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You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring back money from your local market, which is very small after Pakistan.
Satyajit Ray
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Satyajit Ray
Age: 70 †
Born: 1921
Born: May 2
Died: 1992
Died: April 23
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