"The Penguin books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them."

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George Orwell

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“In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.”
“The eyes have one language everywhere.”
“If you ask people in the mainstream what they want, they'll say faster and smaller and cheaper. But with that you don't get innovation. If you align yourself with the ball-breaker, high-testosterone crowd, that leads to innovation.”

Source : "Geek cheek" by David Diamond, www.wired.com. April 1, 1996.
“Without adversity, we can never unleash our greatness.”
“Words are immortal - Elinor”
“Language shapes consciousness and from consciousness, our world is shaped.”
“Life is the best teacher.”
“We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.”

Source : FaceBook post by Joan Didion from Jun 24, 2011

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