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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The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
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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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The 49ers drafted me assuming I wanted to play more than one year. At the time, I did, too. Things changed. They didn't deserve to be undercut. And I didn't want that to happen.
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Not only will you be held accountable for the things you do, but you will be held responsible for the very thoughts you think.
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I think different teams have different challenges as you go through.
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What is the Tao Te Ching? Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tzu in ancient China dictated 81 verses which are regarded by many as the ultimate commentary on the nature of existence.
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I'll admit I'm a workaholic.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
