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The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.

Indira Gandhi

I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.
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Age Beginning Myself Travel
Now I don’t get upset by unpleasant things, I don’t play the victim, and I’m always ready to come to terms with life.
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Life Play Upset Victim
Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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Ability Examination
The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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Company Life Need Young
The sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it’s by no means dreadful.
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Birth Control Mean Men
For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
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Change Poverty
To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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Capability Faith Oneself
How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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Afford Nation
To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.
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Capacity Enemy Liberty Men Personality
My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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Liberty Men Theory Woman
When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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Selfish Young
Let’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
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Forget Goddess Strength
Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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Faith Inspirational Summer
I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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Difficult Life Training
It’s not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn’t be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.
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Father Mother Personality
what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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Needs Popularity Right Wise

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