"India, the new myth--a collective fiction in which anything was possible, a fable rivalled only by the two other mighty fantasies: money and God."

-- Salman Rushdie

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“Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The intern who answered the phone suggested that I might be a great candidate for the Travel and Training fund, and she sent me an application form. I applied for a grant. With the funds I was awarded, I bought a new pair of skates and a plane ticket to the 1988 National Championships, where I achieved my highest national finish. Four years later, I won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.”
“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.”

Source : "It's a Great Deal, All Three of Me Think So". Book by Bruce A. Rosenblat, 2009.
“Perhaps Europeans are a bit more skeptic whereas Americans are more believers.”
“Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he follow not on his blow until it be slain, may repent that ever he began the quarrel. And so he who undertakes to deal with sin, and pursues it not constantly to the death.”
“I really love printmaking. Itâ€™s like a mystery and youâ€™re trying to figure out how to rein it in.”
“Don't call for a revolution, but look at yourself honestly and create an evolution.”
“I view the art scene as an industry which is slowly developing. These days, technology has mad the world smaller. Meaning that information is a website away.”
“A woman always remembers. Remember that.”

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