Adi Godrej Quotes
We own only a small percentage in Omnivore, but we manage it. It is basically a venture capital fund to help newer enterprises and provide them with the funding they require in their early stages of development.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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I worked three and then six hours a day in my studio with strict discipline and emotion. I obtained awards usually granted to other foreigners during the end-of-year admission tests.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
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Developing new products is labour- intensive. So is producing the capital goods needed to make them. These jobs disappear when innovation stalls.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.
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Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
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What counts isn't the frame, it's what you put in it.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.
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The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it, so when I sat down with my agents after I was ready to go back to work, I told them: It's all about the directors.
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In a very broad statement, or mentality, you just want as many fans as you can have of your music. You want people to write songs for and connect with and play shows for.
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I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible because I want people to be able to watch my films and not be distracted.
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We own only a small percentage in Omnivore, but we manage it. It is basically a venture capital fund to help newer enterprises and provide them with the funding they require in their early stages of development.
