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I admire people who are very successful. But if that success has been achieved through too much ruthlessness, then I may admire that person, but I can't respect him.
Ratan Tata
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Ratan Tata
Age: 86
Born: 1937
Born: December 28
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If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it... if it doesn't stand the test of public scrutiny then don't do it.
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I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised.
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Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.
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I have two or three cars that I like, but today, Ferrari would be the best car I have driven in terms of being an impressive car.
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There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to.
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Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem.
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I will certainly not join politics. I would like to be remembered as a clean businessman who has not partaken in any twists and turns beneath the surface, and one who has been reasonably successful.
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At Tatas, we believe that if we are not among the top three in an industry, we should look seriously at what it would take to become one of the top three players.. or think about exiting the industry
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What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in terms of ethics, values and continue what our ancestors left behind.
Ratan Tata
None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!
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Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be.
Ratan Tata
When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look at yourself as being people who have well being and comforts, I think it takes a very insensitive, tough person not to feel they need to do something.
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Some foreign investors accuse us of being unfair to shareholders by using our resources for community development. Yes, this is money that could have made for dividend payouts, but it also is money that's uplifting and improving the quality of life of people in the rural areas where we operate and work. We owe them that.
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