Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
The key to wealth is that it doesn't matter. Once you've had it, you don't think anything of it; you can wear cheap watches.
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The possibilities for creation and insight are endless. We're constantly collecting more data, and it's starting to be very relevant to our lives.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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Meditation is a practice that is considered mainstream: The NFL uses it, the NBA uses it, heart patients use it. It's very easy to consider yourself a meditator and not be too alternative-minded.
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I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.
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I resent that there is an image of perfection that is getting thinner and thinner. I've got a lovely husband and children, and I didn't lose weight to find those things.
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The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.
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Many people focus on my power and talk about my power, but I have many more qualities in the ring. I like to surprise everyone.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.
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Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
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Declaring the San Gabriel Mountains a national monument will make this natural wonder more accessible. It will welcome people from all walks of life and maintain the mountains' wild character at the same time.
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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
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If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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The way I write is that I'll actually have a conversation out loud with myself. In a weird way, I just kind of get schizophrenic and play two characters.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability to work is greatly diminished right now, so I have to get better before I can start another big project.
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I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.
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Steps are what you take when you think you have forever.
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The key to wealth is that it doesn't matter. Once you've had it, you don't think anything of it; you can wear cheap watches.
