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Aldous Leonard Huxley (26. juuli 1894 – 22. november 1963) oli Briti kirjanik, kelle tuntuimad raamatud on ulmeromaanid "Hea uus ilm" ("Brave New World") ja "Saar" ("Island"). Ta elas 1937. aastast kuni surmani Ameerika Ühendriikides.
- Faktid ei lakka olemast lihtsalt seepärast, et neist välja ei tehta.
- Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
- ptk "Note on Dogma"
- Raamatust "Proper Studies" (1927)
- Tavalisel ajal pole ükski terve mõistuse juures viibiv indiviid andnud oma nõusolekut väitele, et kõik inimesed on võrdsed.
- That all men are equal is a proposition which at ordinary times no sane individual has ever given his assent.
- ptk "The Idea of Equality"
- Raamatust "Proper Studies" (1927)
- Kogemus ei ole see, mis mingi inimesega juhtunud on. Kogemus on see, mida inimene selle juhtunuga peale hakkab.
- Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
- Raamatust "Texts and Pretexts" (1932)
- Propagandisti eesmärk on panna üks kogum inimesi unustama, et teatavad teised inimkogumid on inimesed.
- The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
- The Olive Tree (1936)
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