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> [The endeavor of being a foreign correspondent means that you will never be their equal. And that has its pros and cons. Were you to be an insider in a particular society, then you would be one of them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/the-endeavor-of-being-a-foreign-correspondent-means-that-you-will/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

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## More by Anjan Sundaram

> [The endeavor of being a foreign correspondent means that you will never be their equal. And that has its pros and cons. Were you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/the-endeavor-of-being-a-foreign-correspondent-means-that-you-will/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

> [In abstract mathematics or abstract art, the purpose is to describe inner states of our mind, and to explore the limits of our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/in-abstract-mathematics-or-abstract-art-the-purpose-is-to-describe/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

> [Living somewhere permanently, you have a stake in society. I had no stake. It did not matter to my life which way the war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/living-somewhere-permanently-you-have-a-stake-in-society-i-had-no/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

> [The first victim in journalism today is proximity. I know I've used that word a lot. Because of foreign budgets, newspapers have consolidated, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/the-first-victim-in-journalism-today-is-proximity-i-know-i-ve-used/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

> [My purpose at that time was to expand my experience of the world and to immerse myself as deeply as I could in powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/my-purpose-at-that-time-was-to-expand-my-experience-of-the-world-and/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

> [I certainly think that many of the themes, and many of the ways that I wrote about Congo, will continue to live on in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/i-certainly-think-that-many-of-the-themes-and-many-of-the-ways-that-i/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

> [I chose Congo in order to become close to a place that we had turned away from. It isn't present in our imaginations, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/i-chose-congo-in-order-to-become-close-to-a-place-that-we-had-turned/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

> [We are not held accountable for how the economy ravages Congo. Governments aren't held accountable for foreign policies that they exercise there. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/we-are-not-held-accountable-for-how-the-economy-ravages-congo/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

> [What I really intend to achieve is to be that fly on the wall, and to try and observe as much as I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/what-i-really-intend-to-achieve-is-to-be-that-fly-on-the-wall-and-to/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

> [My own chief curiosity is to go into the world and explore as richly as I can, and as deeply as I can, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/my-own-chief-curiosity-is-to-go-into-the-world-and-explore-as-richly/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

> [When people know what you want, they can then manipulate that to achieve the end that they seek. It's far more interesting and valuable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/when-people-know-what-you-want-they-can-then-manipulate-that-to/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

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