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" In order to improve healthcare, we'll have to spend more on it, increase accountability and decentralize services, enforce standards and reinstate people's faith in it. "
N. R. Narayana Murthy
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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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" Infosys is an absolute meritocracy. Even in a meritocracy, other things being equal, you have to give opportunity to the more experienced candidate. "
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" The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change. "
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" A professorship appeals very much because I enjoy being with younger people. "
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" The unique instrument to eradicate poverty and usher in prosperity is our youth. "
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" I have no desire to enter politics. Because I am not suited for that. "
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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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" I think there are opportunities outside India as well as in India. In fact, some of the largest projects that most Indian software companies are doing are in India. "
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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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" I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector. "
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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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" Clearly, healthcare is a very important sector. "
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" Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden. "
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" Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni. "
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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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" 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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" I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea. "
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" Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example. "
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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 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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" 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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" It is a well-known fact that bringing in technologies in retail sector is good for consumers. "
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" To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field. "
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