"I am struck again by the fact that as soon as a working man gets an official post in the Trade Union or goes into Labour politics, he becomes middle-class whether he will or no. ie. by fighting against the bourgeoisie he becomes a bourgeois. The fact is that you cannot help living in the manner appropriate and developing the ideology appropriate to your income."

-- George Orwell

#Fighting Quotes #Men Quotes #Class Quotes

“Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.”
“Leadership is based on complex phenomena.”

Source : "What Top Scholars Say About Leadership". Interview with Martha Lagace, hbswk.hbs.edu. May 10, 2010.
“A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you made your appraisal after seeing what the enemy does, since it is certain that, angered and outraged, he will soon launch a determined counterattack.”

Source : Remark to to Ogata Taketora, the Editor in Chief of Asahi Shimbun, on January 09, 1942. "The Reluctant Admiral". Book by Hiroyuki Agawa, 1979.
“Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.”
“I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”
“London, thou art the flower of cities all! Gemme of all joy, jasper of jocunditie.”
“A hero can be afraid, but a hero never runs away.”

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