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" If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed. "
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Personal
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" It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country. "
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" I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow. "
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" I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone. "
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" A professorship appeals very much because I enjoy being with younger people. "
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" We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put. "
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" I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.' I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this. "
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" India is known for much development that has happened since our independence, but at the same time, we have also failed on many levels. It is the responsibility of the future generation to ensure that all these failures are corrected and help create a civilised society with equal opportunities for one and all. "
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" It is a well-known fact that bringing in technologies in retail sector is good for consumers. "
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" I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector. "
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" Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example. "
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" Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni. "
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Than
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" The world expects India to be one of the leaders in solving the problems of politics and economics. India sits at the high table in most major multilateral deliberations. What India says is heard with attention and seriousness. "
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" When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society. "
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" Investment in training is a huge necessity for knowledge-based corporations. "
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" Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system. "
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" I have always focused on the bottom line. "
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" My personal view is that organisations have a capacity to throw up extraordinary leaders to suit the occasion. "
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" When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company. "
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Character
" I have no desire to enter politics. Because I am not suited for that. "
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" I think, at the end of the day, you have to reduce friction to businesses, ideally to zero, so that more and more entrepreneurs can create more and more jobs with higher and higher disposable income. "
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" Any mechanism that will ensure benefits to consumer, any mechanism that will ensure that we do not waste food grains, any mechanism that helps the poorest of the poor is a welcome step. "
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" All developmental activities for the common man such as education, healthcare, shelter and food distribution should be handled by reputed private sector institutions. It should be a competitive market in order to prevent the formation of monopolies. "
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" Science is about unravelling nature. "
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" Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc. "
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" Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people. "
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" We all, as engineers, doctors, have a big responsibility to bring smiles on the faces of suffering humanity. "
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" The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence. "
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" It's very important to learn quick lessons from your failures, very important to recognize symptoms of failure pretty early, and it is very, very important to not to be attached too much to the idea - you have to know when to give up an idea. "
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" I am what we call a 'karma yogi' in Sanskrit. A karma yogi is somebody who believes in data. I collect a lot of data. "
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