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I did theatre in the U.S. because there, content-wise, it's very light. In India, theatre tends to get preachy.

Idleness is the great plague of India.

I do not rule out the possibility of being prime minister of India one day, but there is still time.

I do not want India to rise on the ruin of other nations.

I don't collect things per se, but I do pick up things as I go. Like, in my studio I have an old sewing machine from Germany that my dad gave me, and then something else that I got from a friend in India, and a piece of flooring from one of my shows.

I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces all together. But what one can fear and rightly so are regional things, like in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the Korean Peninsula, borders in Africa, etc.

I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.

I don't want to go and start trying to make jokes in places like India, Tanzania or Iraq. Afghanistan is not a funny place.

If an industrialist can sell his products anywhere in India and the world, why should a farmer not be allowed to do so?

I don't waste time in flowery small talk, as people do in India.

I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

If any Englishman dedicated his life to securing the freedom of India, resisting tyranny and serving the land, I should welcome that Englishman as an Indian.

If as a member of a slave nation I could deliver the suppressed classes from their slavery without freeing myself from my own, I would do so today. But it is an impossible task.

If Canada, one of the richest nations in the world, can't meet Kyoto targets, why should China or India give any considerations for meeting the targets?

I do recognize that India has to be the center, the hub of activity as far as the knowledge economy is concerned.

I dream of making India a $20 trillion economy. For that, I am pushing for agriculture, manufacturing and service sectors.

I enjoy the TV series 'Dexter,' where there's a reason for every kill. Quentin Tarantino is a favourite, and a 'Kill Bill' action-packed movie would be up my street. I'd love to be India's first scream queen!

I feel blessed I can address students who are the future of India.

I feel ashamed that the new, nuclear, neo-liberal India thinks of itself as a 'natural ally' of Israel. Ever since India began to call itself an emerging superpower, it has become a slavish, groveling satellite state of the US.

If God had so wished, he would have made all Indians speak with one language ... the unity of India has been and shall always be a unity in diversity.

I feel that when the reforms in UN take place and the Security Council will be expanded in the permanent membership category, India will have a place, I hope so, but first it is to be expanded.

I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it.

If hand-spinning is an effective method of making India self-supporting, it must be made part of the franchise.

If I could wake all of the women of Asia, India could be won in a day.

If I am incompetent, I am useless, the people of India will see that.

If I look at the definition of Hinduism, the Supreme Court of India has given a beautiful definition; it says that Hinduism is not a religion, it is actually a way of life.

If I have the choice of traveling to Russia, India or New Zealand alone for a week for preliminary discussions or to spend that week with my family, I routinely choose my family.

If I had to pick three of my favorite magazines, they would be 'Fast Company', 'Silicon India', and 'Smithsonian.'

If India becomes the slave of the machine, then, I say, heaven save the world.

If India adopted the doctrine of love as an active part of her religion and introduced it in her politics. Swaraj would descend upon India from heaven. But I am painfully aware that that event is far off as yet.

If India is an emerging economy with millions of new consumers, sell them the Volvo. Sell them the Cielo car. Sell them whatever you can, hamburgers and KFCs. It’s the middle classes who have moved into being able to own a car, a refrigerator. For them there is this mantra that the General Electric refrigerator is better than some other model, that the Cielo car is fancier than the Ambassador.

If India is not to declare spiritual bankruptcy, religious instruction of its youth must be held to be at least as necessary as secular instruction.

If India is computer, Congress is its default program.

If we have access to nuclear energy, that adds to our maneuverability in ensuring energy security as India marches on, on the path to accelerated development.

If it was not for Rajiv Gandhi, urbanization in India would have been history.

If there ever is to be a republic of every village in India, then I claim verity for my picture in which the last is equal to the first or, in other words, no one is to be the first and none the last.

If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end in 1947.

If we decide, we can change the pitiable condition of Indian economy. We have to take up the responsibility and show commitment.

If we have to build the nation we have to start from the villages. I will present a complete blueprint of "Sānsad Adharsh Grām Yojana" where each MP, must establish model villages in their constituencies.

If we want money we’ll go to Las Vegas, if we want an after party we’ll go to Miami but if we want to play for love, we still come to India!

I found my student of the year, and now Tata Nano is searching for India's student of the year

If people of India can reach Mars with minimal expenditure, why can they not keep their streets and colonies clean.

If sports do not hold significance in our life, we cannot nurture sportsman spirit as a "Sanskar" in our society and without such "Sanskars", the society cannot flourish!

If the Commander-in-Chief will look beyond the defence forces, he will discover that the real India is not military but peace-loving.

If we blend efficiently democracy, demographic demand & demand, I believe that there will be a Vasco Da Gama on every street who will come searching for India.

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

If you ask children in the west where's God, they'd point to the sky. If you ask children in India, they point at themselves.

If you have compassion for society, only then will the events of your life, sow seeds of revolution in it.

If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.

If you want India to lower tariffs and facilitate more free trade, then I think Indian producers also have a right to enter the European market.