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We shape our homes and then our homes shape us.

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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.
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Men often stumble onto the truth but then quickly dust themselves off and hurry away.
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There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.
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A joke is a very serious thing.
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I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
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I accumulated in those years so fine a surplus in the Book of Observance that I have been drawing confidently upon it ever since.
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There must not be lacking in our leadership something of that spirit of the Austrian corporal who, when all had fallen into ruins around him, and when Germany seemed to have fallen into chaos, did not hesitate to march forth against the vast army of victorious nations and has already turned the tables decisively against them.
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A man must choose his own way of life, and…it is only by following out one’s own bent that there can be the really harmonious life.” [In an interview conducted by Bram Stoker]
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And a pamphlet called Pick me up There is no genuine hatred against Herr Hitler.
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When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
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He sees with amazement that our defeats are but the stepping stones to victory and that all his victories are stepping stones to ruin. It was apparent to me that this bad man saw quite clearly the shadow of slowly and remorselessly approaching doom, and he railed at fortune for mocking him with the glitter of fleeting success.
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There is no greater mistake than to suppose that platitudes, smooth words, timid policies, offer today a path to safety.
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Nourish your hopes, but do not overlook realities.
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I have worked very hard with Nehru. I told him he should be the light of Asia, to show all those mil­lions how they can shine out, instead of accept­ing the dark­ness of Com­mu­nism.
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The gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen's lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire.
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My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star.
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