Indra Nooyi Quotes
I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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My No. 1 responsibility when I'm not slaying zombies is being a parent.
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When you lose your reputation at 19, you lose everything.
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The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play football for the Colts anymore.
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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
