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Pages in category "1984 quotations" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... This page was last edited on 5 August 2024, at 16:34 (UTC).
[10] Time included the novel on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published from 1923 to 2005, [11] and it was placed on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list, reaching number 13 on the editors' list and number 6 on the readers' list. [12] In 2003, it was listed at number eight on The Big Read survey by the BBC. [13]
Rainbow wave, a phrase to describe the record number of openly LGBT candidates for office in the 2018 midterm elections (over 400), [57] and in increasing numbers since that year (over 1,000 each in 2020 and 2022). [58] [59]
In Orwell's novel "1984" — which was published in 1949 — the English author outlines. There may be no one who can say "I told you so" better than George Orwell, who was born today, June 25th ...
The use of contradictory names in this manner may have been inspired by the British and American governments; during the Second World War, the British Ministry of Food oversaw rationing (the name "Ministry of Food Control" was used in World War I) and the Ministry of Information restricted and controlled information, rather than supplying it; while, in the U.S., the War Department was ...
Equilibrium (2002) portray a futuristic totalitarian dystopian society like we seen in Nineteen Eighty-Four, the structure of these governments (1984 and Equilibrium) is exceedingly similar, with strict social classes and an omnipresent figurehead, known as the "Big Brother" in 1984 and "Father" in Equilibrium.
Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood posing outside the White House with a full-size cutout of Ronald Reagan, during their US tour, November 8, 1984 (Credit: Mike Maloney/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
1984 [note 6] [note 7] "Hasta la vista, baby" Terminator: Terminator 2: Judgment Day: 1991 [note 8] "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore: Apocalypse Now: 1979 [note 6] [note 7] "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" Rhett Butler: Gone with the Wind: 1939 [note 9] [note 10] "Here's looking at you, kid ...