis @hotmail.com> writes:

> The following article includes my favorite Orwell quote:
>
> http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/30559.html

Indeed, I have included it (in a slangy, abbreviated form) in my
signature file.

I am dubious, however, about the statement attributed to Madison. I
am rather surprised to learn, from the OED, that he *might* have
written "bastardize"; but I still hold out against "historical
background".
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On 4 juin, 03:08, "aesthe...@hotmail.com" <aesthe... DeleteThis @hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Do you have a favorite G.O. quote?

"...any sizeable & strong branch has a kink in it."
1946 domestic diary

B.
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