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George Orwell Quotes
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
Source:
The Art of Donald McGill (September 1941); The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell (1968), Volume II, Page 165
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Name:
George Orwell
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Novelist, Writer
Born:
June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950
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