Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
The twentieth century was the bankruptcy of the social utopia; the twenty-first will be that of the technological one.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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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.
Manolo Blahnik -
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?
Warren Farrell -
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.
Calvin Coolidge -
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.
Mahesh Bhupathi -
One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture.
Zack Snyder -
I love Rihanna. She represents that strong, independent woman that you cannot keep down.
Tamron Hall
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I would love to do Broadway again.
Hank Azaria -
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.
Becki Newton -
Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
Ovid -
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
Walt Whitman -
Economy forced me to become a vegetarian, but I finally starting liking it.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.
Walter Payton
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I take my dog Tinkerbell seriously. I take my job seriously. But I don't take myself all that seriously.
Paris Hilton -
I'm a big believer in our connection to nature.
M. Night Shyamalan -
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.
Harrison Ford -
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.
Olivia Wilde -
Maybe in the workplace I have more courage than other areas in my life.
Naomi Watts -
At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly the toast of Hollywood and London's West End. My immature wishes and naive opinions were treated with respect.
Jack Wild
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War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist.
M. F. K. Fisher -
In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.
James Garner -
Our modern world, though infinitely more complex than that of ancient Greece, is also far more superficial. Where the Greeks offered simple psychological training, we live in an age of style and spin in which perceptions of good and evil slither and shift with the political view of the moment.
David Gemmell -
I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo.
Harry S Truman -
The twentieth century was the bankruptcy of the social utopia; the twenty-first will be that of the technological one.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb