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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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Dead birds don't fall out of their nests.
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I am sorry to have made such a long speech, but I did not have time to write a shorter one.
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The facilities for advanced education must be evened out and multiplied. No one who can take advantage of a higher education should be denied this chance. You cannot conduct a modern community except with an adequate supply of persons upon whose education, whether humane, technical, or scientific, much time and money have been spent.
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When someone says to me, Ugh, you smoke. I reply, Ugh, you're ugly. I can quit smoking.
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The object of Parliament is to substitute argument for fisticuffs.
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