Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood.
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You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
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A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.
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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
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No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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Focus on being balanced - success is balance.
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Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension of childhood play... Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don't need any director telling them, 'You really have to believe in it.' They believe in it completely.
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As governor, I enjoy the opportunity to talk about Utah's measurable business success.
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My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg.
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There are so many immigrant-led success stories in the United States, and the fact that it's gotten so much harder for educated folks to stay here is really unfortunate.
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Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
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The success of 'Kick' will help in the marketing of other small budget independent films I have acted in.
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The real secret of success is enthusiasm.
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Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
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Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success.
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The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
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Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.
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It is difficult to survive as an author in Sweden, so for commercial success, it is good idea to write crime, get yourself translated, and live happily ever after.
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Growing up in Poland, I didn't have the experience of going to Disneyland as a child, so I don't have any childhood memories connected to it, good or bad.
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Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty's work, and 'Down with Authority' her war-cry.
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I'm just a philosophical journalist, trying to describe what's going on. I want to stimulate conversations, and hope out of them will come truths.
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I've never really been a careerist; I've never been able to step back and look at anything in that way. I though this is just what happens. I did take my work very seriously. I loved immersing myself in a character. I loved getting the opportunity to do that. I didn't realize how extraordinary it was, how lucky I was, because I was young.
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For me, there's never any bad blood - unless you do something to me.
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I've drunk Amazon's free Diet Coke. Nothing makes more sense to me than a company trying to make bookselling into a profitable business. I'm not anti-Amazon, and I'm not pro-publishers either. I'm pro-books.
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Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood.
