J. Jayalalithaa

Politician

1948-02-24

Quotes by J. Jayalalithaa

• The media picks on me because I don't have a family background like other female leaders of South Asia. Look at Indira Gandhi, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Benazir Bhutto, Sheikh Hasina. They were all someone's daughter or wife. I have no such background.

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• I keep my emotions to myself. I have never lost my temper in public, I have never wept in public.

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