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It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it. nothing had changed except your own attitude: the predestined thing happened in any case.
-George Orwell
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It Was Like Swimming Against A Current

George Orwell
It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it. nothing had changed except your own attitude: the predestined thing happened in any case.
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