Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.
Quotes to Explore
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You need to take care of your time and practice, you need to rest and talk to media. So it's really important to organize those things.
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I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
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The Florida Jewish community is incredibly important in the primary and will be that important in the general election as well.
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I'm the youngest of four, but my closest sibling is 10 years older. I had a lot of imagination. I was running around playing little games by myself. But I never thought I was going to be an actor.
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The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club. That's the main thing I think, that you can do it.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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We have just been working hard to have people to come out to vote and to make sure people understand how important the election is.
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He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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I did not even look at the scoreboard when my routine was done in 1976.
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Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.
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I try not to get involved in the business of prediction. It's a quick way to look like an idiot.
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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.
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I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.
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The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears.
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I just think that is so important to keep a strong support system, to keep yourself encouraged.
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I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block.
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But who cares? I can honestly look back and realize that everything happened for a reason. Everything that fell apart has fallen back into place beautifully and magically.
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Climate change is happening, and humans are significant contributors, and that raises some really important policy questions.
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I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.
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Your kids might feel more apt to try some art of their own after viewing contemporary works that are far less intimidating than those of the Old Masters.
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I toyed with the idea of playing Ravel's 'Pavane pour une infante defunte' but I couldn't remember if it's a tune or Latin prescription for piles.
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Islands are gregarious animals, they decorate the ocean in conveys.
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We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.
