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I think the years I have spent in prison have been the most formative and important in my life because of the discipline the sensations but chiefly the opportunity to think clearly to try to understand things.
I think the years I have spent in prison have been the most formative and important in my life because of the discipline the sensations but chiefly the opportunity to think clearly to try to understand things.
Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
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- Jawaharlal Nehru
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- Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jawaharlal Nehru: life dates 1889 to 1964. Wikidata Q1047, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1047 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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