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I don't waste time in flowery small talk, as people do in India.

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
People
Flowery
India
Waste
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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I'm not interested in one label or the other - I'm only interested in solving certain problems, in getting where I want to go.
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