"Tell me, why is the media here..." - Quote by A P J Abdul Kalam
Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?.
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“I'm not an expert on the arms race.”
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“Editorials are written by people who have agreed to have several strong opinions a day and to write them down, provided they do not have to sign their names.”
“I watched him [a 'fat Russian agent'] with some interest, for it was the first time that I had seen a person whose profession was telling lies -- unless one counts journalists.”