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Quote by Winston Churchill
History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the p

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. – Winston Churchill

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The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go. – Winston Churchill

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I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. – Winston Churchill

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You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. Im innocent. Youve got to believe Im innocent. If you dont, take my job. – Richard M. Nixon

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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. – John Acton

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The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. – Edwin Powell Hubble

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A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents. – Richard Reeves

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The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. – Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

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When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God. – Robert Mapplethorpe

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I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it. – Wilson Mizner

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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. – Jane Austen

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