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Nothing can convince me that people are at one with their work unless they're joyous about it.

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
Politician
Writer
Prayag
Indira Nehru
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Nehru
Indira Ghandi
Joyous
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Unless
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The future doesn't frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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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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I don't care if I remain prime minister. I'm only interested in doing a good job as long as I'm capable and for as long as I don't get tired.
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There are only moments of happiness - from contentment to ecstacy.
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I can't take it seriously when people get excited and scream that religion is in danger, and similar stupidities.
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Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.
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I want to succeed. And I want to succeed in the best way possible, without caring whether people call my actions leftist or rightist.
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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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I suspected [Richard Nixon] was very pro-Pakistan. Or rather I knew that the Americans had always been in favor of Pakistan - not so much because they were in favor of Pakistan, but because they were against India.
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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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