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" My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop. "

Winston Churchill

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" I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. "

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