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India is a geographical term. It is no more a united...

India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.

Quote by Winston Churchill about nation

During the successful visit of the President of India to China last year, the two sides affirmed that China and India pose no threat to each other and would continue to develop bilateral relations on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful...

Quote by Li Peng about succes, country

I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK...

I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.

Quote by Dean Acheson

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or...

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell

I only lived in India until about the age of 6. We...

I only lived in India until about the age of 6. We obviously had nothing like television.

Quote by Julie Christie about television, age, olderness, nothing

My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a...

My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.

Quote by Julie Christie about family, children

The English in India used to hire tribal girls as...

The English in India used to hire tribal girls as nannies, and they would bond very deeply with their little white charges.

Quote by Julie Christie

The demographic weight of countries such as China and India exercise a massive pressure on our wages and salaries. They have accomplished massive technological advances and the revolution in information technology has reduced the costs of transport.

Quote by Laurent Fabius about salary, revolution, technology, country

Going to India is an opportunity to remember, literally, ...

Going to India is an opportunity to remember, literally, what the mission is, why we're here.

Quote by Richard Gere about chance

Get my money from the church, sell all my property, get...

Get my money from the church, sell all my property, get the money for Indiana, and sell the condominium.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson about commerce, money

Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light, then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls.

Quote by Rudolf Otto about music, rocks, eyes, light

To see this place would truly be worth a trip to India in itself, and from the spirit of the religion that lived here one can learn more in an hour of viewing than from all the books ever written.

Quote by Rudolf Otto about religion, books, spirit

Few passages of history are more striking than those...

Few passages of history are more striking than those which record the efforts of the earlier French Jesuits to convert the Indians.

Quote by Francis Parkman about history

Fort Laramie is one of the posts established by the...

Fort Laramie is one of the posts established by the American Fur Company, who well-nigh monopolize the Indian trade of this whole region.

Quote by Francis Parkman about commerce, companies, americans

I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less getting a bad shake.

Quote by Gordon Parks about opinion, people, bad luck, thinking, bad, things

We can't just throw a switch and say Indian Point is going to be safe, we have to look long-term because it will ultimately be decommissioned and we have to work aggressively now to bring in new sources of power.

Quote by George Pataki about power, work

I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, ...

I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different.

Quote by Mike Pence about style, people

China and India are close neighbours linked by mountains and rivers and the Chinese and Indian peoples have enjoyed friendly exchanges for thousands of years.

Quote by Li Peng about country

China and India are the largest developing countries in...

China and India are the largest developing countries in the world. We have had similar historical experiences and are now faced with the same task.

Quote by Li Peng about country, world

I am firmly convinced that, in future years, China and India will join hands in playing a more active role in maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world at large and make due contribution to the cause of human progress and...

Quote by Li Peng about evolution, progress, future, peace, human imperfections, world

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