I had applied for a job [at Imperial Chemical Industries] in 1948 and was called for a personal interview. However I failed to get selected. Many years later, I succeeded in finding out why I had been rejected. The remarks written by the selectors on my application were: "This woman is headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self-opinionated!"

Quoted by K. Sathyanarayana in The Power of Humor at the Workplace (2007) - Post-Prime Ministerial

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