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Romeo · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject: Source of quote

There is this quote that I really like and I can never rember who it is by or exactly how it goes.

It is something to the effect of

A puzzle wrapped within an enigma shrouded in mystery

If someone could tell me who said this and the exact wording of it please
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rnassar_7 · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 4:24 am Post subject:

this is what I found:

Phaedrus · Moderator Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 1502

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.~ Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965), radio broadcast, October 1, 1939

Romeo · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:44 am Post subject:

Ah, that is it, thank you. I thought it was Churchill but I was not positive.
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Every man carries a circle of hell around his head like a halo. Every man, every man has to go through hell to reach his paradise.
Robert De Niro, Cape Fear

thenostromo · Member Joined: 04 Apr 2002 Posts: 1675

I found this a few years ago and the webpage is still active. The quotation actually ends with a semi-colon:

Romeo · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:31 pm Post subject:

Oh, that is kind of cool, thanks for sharing
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Every man carries a circle of hell around his head like a halo. Every man, every man has to go through hell to reach his paradise.
Robert De Niro, Cape Fear