"If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out"

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George Orwell

#Cutting Quotes

“It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box”
“The U.S. is the greatest, best country God has ever given man on the face of the earth.”

Source : "Does Religion Make You Nice?" by Paul Bloom, www.slate.com. November 07, 2008.
“The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.”
“The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels.”
“Rationality is the master lifehack which distinguishes which other lifehacks to use.”
“Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?”
“Pickett excused himself, watchful of Longstreet. Pickett was always saying something to irritate somebody, and he rarely knew why, so his method was simply to apologize in general from time to time and let people know he meant well and then to shove off and hope for the best. He apologized and departed, curls ajiggle.”

Source : Jeff Shaara, Michael Shaara (2012). “The Civil War Trilogy 3-Book Boxset (Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels, and The Last Full Measure)”, p.458, Ballantine Books
“Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language.”

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