I feel like an aeroplane at the end of its flight, in the dusk, with t…

Winston Churchill
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I feel like an aeroplane at the end of its flight, in the dusk, with the petrol running out, in search of a safe landing.
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I feel like an aeroplane at the end of its flight, in the dusk, with the petrol running out, in search of a safe landing.

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