"Developing countries like Malaysia should have a say in changing the world financial system since we have faced the problems that it has caused."

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Source : Mahathir bin Mohamad (2002). “Reflections on Asia”, Pelanduk Publications Sdn Bhd

Mahathir Mohamad

#Country Quotes #Should Have Quotes #Developing Countries Quotes

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”
“I have always been intrigued by the journals that girls keep. They are like dollhouses. Once you look inside them, the rest of the world seems very far away, even unbelievable. If only we had the power to keep outside ourselves at such moments, we would spare ourselves so much pain and fear. I'm not talking about truth or falsehood but about surviving.”

Source : Rachel Klein (2012). “The Moth Diaries”, p.5, Faber & Faber
“No, no, no - you don't argue with concepts. You have to claim Dogma, and therefore leave no room for rational thought.”
“I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.”

Source : Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group
“In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.”
“Science has an uncomfortable way of pushing human beings from center stage. In our prescientific stories, humans began as the focal point of Nature, living on an Earth that was the center of the universe. As the origins of the Earth and of mankind were investigated more carefully, it became clear that Nature had other interests beyond people, and the Earth was less central than previously hoped. Humankind was just one branch of the great family of life, and the Earth is a smallish planet orbiting an unexceptional sun quite far out on one arm of a run-of-the-mill spiral galaxy.”
“I'm always saying that my books are not autobiographical because they're not. I can't choose any one scene and say, 'Oh, this is exactly what happened to me!' I just use little snippets of things as a starting point!”
“I didn't like the '60s because it was too important what people who had nothing to do with the war thought about it.”

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