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When it's impossible, it's better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.

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
Complain
Complaining
Compromise
Selfish
Impossible
Better
Stoop
Without
Stoops
People
Resisting

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