Has it ever occurred to you, ' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been de-termined by the fact that the English language lacks rhymes?

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

Reality is inside the skull.

Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.

Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

Everyone helping out was supposed to make me feel better, but it actually made me feel more like a screw up.

Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.

There are many facts showing that Putin's people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that's why for them losing power means losing their fortunes.

We're all like little ants who scurry around with the materials that are at hand right now. Each generation finds new materials. Its just evolution, isn't it?

You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment.

Real power comes by empowering others.

Asthmatic immigrant learns to breathe by writing.

I know that everything essential and great originated from the fact that the human being had a homeland and was rooted in tradition.

One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent.

I love seeing the people that I have worked with reach new career heights.