N. R. Narayana Murthy Quotes
Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
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There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
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When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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I think the impulse took shape in early childhood when I was very ill with lymphoma for a number of years. I spent a lot of time in hospitals and sick-rooms, being read to by various relatives, and I learned to associate books with love and attention.
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America has 2.2 million of it's citizens incarcerated. It's a statistic we should be ashamed of.
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You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.
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As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember that unnecessary regulations stifle growth while doing nothing for public safety or health.
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Each child is biologically required to have a mother. Fatherhood is a well-regarded theory, but motherhood is a fact.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
