Is is as if life or reality itself has had it in mind all along to unravel the very design i have been trying all along to impose on it.
And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed__f all records told the same tale__hen the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.
1984
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And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed__f all records told the same tale__hen the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.
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