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Winston Churchill led the life that many men would love to live. He survived 50 gunfights and drank 20,000 bottles of champagne.

— Mark Riebling Churchill’s Finest Hour (2009)

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France showed as a nation less strength than Churchill showed as a man.

Churchill’s Finest Hour (2009)

When the Soviets faced these two leaders of shared purpose and conviction, they faced their worst-case scenario: a moral-political meta-power.

Freedom's Men: The Cold War Team of Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan (2005)

The flaw in the work is the flaw in the man.

His Long War: E Howard Hunt's American Spy (2007)

The history of the CIA brims with inquiries that cowed our spies and ruined their careers.

Watching the Watchmen: The CIA’s investigation of its own inspector general is perfectly legitimate (2007)

Appearance is not reality, except in Washington.

Watching the Watchmen: The CIA’s investigation of its own inspector general is perfectly legitimate (2007)

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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

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Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

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