"to the Indian, politics are what the weather is to an Englishman. Politics are an introduction to a stranger on a train, they are the standard filler for embarrassing silences in conversation, they are the inevitable small talk at any social gathering."

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Source : Santha Rama Rau (1945). “Home to India”

Santha Rama Rau

#Weather Quotes #Silence Quotes #Gathering Quotes

“It was great fun. We had gone on tour in between the sessions and reconnected with the audience and got a lot of energy back from them, a lot of positive energy.”
“Thereâ€™s no such thing as a wrong note.”
“The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.”
“She sticks her tongue out at me and crosses her eyes. Not sure why that made me want to do her in the backseat, but to each his own, I guess.”
“I come from a big family, so I'd like to have a big family.”
“If you have a task to perform and are vitally interested in it, excited and challenged by it, and then you will exert maximum energy. But in the excitement, the pain of fatigue dissipates, and the exuberance of what you hope to achieve overcomes the weariness.”
“Without error, there is no brilliancy.”
“Do you believe you're a starter or a benchwarmer? Do you believe you're an all-star or an also- ran? If the answers to these questions are the latter, your play on the field will reflect it. But when you've learned to shut off outside influences and believe in yourself, there's no telling how good a player you can be.”

Source : Rod Carew (1986). “Rod Carew's Art and Science of Hitting”, Viking Press

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