Serena [Williams] ruined it for me because as soon as she retired, everybody thought I retired. And sometimes I even think we are twins. So if you guys did think so we are, we are two separate people born on different days.
Venus Williams
American tennis player, on her sister
My mom just wants to oil my hair. Nothing else. She is okay with me growing my hair.
K.L. Rahul
cricketer
If you look at our history, you will see that India’s growth has always been intertwined with the progress of the world.
Prasoon Joshi
lyricist and poet
[RSS supremo] Mohan Bhagwat has an uncanny sense of timing. He seldom speaks, but his choice of the day and the occasion is brilliant. His choice of words is also superb.... Many strongly disagree with his views—and I do invariably—but one cannot but agree that Bhagwat’s speeches command attention, especially after 2014.
P. Chidambaram
Congress leader
I am only two months younger than Donald Trump. I will not spend 30 minutes swaying back and forth to music. I will not clap offbeat, nor will I pretend to be a conductor.
Bill Clinton
former US president
Stardom is already dead. The idea is gone now, not because there aren’t stars or talented people anymore. The advent of social media was a huge switch. Stardom was such a charm; a star was like the forbidden fruit that was not seen anywhere, and if you wanted to see them then it was only on the big screen, or buy that videotape and make that little bit of an extra effort to see people who you loved so much.
Kajol
actor