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“A nation's strength ultimately consist in what it can do on its own and not in what it can borrow from other.”
― Indira Gandhi on herself and her times: Her last and only autobiographical interview with Nemai Sadhan Bose
― Indira Gandhi on herself and her times: Her last and only autobiographical interview with Nemai Sadhan Bose
“Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.”
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“Until recently each generation found it more expedient to plead guilty to the charge of being young and ignorant, easier to take the punishment meted out by the older generation (which had itself confessed to the same crime short years before). The command to grow up at once was more bearable than the faceless horror of wavering purpose, which was youth.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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