Adi Godrej Quotes
From our group, we've had joint ventures with a lot of international companies: Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Sara Lee, currently with Hershey's and Tyson. We've learned a lot of the best practices.
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Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: You have to learn the rhythms of respiration - acquire the pace. Otherwise you stop right away.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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The polls and the pundits and the media seem to talk to each other. It's sort of like an echo chamber.
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Sweet is good. I'm not a fan of deep-fried things.
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I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan.
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If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.
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Everything people say I couldn't do I've done.
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Herbert Hoover failed through no fault of his own. The Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression were beyond his control, and every remedy he tried failed adequately to work.
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I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently. I had been tilting my head in a way when I talked that wasn't good for my throat. I've been working on all of that, and it seems to be helping.
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The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me.
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All of us are going to have to find ways to do things more efficiently, find ways to get our costs more in line, and do it in a time of higher regulatory and environmental standards.
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Brazil is on my side.
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When I heard Elvis Presley, then I knew I had to do music. Music is my god, and is the only love that has never left me. It has always been there and is my best friend.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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Garrett Hardin. Parenthood: Right or Privilege? Science Magazine.
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You know, most people really don't know me.
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Very, very few entrepreneurs who accept a 51 percent partner in a new venture will get rich if they are also expected to run it. Control is mandatory.
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Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures.
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I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. We can either be ugly and contemptuous in our behavior, which will turn people off, or else we can carry ourselves with dignity and pride.
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From our group, we've had joint ventures with a lot of international companies: Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Sara Lee, currently with Hershey's and Tyson. We've learned a lot of the best practices.
