Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
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I was doing community theater since I was about nine.
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I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
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Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
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And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.
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I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil... and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to do this, go to Iowa and do some community theatre. It's all about self-promotion, and it's not always the fun part of it.
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You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
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It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants to this country.
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That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.
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Even the best scientists are often insecure and feel the need for recognition.
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Never have anyone else carry your luggage. Pack only what you need.
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I love the concept of community energy.
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We are not yet a society free of sexism, and this will continue to be an issue for all women candidates.
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Orwell wasn't right about where society was in 1984. We haven't turned into that sort of surveillance society. But that may be, at least in small part, because of his book. The notion that ubiquitous surveillance and state manipulation of the media is evil is deeply engrained in us.
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We live in a multi-cultural society far more open to international ideas. If you'd told me 20 years ago I'd drive through Bury and see someone sitting outside a cafe drinking a latte, I'd have laughed. In fact, I wouldn't have even known what a latte was.
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In the not so distant past, we were close enough to our community to physically see how our actions impacted the group overall. Now it's just too easy to look the other way, or turn off the TV or computer and detach ourselves from the others.
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I know that many in Germany think we have a merry financial policy over here.
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The black community is my community - the LGBT community, too, and the female community. That is my community. That's me; it's who I am.
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A large-scale crisis - whether a terrorist attack or a financial crash - would likely provide the pretext to declare some sort of state of exception or emergency, where the usual rules no longer apply.
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Whatever insults my State insults me.
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I'm a fast foodie - like, a foodie, but with food courts. I'd love to go with all my friends to a food court that's also a buffet - with unlimited orange chicken from Panda Express, curly fries from Arby's, Hawaiian pizza from Sbarro, and Coke Zero. I'm a simple man with simple pleasures.
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It's a huge challenge, a huge responsibility. Bond is a huge iconic figure in movie history. These opportunities don't come along very often so I thought, 'Why not?'
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What we need to do is break the financial community's grip on society.
