Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
The twentieth century was the bankruptcy of the social utopia; the twenty-first will be that of the technological one.
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My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time.
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I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.
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If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?
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In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
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I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team.
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One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture.
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I love Rihanna. She represents that strong, independent woman that you cannot keep down.
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I would love to do Broadway again.
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I've learned there's nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance - I wore it like a badge of honor.
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Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
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Economy forced me to become a vegetarian, but I finally starting liking it.
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Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.
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I take my dog Tinkerbell seriously. I take my job seriously. But I don't take myself all that seriously.
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My favorite way to cook a clam is in chowder. I was a New Yorker for 20 years, and I always loved tomato-based, celery-heavy Manhattan chowders.
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I'm a big believer in our connection to nature.
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I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.
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When I kiss a girl for a part, people think it's sexy. But if two guys kiss, suddenly there's a backlash. It's a double standard.
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You have to be with the right person. It's so much more important to meet the right person, whether you're married or not, than it is to get married and get a divorce.
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I have to tell you I am losing a little patience with what appears to me to be an almost pathological obsession with calling into question the actions of men and women who are on the front lines of the war on terror.
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Success in war and preservation of a country's social framework as a purpose at least equal in importance to welfare of individuals.
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Sometimes I wake up before dawn, and I love sitting up in the middle of the bed with all the lights off, pitch-black dark, and talking to the Father, with no interruptions and nothing that reminds me that there's anything in life but me and Him.
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This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.
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The twentieth century was the bankruptcy of the social utopia; the twenty-first will be that of the technological one.
