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“Apart from being motivation for themselves, I think big givers should also talk about their philanthropy so that their work and their success stories prove inspirational enough for many others to follow.”
“Bull markets have valuation froth and bull markets have commitment forth. Now just by valuation froth, bull markets do not end.”
“My father was also interested in stocks. When I was a young child, he and his friends would drink in the evening and discuss about the stock market.”
“I am an optimist by nature and I reserve the right to be wrong.”
“It is not that Covid is going to impede the progress of humanity. It is not as much a changing event as it was being predicted, according to me.”
“My father was a person who always allowed me to do what I wanted but he told me you want to go to a stock market, first get yourself qualified. So, I qualified myself as a chartered accountant and my dad said what do you want to do? I said I want to go to the stock market. He asked what will you do? I said I invest.”
“I have two interests in life - markets and women. Both are concerned with four letter words - markets with the risk and woman with love.”
“See, I'm a risk taker. If I feel very opinionated, I can really put the money on the table.”
“I made many mistakes but my triumphs have received far greater publicity than my failures.”
“I have a drink everyday in the evening.”
“I myself am a private equity investor.”
“Everything which is good in life is dicey, including pretty girls.”
“I don't want to lecture anybody, I would only say this to my fellow people would be to give, however small. Give what your pocket permits. I don't think a person who is giving Rs 10, is giving less than me.”
“The first stock I bought was Tata Tea, the first stock where I made big money was also Tata Tea.”
“I've lived the world on my own terms. I do what I enjoy. I enjoy what I do.”
“You cannot artificially curb gold imports beyond a point. But I am hopeful it will happen because the rupee depreciation should by itself lead to a large growth in exports and some compression of imports.”
“I do not do any trading internationally.”
“I know film industry is not a very healthy place to be in.”
“Markets go up not because there is abundance of buyers, but because there is a lack of sellers.”
“I am very opinionated and sometimes a very irritating character but, I have learnt that the quest to learn is a journey, not a destination.”