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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Boys, do you hear that musketry and that artillery? It means that our friends are falling by the hundreds at the hands of the enemy, and here we are guarding a damned creek! Let's go and help them. What do you say?
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We had kind of a rocky start, but I spent a lot of time working with the President and handing him statistics and showing him what we were doing as we went along and kind of saying to him, you know, this is really important.
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I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills and determination to their work. I urge you to lend them your support so that, together, we can build that bright future worthy of our country.
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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power. I think they need me. I don't think it's addictive. I think, if anything, it's the opposite of addictive. You want to run away from it, but it doesn't let you go. It's doing it again.
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I can imagine nothing more terrifying than an Eternity filled with men who were all the same. The only thing which has made life bearable…has been the diversity of creatures on the surface of the globe.
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Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain.
