"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition."
"India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
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Source: Indian and Pakistani Armies Confront Each Other Along Borders. The New York Times, October 20, 1971.
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