If you worked to advance the interests of the machine, the machine paid you back.
“What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?”
― An Abundance of Katherines
― An Abundance of Katherines
“Don't you see that the whole aim of newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?”
― 1984
― 1984
“Events of future history will be of the same nature - or nearly so - as the history of the past, so long as men are men.”
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“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.”
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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols
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