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I do not presume to explain how to paint, but only how to get enjoyment.

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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
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When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.
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We are weakened and we are tired, but we are not done yet.
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My ability to persuade my wife to marry me was quite my most brilliant achievement ... Of course, it would have been impossible for any ordinary man to have got through what I had to go through in peace and war without the devoted aid of what we call, in England, one's better half.
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