Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
If I could predict what my day would exactly look like, I would feel a little bit dead.
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Female can understand more detail and really care for the consequence and understand all the process.
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When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.
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I want to make shoes that a woman can walk in. That's kind of what they're made for.
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I'm the first American designer who went all over the world.
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Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!
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I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.
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Islam's not just about covering your hair. It's about how you treat other people.
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I think, my own personal view is there should be higher and higher levels of autonomy; government should not interfere in setting up colleges, in running colleges. The market, the society will decide which is a good university, which is not a good university, rather than government mandating.
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Dresses are beautiful, but I'm such a slacks or a jeans person. Whenever a woman has a slick suit or dress on, she looks sharp.
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I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.
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I like books that don't give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated.
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Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.
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There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science.
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Unlike some viruses, we don't know what the natural reservoir is for Ebola. A lot of people think it's bats, but it's still very controversial; it could have been circulating in insects, in an environment, or in individuals.
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Oh, I always think everyone feels left out.
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You go to a plant not only to pat the people on the back, but to tell them about the opportunities they have to do a better job. Quality is one of the opportunities they have to do a better job.
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I met my husband through a mutual friend. He invited me over for dinner and cooked this meal that knocked my socks off - and maybe knocked off a few other pieces of clothing off as well.
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'Well now,' he said, 'was I as good as you were when you were me?'
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A kid in Minecraft can build a world and inhabit it through play. We have the possibility to build the world that we want to inhabit.
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The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans and the last thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction and war.
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I don't know a single collector or museum director who says: 'Oh, he's on a list, so I think I'll buy something of his.' The people who buy my art put a little more thought into it than that.
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A funny thing about near-future stories: the future catches up to them. If the author is unlucky, the future catches up faster than the book can get out the door.
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If I could predict what my day would exactly look like, I would feel a little bit dead.
