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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi
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Indira Gandhi
Age: 66 †
Born: 1917
Born: November 19
Died: 1984
Died: October 31
Former Prime Minister Of India
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Indira Nehru
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
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We were to equally strong types [with my husband], equally pigheaded - neither of us wanted to give in. And...I like to think those quarrels made us better, that they enlivened our life, because without them we would have had a normal life, yes, but banal and boring.
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My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.
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My father was a saint. He was the closest thing to a saint that you can find in a normal man.
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The longer one doesn't write, the more difficult it is to communicate.
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By now even the word socialism has so many meanings and interpretations. The Russians call themselves socialists, the Swedes call themselves. And let's not forget that in Germany there was also a national socialism.
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I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
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You said, 'Planning is something for communist countries democracy and planning don't go together!' But, with all the errors we committed, our plans succeeded.
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I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
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I'm certainly not tired - work doesn't tire people, it's getting bored that's tiring.
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If by happiness you mean ecstasy ... Yes, I've known ecstasy, and it's a blessing to be able to say it because those who can say it are very few. But ecstasy doesn't last long and is seldom if ever repeated.
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When you look at the beginning of the actual war, it's not hard to recognize that the Pakistanis were the ones to attack.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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If you only knew what it did to me to have lived in that house where the police were bursting in to take everyone away! I certainly didn't have a happy and serene childhood.
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Difficulties can't be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them...The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It's all right to fight, yes, but only when it's possible.
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My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group there was much less competition.
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