The Power of Language Flashcards

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F

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the First step had been secret, involuntary thought, and now from words to actions

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A

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All history was a palimpsest

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R

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Rebellion means a look in the eyes, an inflection of the voice

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H

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He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. But so long as he uttered it, in some obscure way, the continuity was not broken

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A

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the Aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought. In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.

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T

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Then the chosen lie would pass into the permanent records and become truth

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