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opinion“The border region between Afghanistan andPakistan remains the epicentre of al Qaeda,”– Barack Obama, President of the US, said inan interview to People magazine“We are all Indians first. Mumbai, Chennai andDelhi belong to all Indians. That is the reality,”– Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, RelianceIndustries“I am firmly against doing marginal roles in bigbudgeted movies. I want to do roles which havedignity.”– Naseeruddin Shah, Bollywood actor“Violence and democracy cannot co-exist”– Meira Kumar, Speaker, Lok Sabha, said atthe inauguration of the twelfth North-EastRegion Commonwealth ParliamentaryAssociation conference in Shillong“It is clear that the Centre is working under theinfluence and pressure of capitalists and if itfails to take effective measures against pricehike immediately, my party will be forced tolaunch a nationwide agitation,”– Mayawati, Chief Minister Uttar Pradesh,told in a press conference.“The party's treatment towards me had notbeen right...to those who have been demandingmy resignation from the Rajya Sabha I have tosay that if Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav)returns my kidneys I would resign”– Amar Singh, addressing a public meetingin Madgava village, after being expelled fromThe Samajwadi Party“For a small country like Haiti, this (quake) is atsunami-like disaster. This is a majorcatastrophe and a huge humanitarian crisis.”– Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General“We are strengthening our security set up in allareas including Arunachal Pradesh because it isan integral part of India,”– A. K. Antony, Indian Defence Minister toldreporters in Bangalore“If I have any ideal in politics that is MahatmaGandhiji for me.”– Rahul Gandhi, Congress General Secretary,Addressing students of the Devi AhilyaUniversity in Indore"Mumbai may belong to all Indians, but how canit belong to an Italian mummy,"– Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena Chief, said in aneditorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana'.“ When we were playing and developed reverseswing we were accused of being cheats andtampering with the ball, but when the Englishand other bowlers did it became an art,"– Imran Khan, Pakistan's former Captainbacking Afridi's claim, who has been bannedfor two Twenty20 matches for tampering withthe ball in a one-dayer against Australia“Rahman is a good arranger of music.”– Lata Mangeshkar, Legendary singer40 PT’s PrepTalk – February 2010