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“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”
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“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
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“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”
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“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
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“In a way, the world−view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird.”
― 1984
― 1984
Bob’s 2024 Year in Books
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