Pankaj Mishra Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled. – Pankaj Mishra Chafed Quotes Ethnic Quotes India Quotes Minorities Quotes Nationalism Quotes Pakistan Quotes Postcolonial Quotes Rebelled Quotes Decolonisation seems to have dented little the sense of superiority that since 1945 has made American leaders in particular consistently underestimate the intensity of nationalist feeling in Asia and Africa. Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
Grace Jones I have been so copied by those people who have made fortunes that people assume I am that rich. But I did things for the excitement, the dare, the fact that it was new, not for the money. And too many times I was the first, not the beneficiary. – Grace Jones
Joel Barlow How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho’ slain by millions, millions left behind? – Joel Barlow
Preity Zinta When I entered films, I rose to the top. In business, too, I want to be at the top. – Preity Zinta
Dave Attell I don’t mind a crowd’s not laughing; it’s the groans that slow down the show. – Dave Attell
AloneRuskin BondSad You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time. – Ruskin Bond
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