| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 7149 |
| QUOTATION: | I’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Benazir Bhutto (b. 1953), Pakistani politician. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, p. 34 (July 7, 1986).
The daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979), a Pakistani President who was overthrown and hanged, she was intent on unseating the responsible parties. She would become the first woman President of Pakistan. |
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