Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
In social policy, when we provide a safety net, it should be designed to help people take more entrepreneurial risks, not to turn them into dependents. This doesn't mean that we should be callous to the underprivileged.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
Imre Lakatos -
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
J. B. Priestley -
I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
Jack Dee -
As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
Kara Swisher -
I want to do whatever I can to survive.
Sam Simon -
Time is the devourer of all things.
Ovid
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When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
J. Michael Straczynski -
Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
Zach Anner -
Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
Olivier Theyskens -
Design can successfully bind the ancient nomadic cultures with today's global marketplace, ensuring the preservation of traditions and knowledge for further generations. This aspect of research is obviously rich in its business potential as well.
Yelena Baturina -
I like to make my name of songs strange.
Flula Borg -
No two wars are identical.
Kate Adie
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With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
Candice Millard -
There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
Adam Carolla -
I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
Questlove -
I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.
Katey Sagal -
I look to my family for my support. I'm fortunate to have a big family.
Chris O'Donnell
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I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people tell me that such and such a scene or story is comical, I tend to gape. I did not intend comedy - ever, as far as I know. It's probably all a mistake. I am essentially a lugubrious writer. Ha ha!
Cynthia Ozick -
Models are what they are... people who model clothing, that's all.
Kim Smith -
Violence can be very grotesque and also intensely attractive. What interests me is how the two - beauty and violence - live side by side, and how moments can be created and erased almost simultaneously. Destruction is painful, but at times it can be very cathartic.
Ori Gersht -
I've lived in London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Turin. But New York is my favorite city. It has so much energy, so much toughness.
Lapo Elkann -
In social policy, when we provide a safety net, it should be designed to help people take more entrepreneurial risks, not to turn them into dependents. This doesn't mean that we should be callous to the underprivileged.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb