A Quote by Shashi Tharoor

The only possible idea of India is that of a nation greater than the sum of its parts.

Shashi Tharoor

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Shashi Tharoor
Indian - Public Servant
Born: March 9, 1956

But ultimately I do not believe that she was only matter. The rest of her must be recycled, too. I believe now that we are greater than the sum of our parts. If you take Alaska's genetic code and you add her life experiences and the relationships she had with people, and then you take the size and shape of her body, you do not get her. There is something else entirely. There is a part of her greater than the sum of her knowable parts. And that part has to go somewhere, because it cannot be destroyed

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