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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Time is generally the best doctor.
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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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The performance of international institutions will be symptomatic of the domestic political priorities of influential member states. International institutions don't really have a life and a mind of their own.
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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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I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.
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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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The process is always the same. I get an inspiration for a new song, I put it down on paper immediately so I won't lose it. When I am ready to go to the studio with it, I play it a few times on the piano and edit, add, and type the lyrics and take it to the studio. Sometimes I don't have anything on paper.
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Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
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A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality.
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There is a clear business case for building the resilience and capacity of local communities, businesses, and institutions because a peaceful, educated, and productive population will stimulate economic growth in the long term.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
