N. R. Narayana Murthy Quotes
I think, my own personal view is there should be higher and higher levels of autonomy; government should not interfere in setting up colleges, in running colleges. The market, the society will decide which is a good university, which is not a good university, rather than government mandating.
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Modesty is good. But not when it comes at the cost of honesty.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.
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The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.
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I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
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I am an incredibly strong person and an incredibly fast person.
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All of us, try to eliminate risk from our lives. The sad thing about risk is that when you eliminate risk you also eliminate the future.
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I think, my own personal view is there should be higher and higher levels of autonomy; government should not interfere in setting up colleges, in running colleges. The market, the society will decide which is a good university, which is not a good university, rather than government mandating.
