"I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times."

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Vikas Swarup

#Inspiration Quotes #Reading Quotes #India Quotes

“The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.”
“If anybody asks me to do a job, I say, 'Yes.' I've said yes to everything.”
“So-called austerity, the stoic injunction, is the path towards universal destruction. It is the old, the fatal, competitive path. Pull in your belt is a slogan closely related to gird up your loins, or the guns-butter metaphor.”
“Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob.”

Source : Jim Rogers (2014). “A Gift to my Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing”, p.62, John Wiley & Sons
“...first check whether the market as a whole is rising or falling. In other words, are you in a bull market or bear market? If the latter, stay out. The odds are against you.”
“I lost my job, well I didn't lose it, I know where it is, there's just some other guy doing it now.”
“Stress is an unstranformed opportunity for empowerment.”
“The clustering of technological innovation in time and space helps explain both the uneven growth among nations and the rise and decline of hegemonic powers.”

Source : Robert Gilpin (2016). “The Political Economy of International Relations”, p.109, Princeton University Press

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