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A politician is someone who promises a bridge even when there's no water
Gregory David Roberts
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Gregory David Roberts
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 21
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Never let anyone know what you're thinking - always know what the other thinks of you.
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Praising people behind their back is monstrously unfair, because the one thing you can't defend yourself against is the good that people say about you.
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None of us lie or guard our secrets when we sing, and India is a nation of singers whose first love is the kind of song we turn to when crying just isn't enough.
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What is it? she asked. I'm looking for your wings. You are my guardian angel, aren't you? I'm afraid not, she replied, her cheeks dimplingwith a wry smile. There's too much of the devil in me for that. Just how much devil, I grinned, are we talking about here?
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And money, if the pile gets high enough, is something like a big political party: it does as much harm as it does good, it puts too much power in too few hands, and the closer you come to it the dirtier you get.
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Once you love something, you can never stop loving it. Even after a divorce, the heart will not stop loving.
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Optimism is the first cousin of love, and it's exactly like love in three ways: it's pushy, it has no real sense of humour, and it turns up where you least expect it.
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but there's no nation uncorrupted. there's no system that's immune to the misuse of money.
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