I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the…

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. ✨ Dame Mary Soames, Sir Winston Churchill (1990). Winston Churchill: His Life as a Painter : a Memoir by His Daughter, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
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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. ✨ Dame Mary Soames, Sir Winston Churchill (1990). Winston Churchill: His Life as a Painter : a Memoir by His Daughter, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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