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Indians are very intelligent - of that, there is no doubt - but we are not necessarily hard working.
Ajay Piramal
Doubt
No Doubt
Indians
Very
Intelligent
Working
Hard
Hard-Working
Necessarily
Our responsibility is to maximise shareholder value, and if that means we can make short-term investment where we can maximise short-term value, we can do that.
Ajay Piramal
Value
Responsibility
Our
Investment
Make
Where
Short-Term
Means
In life, there are always intense battles, and yet we must practise the lessons from the Gita.
Ajay Piramal
Life
Battles
Must
Practise
Always
Intense
Lessons
If you concentrate on action and forget the results, you actually perform much better, because then you are not worried what will happen.
Ajay Piramal
You
Better
Will
Action
Worried
Results
Perform
Concentrate
Because
Forget
Happen
Then
Much
Actually
We never thought about getting into banking, as it is not an attractive business as perceived generally. This was also not a consideration when we decided to invest in Shriram Group.
Ajay Piramal
Business
Thought
Group
Consideration
About
Perceived
Invest
Generally
Never
Also
Attractive
Getting
Banking
Decided
Share your prosperity.
Ajay Piramal
Prosperity
Share
Your
It is very clear for us; we will do whatever is in the best interest of Shriram shareholders.
Ajay Piramal
Best
Will
Whatever
Shareholders
Clear
Very
Interest
Us
In pharma, we continuously look for acquisitions... if it makes strategic sense and if there is any value.
Ajay Piramal
Value
Sense
Look
Makes
Continuously
Any
Acquisitions
Strategic
With respect to sticking accelerator pedals, we failed to connect the dots between problems in Europe and problems in the United States because the European situation related primarily to right-hand-drive vehicles. Toyota will increase its outreach to government agencies charged with protecting the safety of motorists and passengers.
Akio Toyoda
Government
Respect
Safety
Problems
Will
Situation
Increase
Related
States
Charged
Outreach
Primarily
Vehicles
Failed
Between
Toyota
Protecting
Accelerator
Because
Sticking
Passengers
Government Agencies
Dots
Agencies
Connect
Europe
European
United
United States
When consumers purchase a Toyota, they are not simply purchasing a car, truck or van. They are placing their trust in our company.
Akio Toyoda
Trust
Car
Our
Van
Purchase
Purchasing
Consumers
Simply
Truck
Toyota
Placing
Company
It is in Toyota's DNA that mistakes made once will not be repeated.
Akio Toyoda
Will
Made
Mistakes
Once
Toyota
Repeated
The hundreds of thousands of men and women at Toyota operations worldwide - including the 172,000 team members and dealers in North America - are among the best in the auto industry.
Akio Toyoda
Best
Women
Men
Men And Women
Worldwide
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Thousands
Members
Thousands
Toyota
Industry
Operations
Dealers
North
North America
America
Auto
Auto Industry
Team
Including
Among
For much of Toyota's history, we have ensured the quality and reliability of our vehicles by placing a device called an andon cord on every production line - and empowering any team member to halt production if there's an assembly problem. Only when the problem is resolved does the line begin to move again.
Akio Toyoda
History
Quality
Problem
Every
Resolved
Our
Member
Reliability
Only
Vehicles
Device
Toyota
Empowering
Does
Halt
Line
Begin
Any
Move
Again
Placing
Much
Production
Team
Assembly
Cord
People look at me and think I am an expert in the automobile industry, and I'm not.
Akio Toyoda
Me
People
Think
Look
Industry
Am
Automobile
Automobile Industry
Expert
I myself, as well as Toyota, am not perfect. I, more than anyone, wish for our customers' cars to be safe.
Akio Toyoda
Myself
Not Perfect
Car
Wish
Our
More
Perfect
Safe
Toyota
Well
Am
Than
Anyone
Customers
I ride many different cars. Let's say I would drive 200 different vehicles in a year, so it's rather difficult to say which car or what car I ride. I love cars.
Akio Toyoda
Love
Ride
Car
Drive
Year
Difficult
Say
Would
Rather
Vehicles
Different
Which
Many
I'm not panicking, and I'm not scared, I've been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
War
Crisis
Gulf
Gulf War
Scared
Russian
Through
Been
Asia
I'm telling you, you can't compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
You
Other
Other Countries
Arabia
Telling
Countries
Compare
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
If I'm going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don't do it at all.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
Something
Going
My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
Local
Running
Investments
Wheels
Regional
International
But each country has to advance and move at its own speed.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
Country
Own
Speed
Advance
Move
Each
I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
Management
Own
Some
Only
Small
Almost
Hotels
North
North America
America
Stakes
Them
My own center, my Kingdom Center, which is the highest priced tower in Saudi Arabia, was vacated twice because of terrorist attacks, terrorist threats.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
Own
Arabia
Threats
Kingdom
My Own
Attacks
Highest
Tower
Because
Terrorist
Center
Which
Twice
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
Speak
Internet
Nowadays
Backward
Anyone
Regarded
Cannot
Incapable
English
Who
Using
One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East. It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
Music
East
Force
Industry
Around
Dominant
Very
Dominant Force
Personal
Middle
Movie
Middle East
Biggest
Movie Industry
Company
So, if you look at what's common among some of the companies I have, including the Four Seasons, NewsCorp, George V, the Plaza, these are all irreplaceable brands in their own fields.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
You
Own
Plaza
Some
Look
George
Brands
Irreplaceable
Common
Fields
Companies
Including
Seasons
Among
Four
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