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I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.

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
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Always
Housewife
Liked
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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Still, in international matters, the treaty changes nothing. That is, it doesn't prevent us from being friends with other countries, which indeed we are.
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You soon realize that the peak you've climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb...And the more you climb, the more you want to climb - even though you're dead tired.
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It's not at all hard to reconcile the two things if you organize your time intelligently. Even when my sons were little, I was working.
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To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.
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Even I, when I was a student in London, often wore Western clothes, and yet I'm the most Indian Indian I know.
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I don't waste time in flowery small talk, as people do in India.
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Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
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Being prime minister isn't the only job in life! As far as I'm concerned, I could live in a village and be satisfied.
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My father cared very much about courage, physical courage as well. He despised those who didn't have it. But he never said to me, 'I want you to be courageous.' He just smiled with pride every time I did something difficult or won a race with the boys.
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It was the very fact that no one ever imposed anything on me or tried to impose himself on the others.
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Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.
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There are only moments of happiness - from contentment to ecstacy.
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When I'm not governing my country any more, I'll go back to taking care of children.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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What we do now, on the other hand...Don't think that I'm crazy about this kind of politics. It's no accident that I've done everything to keep my sons out of it, and so far I've succeeded. After independence I retired immediately from politics.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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My father was a saint. I'm not.
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Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.
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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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