"Your principle should be to see everything and say nothing. The world changes so rapidly that if you want to get on you cannot afford to align yourself with any person or point of view."

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Source : Khushwant Singh (2009). “Train to Pakistan”, p.22, Penguin Books India

Khushwant Singh

#Views Quotes #Principles Quotes #World Quotes

“My trigger finger itching, positioned at your dome, one twitch and it's on. No remorse or second thoughts.”
“Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.”
“In the end we had changed the position of the hands so many times that we had no idea what the time really was.”

Source : Sijie Dai (2002). “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress”, Anchor
“Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies.”
“A lot of people said I could be a good player. I just wanted the opportunity to show it. I just let it happen.”
“Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.”
“I'm not very prolific. I'm not good at sitting down as an artist and saying 'Okay, I need to put in my four hours today.”

Source : "Martha Wainwright Makes a Home". Interview with Erin Brady, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 16, 2012.
“I do think that it's a challenge for me or for anybody who has had certain iconic things happen to them in their career to re-engage people and say that there's still more to discover. And also to have that confidence in yourself that you still have more to bring.”

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