"Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad."

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Source : "Indians' worst fear: the honest politician". www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2008.

Aravind Adiga

#Dad Quotes #Son Quotes #People Quotes

“I came up poor. My mother only had a fourth-grade education. My dad didn't have any education at all. But they were very structured. They worked hard. You know, they didn't complain. They didn't murmur. And they believe in the Christ.”
“I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised for.”

Source : "Busted? It was like torture". Interview with Alexis Petridis, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2006.
“When I am with French people, I am not aloof because I belong to them. My view is that the French president belongs to the French people, because he emanates from them. What I do is this: I am putting an end to the cronyism between politics and the media. For a president, constantly speaking to journalists, constantly being surrounded by journalists, has nothing to do with closeness to the people. A president should keep the media at arm's length.”
“Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it's easily achieved. One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else. People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think about them.”
“Feminism has tried to dismiss the femme fatale as a misogynist libel, a hoary cliche. But the femme fatale expresses woman's ancient and eternal control of the sexual realm. The specter of the femme fatale stalks all of men's relationships with women.”
“The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.”
“I started working at Apple about 18 months after I bought my Apple II”
“The early bird might catch the worm, but I bet it also needs a ton of under eye concealer”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 08, 2011

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