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Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.

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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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Unless some effective supranational government can be set up and brought quickly into action, the prospects of peace and human progress are dark and doubtful.
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I was shown a picture by Cézanne of a blank wall of a house, which he had made instinct with the most delicate lights and colours.
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[The Balkans] produce more history than they can consume.
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Time passes swiftly, but is it not joyous to see how great and growing is the treasure we have gathered together, amid the storms and stresses of so many eventful and to millions tragic and terrible years?
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We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end.
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I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way.... War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account.
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There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be potent at the moment are revealed.
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May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few thousand airmen? There never has been, I suppose, in all the world, in all the history of war, such an opportunity for youth. The Knights of the Round Table, the Crusaders, all fall back into the past.
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What a fool I have been!
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Rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen.
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War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
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Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.
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If you mean to profit, learn to please.
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To improve is to change.
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We must not lose our faculty to dare, particularly in dark days.
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All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.
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Strategy is all very well, but it pays to give thought from time to time to the results.
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The people of Asia were slaves, because they had not learned how to pronounce the word 'no'.
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