Abdul Kalam Quotes - Page 5

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• Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.

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  Development, Unrest, Half

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• My impression of the American people can be summarized by a quotation from Benjamin Franklin, Those things that hurt instruct! I realised that people in this part of the world meet their problems head on. They attempt to get out of them rather than suffer them.

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  Hurt, People, Suffering

  Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.38, Universities Press

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• Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?.

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  Media, Achievement, Stories

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• How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

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  Law, Action, Crime

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• Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.

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  People, Effort, Want

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2003). “Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India”, p.9, Penguin Books India

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• What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

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  Political, Development, Plus

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• Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.

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  Beautiful, Race, Humanity

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• In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

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  India, Sickness, Terrorism

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• One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

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  Educational, Creating, Focus

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• Economy forced me to become a vegetarian, but I finally starting liking it.

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  Vegetarian, Economy, Starting

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• The wealth of information now available at the click of a finger amazes me.

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  Information, Wealth, Clicks

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• India must achieve the real goal?that is energy independence or an economy which will function well within total freedom from oil, gas or coal imports.

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  Real, Oil, Goal

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• We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.

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  Young Generation, Giving, India

  "Lok Sabha Debates" by India. Parliament, (p. 45), 2003.

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• Each individual creature on this beautiful planet is created by God to fulfil a particular role. Whatever I have achieved in life is through His help and an expression of His will. He showered His grace on me through some outstanding teachers and colleagues and when I pay my tributes to these fine persons, I am merely praising His glory. We are all born with a divine fire in us.

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  Inspirational, Beautiful, Teacher

  Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.15, Universities Press

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• The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

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  Mean, Responsibility, Government

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• A developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It need not be a mere vision in the minds of many Indians. It is a mission we can all take up - and succeed.

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  Dream, Mind, Vision

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• Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.

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  Energy, India, Today

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• Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10^27 atoms.

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  Inspirational, Philosophy, Medicine

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• English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.

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  Moving, Believe, Two

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• Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?

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  Technology, Years, Legacy

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• I'm not an expert on the arms race.

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  Race, Experts, Arms

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• Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. Whenonce gone no gold can buy them back again.

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  Gold, Gone, Vain

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• My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.

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  Views, Imagination, Optimism

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• Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.

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  Nuclear, Weapons, Today

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• We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

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  Dream, Thinking, People

  "Eternal quest: life & times of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam". Book by S. Chandra, p. 64, 2002.

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