| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 43148 |
| QUOTATION: | It was a bright, cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | George Orwell (19031950), British author. Nineteen Eighty-Four, pt. 1, ch. 1 (1949).
Opening words. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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