Smriti Irani Quotes

Smriti Irani

Profession : Politician

Birth : March 23, 1976

I think governance is about giving people an opportunity to engage with you on subjects that you are responsible for, believing in people's capacity to deliver, and allowing them that platform plus project their work.

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I think when somebody wants to work diligently, when somebody wants to take away the cobwebs and see where attention is needed, to fix things, there is obviously going to be a backlash from those who have, for years, gained from status quo.

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I think too many obituaries have been written about me.

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People understand when you talk to them person to person, at an equal level. I tell them what I can do and what I cannot, and they tell me, 'Didi, we know you don't lie.'

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Benefits of demonetisation need to percolate down to entrepreneurs and their enterprises, many of which are outside the ambit of formal economy.

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I have an ideological umbilical cord with the BJP... we are three-generation party supporters... my grandfather was a swayamsevak, my mother, a BJP booth activist.

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Industry people do know when a PR movement plays out. The issue is that it is an insult to our intelligence when those who are doing the PR thing presume that we are not wiser.

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What type of politics is the Congress practising, wherein its leaders commit the sin of looting money meant for the welfare of pregnant women and poor children?

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I don't know if many people know that one of the first jobs that I wanted and I lined up for was cabin crew at Jet. I was rejected because I was told I don't have a good personality. Thank God for your rejection. After that, I got a job at McDonald's, and the rest is history.

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Infrastructure development is a huge challenge for the people of Amethi.

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Legislation has a certain jurisdiction. It can't change mindsets and hearts.

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I never used gender as my crutch. Many women don't use gender as a crutch.

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I have never lived off my family name.

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I want to categorically say that whatever I am, I have made a space for myself in Indian politics and media out of my own perseverance and hard work.

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I am not defined by somebody's comments or an article or somebody's angst about me or their anxiety about me or what is being said about me on social media.

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I have lived life enough to know that I define myself.

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I know the pros and cons of not being diplomatic.

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Citizens know the legacy of misrule of the Congress - an economy in doldrums and an administration full of leakages.

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Enhancing fabric production will also lead to strengthening the power loom sector.

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It is a tragedy when you pay to make a public broadcaster survive.

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