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It is of no account after all, the old bird does not fly far from his nest.

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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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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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If I had my way, I would write the word 'insure' over every door of every cottage and upon the blotting pad of every public man, because I am convinced that, for sacrifice that are conceivably small, families can be secured against catastrophes which otherwise would smash them forever.
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For the first 25 years of my life, I wanted freedom. For the next 25 years, I wanted order. For the next 25 years, I realized that order is freedom.
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If you don't take change by the hand, it will take you by the throat.
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Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.
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They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.
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Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured. But I fear - I fear greatly - the storm will not pass. It will rage and it will roar, even more loudly, even more widely.
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I love to learn but I do not want to be taught
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There is scarcely anything more important in the government of men than the exact - I will ever say pedantic - observance of the regular forms by which the guilt or innocence of accused persons is determined.
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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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The press is easier to strangle than to look in the eyes.
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If you find a job you love, you'll never work again.
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He has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.
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Wealth, taste and leisure can bring many things but they do not bring happiness.
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He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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Things don't happen to me. I happen to things!
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The privilege of a university education is a great one the more widely it is extended the better for any country.
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