As a traditionally risk-averse nation, India has rarely been at the forefront of innovation. Indian companies have mostly imitated others and became very good at it.


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TOMMY SHAW
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FIONA SHAW
You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day.
TOMMY SHAW
Every day, you have to make three hours of music, just randomly improvising, and that's a great ...
CAROLINE SHAW
Everyone's been on a ramen noodle diet once or twice.
KIM SHAW
That, fundamentally, is our problem. We need to expand.
BEN SHAW
I think that they will find they come to love the center and the people who will be there. We are an...
BEN SHAW
Unlike most commercial construction, we do not begin construction until we have planning and design ...
BEN SHAW
The permits, no question, they need to be re-applied for.
BEN SHAW
You can almost reach out and touch Ed Turner's impact on CNN. His standards were so high. The things...
BERNARD SHAW
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
BERNARD SHAW
What I saw were two F-16 jets and they were circling overhead a single-engine plane and other jet fi...
BERNARD SHAW
If you teach a man anything, he will never learn
BERNARD SHAW
When you're seeking justice there are no shortcuts. If you were to trade places with either side, yo...
ANDREW SHAW
had decided to start another trophy trial.
ANDREW SHAW
Many of the princess's personal friends who rallied behind him and were prepared to give evidence fo...
ANDREW SHAW
It's a waste of money sending you to prison but I have no option.
ANDREW SHAW
As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to pla...
TOMMY SHAW
You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.
ARTIE SHAW
You have no idea of the people I didn't marry.
ARTIE SHAW
Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars.
ARTIE SHAW
The last popular song that I loved was 'Living La Vida Loca' by Ricky Martin,
ARTIE SHAW
My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a do...
FIONA SHAW
I've done a lot of performance practice, Baroque playing, and some of the joy and the challenge ...
CAROLINE SHAW
I once saw my mother playing Mary Magdalene in a parish event. But she had to put the role aside in ...
FIONA SHAW
Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's a...
IRWIN SHAW
This year's been a constant teaching session with the guys. He showed a great deal of patience this ...
BRIAN SHAW
We know that we determine our own destiny. We just have to take care of our own business, and we can...
BRIAN SHAW
I'm optimistic that we'll make a profit for our first year here. We've been breaking even for 10 yea...
BRIAN SHAW
He's one of the guys who's familiar with Phil's system, ... Phil's comfortable with him and knows wh...
BRIAN SHAW
The entire team did a great job of staying focused on clients, and not getting distracted. The quali...
BRIAN SHAW
He told me to get after Gary [Payton], to make sure he was fired up.
BRIAN SHAW
But then he reminded us that there was only one guy who was on the right side both times. Him.
BRIAN SHAW
I'm glad he called, ... This is an opportunity for our school and community to help those who are in...
BRIAN SHAW
We've sold out every year we've been here.
BRIAN SHAW
I think Rick puts a lot of pressure on himself anyway and I think that's one of the reasons he hasn'...
BRAD SHAW
It looked like what we pictured from this team at the start of the season. The difference is believi...
BRAD SHAW
It's like jumping on a treadmill when it's going eight miles an hour. When he got off, it was going ...
BRAD SHAW
I think we have holes we still need to fill work-ethic wise. Power play is one of them.
BRAD SHAW
It's a tall order when you've hovered around .500 all year to suddenly start thinking about running ...
BRAD SHAW
We wanted to come out skating. We did, but didn't get rewarded for it. We generated a lot of chances...
BRAD SHAW