Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
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Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
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There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.
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I always knew I was destined for greatness.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
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You just want to keep playing consistently now and keep working hard and I'm sure the goals will come.
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Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.
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Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.
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The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
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Teachers today are breaking down obstacles, finding innovative ways to instill old lessons, proving that greatness can be found in everyday places.
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Run away from greatness and greatness will follow you.
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The greatness of America is capitalism, free market capitalism. The exceptionalism of American business.
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Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
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Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
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What intrigues me is making images that confound and confuse the viewer but that the viewer knows, or suspects, really happened.
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The Art of the Romance, though warning us that it is providing fictions, opens a door into the Palace of Absurdity, and when we have lightly stepped inside, slams it shut behind us.
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A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession. A true man finds so much work to do that he has no time to contemplate his yesterdays; for to-day and to-morrow are here, with their impatient tasks. The world is so busy, too, that it cannot afford to study any man's unfinished work; for the end may prove it a failure, and the world needs masterpieces.
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Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should."
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I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player.
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Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain.
