QUOTA of QUOTES
“I always just love singing. It makes me feel happy. Even when I was like 4 years old, I would just pretend like I have a microphone, and I would just sing like I’m singing to the whole world.”—Pranysqa Mishra, a 9-year-old girl from Tampa, Florida, who qualified for the live rounds on America’s Got Talent after impressing judges with her rendition of Tina Turner’s “River Deep —Mountain High.” (WFLA)
“True confidence comes from the effort that has been put in over a consistent period of time.”—Abhinav Bindra, the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal, imparting advice to India’s athletes at the Paris Olympics. (PTI)
“I’d like to fix the dysfunction. I’d like to be part of the solution and a new generation of legislators who just put their community first and care less about how many Twitter likes they have.”— Suhas Subramanyam, 37, a Virginia state senator who is likely to win a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives this November after beating 11 rivals for the Democratic nomination in a left-leaning district. (The Washington Post)
“Anybody who believes in humanity is aggrieved at the loss of life in war or in terror attacks. Even so, it breaks our hearts to see innocent children get killed.”— Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a visit to Moscow in which he hailed Russia as a “trusted friend of India.” (The Washington Post)
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Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
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