“I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss was politics. So politics was not unfamiliar to me.” YearsPoliticalUsedFatherRoomsPartyLeaderSubjectsMembersPrisonCongressBritishFighterEveningLiving RoomUnfamiliarProminentFreedom FighterLocalityCongress Party Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“When I was a young writer if you went to a party and told somebody you were a science-fiction writer you would be insulted. They would call you Flash Gordon all evening, or Buck Rogers.” IfsWould BeYoungPartyFictionScience FictionEveningFlashBucksRogerFiction WritersInsultedYoung WritersBuck RogersFlash Gordon Author:Ray Bradbury
“The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still alive and about, if such is the case, and that you're glad other people are, without having to spend an entire evening proving it.” PeopleIfsWayStillsFactsPartyCasesAliveProveFavorsGladEveningGood WayCocktailsCocktail Parties Book:I Try to Behave Myself: Peg Bracken's Etiquette Book Source: I Try to Behave Myself: Peg Bracken's Etiquette Book