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Winston Churchill Quotes:

Ocupation: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Life: November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965

Birthday: November 30

Death: January 24

We hoped to land a wild cat that would tear out the bowels of the Boche. Instead we have stranded a vast whale with its tail flopping about in the water.

- Winston Churchill

source: Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

topic: War, Cat, Land, Flopping

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