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[Indira Gandhi] looked tired that day, and all of a sudden I exclaimed, 'Deep down I don't envy you, and I shouldn't… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
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There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America. It was not until I had seen… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
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![“The kind of sleep that I had during my own film [Certified Copy] screening in Cannes is different. It's not because of the specificity of the film. It was because of my relationship as an author to this film. Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder…” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/abbas-kiarostami-2631_anxious_the-kind-of-sleep-that-i-had-during-my-o_3178930.jpg)
![“My original book [Straight to the Heart: Political Cantos] was 1,700 pages. The first editor brought it down to 700; there was a lot that didn't make it in. But at last it's finished. I had a hard time signing off on it. And I was worried about it hurting anyone I loved even indirectly. I sat in…” quote by Angela Alioto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/angela-alioto-29373_being-judged_my-original-book-straight-to-the-heart-p_929484.jpg)
![“I read in announcements of deaths 'peacefully in his sleep' and I wonder how many of those are true. Maybe they are just conventional. I hope they are true whenever I read it of someone. [But] I would rather be awake. Peacefully awake, brim full of some calming drug that was seeing me out of the…” quote by Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/ian-mcewan-494_announcements_i-read-in-announcements-of-deaths-peacef_2639930.jpg)
![“[Indira Gandhi] looked tired that day, and all of a sudden I exclaimed, 'Deep down I don't envy you, and I shouldn't like to be in your place.' And she said, 'The problem is not in the problems I have, it's in the idiots around me. Democracy, you know...' I now wonder what she meant by that…” quote by Oriana Fallaci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/oriana-fallaci-3082_deep-down_indira-gandhi-looked-tired-that-day-and_507935.png)
