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So they say

"This is amazing and again a Parsi thing.
We are the only people in India who pay tax, I’m convinced,
because when service tax became an issue, I had the number but everybody
else in entertainment was laughing at me.”
Cyrus Broacha, political satirist, television anchor, columnist and author,
The Gateway, June 4-10, 2013
"We now hold the largest portfolio of powdered concentrates in the world.
We need to outgrow ourself. So, if I’ve sold powder for 30 years, it does not mean
I will keep on selling powder for another 30; we believe in growing and expanding.
The expansion though happens in terms of getting into beverages or nectars,
maybe even a drink for winters, but not something that Rasna cannot associate itself
with (like pickles or noodles).”
Piruz Khambatta, chairman and managing director, Rasna, Campaign
India, May 17, 2013

"We don’t get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long we’ll wait, we’ll wait indefinitely.”
Warren Buffett, American business magnate, Afternoon Despatch and
Courier, March 11, 2013
"The clients are surprised when they meet me. Their first impression is
of all brawn and no brains, and they don’t know whether to address me
as an actor or a guy who knows his business... by the end of our conversation,
they realize that I mean business.”
John Abraham, actor and owner of production house, JA, whose mother
Firoza is a Parsi, DNA, May 17, 2013
"The building that I am living in today, called Nirmala...
I was refused a flat there three times because they didn’t want film people.
This was the kind of thinking and the mindset of people in those days.”
Vinod Khanna, actor, former parliamentarian and ex-minister of the Union of India,
formerly married to a Parsi, The Gateway, February 19-25, 2013
"I remember him canceling a family vacation to Goa because the ad shoot he
had planned there was nixed. I learnt the compromises.”
Lara Balsara, executive director, Madison World on her father Sam,
the agency’s chairman and managing director, Mumbai Mirror, May 12, 2013
"I want to be the best jockey. I have no time for any other interests.
I never had a girlfriend and I am not dating anyone. My ultimate goal is to be the best.”
Zervan Suratia, jockey, Mumbai Mirror, May 26, 2013
"In his nine long years as a member of the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi
has hardly opened his mouth, never asked a written or an oral question
and barely attended the House.”
Virendra Kapoor, columnist, married to a Parsi, Coomi,
Afternoon Despatch and Courier, February 4, 2013
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