"The operation was a success, but I'm afraid the doctor is dead."
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"I've had a lot of operations. I'm kind of like Franken-actor."
"Honesty has always been an integral part of my operation, really."
"Non-co-operation and civil disobedience in terms of Swaraj are not to be thought of without substantial constructive effort."
"I isolate this non-co-operation from Sinn Feinism, for it is so conceived as to be incapable of being offered side by side with violence."
"At times, non-co-operation becomes as much a duty as co-operation."
"Non-co-operation is a nation's determination to improve."
"My faith in non-co-operation is as bright as ever."
"Non-co-operation intended to pave the way to real honourable and voluntary co-operation based on mutual respect and trust."
"Non-co-operation in itself is unnatural, vicious and sinful."
"Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power."
"Non-co-operation is the quickest method of creating public opinion."
"Nonviolent non-co-operation, I am convinced, is a sacred duty at times."
"I retain the opinion that council entry is inconsistent with non-co-operation as I conceive it."
"Non-co-operation in an angry atmosphere is an impossibility."
"Nonviolence is the rock on which the whole structure of non-co-operation is built."
"Whenever I see the word Operation, especially Trifling Operation, I at once write off the patient as dead."
"Offensive operations, often times, is the surest, if not the only means of defence."
"Our policy is to reduce the price, extend the operations, and improve the article."
"The operation of consciousness has created the 'apparition' called 'me'."