Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
Economics make homeopath and alternative healers look empirical and scientific.
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It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out.
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I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen.
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If you can prove a guy did cheat, then I don't believe he belongs. I don't believe that there are any guys that did cheat, in that respect, that are in the Hall of Fame. So I think opening up the doors to guys that admittedly cheated or are proven that they did cheat, it kills the integrity of what the Hall of Fame stands for.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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I know all the critics.
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I was reading scripts, doing coverage, for CAA. Reading hundreds and hundreds of scripts across the board, from blind submissions to 'Brokeback Mountain'. It was not always a pleasant task but something, in hindsight, I'm glad I did.
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cure for diabetes. There's no place better to give the money to than the Juvenile Diabetes Association.
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I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees.
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I think it's cool people love to hate me.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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I'm a healthy weight for my height, and I like how I look on most days.
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It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
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Irresponsibility is the mark of every European politician who holds out the promise of a better life to immigrants and encourages them to leave everything behind and risk their lives in setting out for Europe.
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Yet thousands of slaves throughout the southern states are thus handed over by the masters who own them to masters who do not; and it does not require much demonstration to prove that their estate is not always the more gracious.
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Economics make homeopath and alternative healers look empirical and scientific.
