"Bombay as a confident, welcoming city that takes in a million new people a year, that those who want to harm the country pick Bombay. Other Indian cities, such as Delhi and Varanasi, have also been bombed recently, but Bombay's significance as the financial capital of the country means that it's the best target for terrorists who're unhappy with India's progress."

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Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Suketu Mehta

#Country Quotes #Mean Quotes #People Quotes

“Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.”

Source : "It's a Macy, Macy world" by Tim Cooper, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2001.
“We regard those other cultures, such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did 1,000 or 2,000 years ago, as undeveloped.”
“China has not lived up to any other trade agreements over the last decade. They don't have any compliance, they don't have any enforcement.”

Source : "Fight Continues Over China Trade Vote with Outcome too Close to Call". "CNN News" with Major Garrett, www.cnn.com. May 21, 2000.
“If you get offended by my music, don't listen to it.”
“Usually in the first performances I'm completely panicked. And I pull myself together. By the time you get to the end of the play, you really start to have fun.”
“All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.”
“I'd like to say I'd like to be as big as a Gwen or a Madonna, but I think those days of achieving that level are over. The media is bringing everybody down.”
“Here in the Great Lakes region, a fourth year in a row of declining water levels has caused millions of dollars in losses for shipping companies, marinas and other businesses and prompted further restrictions on future water withdrawals for expanding suburbs. "A lot of people just can't believe that we may be running out of water, living this close to the Great Lakes," said Sarah Nerenberg, a water engineer with the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, which conducted the study on shortages.”

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