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I am not very good at statistics. I am also a poor thinker.
Manmohan Singh
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Manmohan Singh
Age: 91
Born: 1932
Born: September 26
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Prime Minister Of India
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As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity.
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We have to walk on two legs. We have to create conditions in which manufacturing and services - the economy outside agriculture - move and move fast enough. And at the same time the working force that is available must have skills which will fit the kind of jobs which will be in demand.
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China is very important. The future growth of China, China's influence is bound to rise.
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With the revolution in information technology, with the revolution in transport technologies, I think just geography has lost its all significance.
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A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.
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Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.
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Outsourcing, information technology revolution, the access to India's human resources, India's pool of scientists. It will help American companies to become leaner, meaner, more efficient, and they become more competitive, both in the United States and in dealing with the rest of the world.
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If certain facilities, local facilities have to be arranged, the local authorities have to come. And that makes the Indian system slow moving, Indian administrative system slow moving.
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I do recognize that India has to be the center, the hub of activity as far as the knowledge economy is concerned.
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We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.
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If the economy grows enough, fast enough, the tech system should be modernized so that the tax revenues rise fast enough also, and we should put more money in education.
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Life is never free of contradictions
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The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable.
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India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
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China is not I think a country which does not regulate, but there is a difference between the Chinese system and the Indian system.
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No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women.
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The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.
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