"No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy."

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Source : Amartya Sen (2011). “The Idea of Justice”, p.343, Harvard University Press

Amartya Sen

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“The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling.”
“When George W. Bush decided to save the American position in Iraq by going against the advice of all of his wise men, of Jim Baker and the whole Iraq Study Group, and 90% of his administration, that was George W. Bush's decision. So we have to bear in mind that this isn't an administration we're electing. It's a person that we are electing.”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
“I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.”
“Sadness is so ungrateful.”
“Move over Lucifer, I'm more ruthless, leave you toothless.”
“I have always made films simultaneously, so they go hand in hand. I think that my books are like films.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“When the stakes are high, bow down low.”
“You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.”

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