Indian Quotes - Page 4

• Be the change you want to see.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Even though the American Indian Movement on a national-international scale has proven to be extremely dysfunctional, the American Indian Movement I was associated with I'm very proud of. We were a revolutionary, militant organization whose purpose was spirituality first, and that's how I want to be remembered.

  Russell Means

  Organization, Movement, Want

  Source: progressive.org

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• I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world.

  Mira Nair

  World, Towns, Small Town

  Interview with Bonnie Greer, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2002.

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• The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Singing, Suffering, Want

  Alexis de Tocqueville (1990). “Democracy in America”

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• I am a Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that. But I am an Indian first. And Mumbai belongs to all Indians.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Mumbai, Proud, Firsts

  "The Tendulkar dialogue: What will you miss most about Sachin?" by Ashish Magotra and Tariq Engineer, www.firstpost.com. October 11, 2013.

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• I was just this chubby little Indian kid who looked like a nerd. I didn't have a ton of academic skills. It wasn't until I was in high school that I was like, "I guess I like writing dialogue." So that's how I got into it.

  Mindy Kaling

  Writing, School, Kids

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. April 4, 2007.

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• My parents don't care what Americans think of us; we just care what the other Indian people in our community think of us.

  Himanshu Suri

  Thinking, People, Community

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Indian men are still used to the traditional role given to women; they want intelligent girls for company but not to marry... they have yet to taste and relish the company of mature women.

  Amrita Pritam

  Motivational, Girl, Intelligent

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• As soon as I put my foot on Indian soil, my painting underwent a change not only in subject and spirit but in technique.

  Amrita Sher-Gil

  Feet, Technique, Soil

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• There is a lot of anxiety in India about writers selling out to foreign audiences, but I’m neither flattering the Indian audience nor the American audience. I’m uneasily somewhere in the middle.

  Pankaj Mishra

  Anxiety, India, Selling

  Interview with Sarah Fay, staging.believermag.com. March 2007.

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• Indian films are always very passionate and romantic, and so long as the scene is done well aesthetically, I have no qualms doing it.

  Shilpa Shetty

  Long, Passionate, Done

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I have never been to India and I am not a specialist on Indian culture, and I would not wish to be heard to be taking swipes at a culture which I've never experienced and where I've never lived.

  N. T. Wright

  Wish, India, Culture

  Interview with Trevin Wax, blogs.thegospelcoalition.org. November 19, 2007.

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• The bomb was necessary to awaken England from her dreams. We dropped the bomb on the floor of the assembly chamber to register our protest on behalf of those who had no other means left to give expression to their heart-rending agony. Our sole purpose was to make the deaf hear and give the heedless a timely warning. Others have as keenly felt as we have done and from such seeming stillness of the sea of Indian humanity, a veritable storm is about to break out.

  Bhagat Singh

  Dream, Heart, Mean

  Bhagat Singh, Bhupendra Hooja, Democratic Youth Federation of India (2007). “Bhagat Singh, on the path of liberation”

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• As Indian women, we are always balancing work, life, home, etc. It's important to know that while juggling rubber balls and glass balls, the former may bounce back when you miss, but the glass balls will crack if you let them fall. So prioritise, prioritise, prioritise.

  Nita Ambani

  Fall, Home, Glasses

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• Unity in diversity is India's strength. There is simplicity in every Indian. There is unity in every corner of India. This is our strength.

  Narendra Modi

  Diversity, Simplicity, Unity

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• My mind says one thing, but my body says another. Thanks a lot, Indian food and beer.

  Demetri Martin

  Beer, Mind, Body

  Twitter post from Aug 01, 2012

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• I certainly think the antagonism came out of a mistaken notion amongst the Indian people that the Chinese aggressed on us, and they thought, Indian people

  Subramanian Swamy

  Thinking, People, Chinese

  "War and Peace in the Nuclear Age", lsopenvault01.wgbh.org. February 12, 1987.

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• When I became finance minister in 1991, I discovered that the wealth tax rates income - there was taxation on wealth. It was so atrocious and so high that actually nobody could accumulate money in an honest way. I removed that tax, and the result was that Indian companies for the first time acquired an incentive to grow big, to grow rich.

  Manmohan Singh

  Way, Firsts, Income

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• The Muslim is as much an Indian as I am and of the same blood.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Blood

  Source: gandhiking.ning.com

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• I think the Indian model of respecting the uniqueness of each religion and, of every state is what makes the country great.

  Kabir Bedi

  Country, Thinking, States

  Source: www.youthkiawaaz.com

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• Indian people are relics; we do not exist in the present.

  Russell Means

  People, Relics

  Source: progressive.org

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• Learning Indian mannerisms, how to wear saris, and the language were a challenge.

  Amy Jackson

  Challenges, Sari, Language

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was very sure I did not want to be the stereotype of what Indian people are seen as, which is Bollywood, and henna. That’s all great! It’s what we are, and I love it. I love saris; I love music; I love henna; I love dancing, but that’s not all we are.

  Priyanka Chopra

  People, Dancing, Want

  "The Hunger For More". Interview with Frazier Tharpe, www.complex.com. June 2016.

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• Lots are written about how 'she shows up at board meetings in the saree.' My God, I have never worn a saree to board meetings; people play it out in different ways. I think I have never shied away from the fact that I am an Indian, and I don't intend to, but you can be at home with both cultures.

  Indra Nooyi

  Home, Thinking, Play

  "Personal side of Indra Nooyi". Interview with Nandan Nilekani, economictimes.indiatimes.com. February 7, 2007.

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• To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal

  Abdul Kalam

  Motivational, Goal, Succeed

  Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.89, Universities Press

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