Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
Taylor Sheridan -
During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
Vidal Sassoon -
I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.
Aaron Neville -
Because the nights bring the threat of invasion and terror to the villages, thousands of children in northern Uganda have become night commuters, leaving the nightmare of capture behind for the safety of the city.
Sam Childers -
I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
Radhanath Swami -
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
Hans Selye
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
O. Henry -
Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
Samuel Butler -
I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go and they join clubs, and play sports. So I kind of had to find my own way to make friends and get attention and so I just was the class clown.
Zach Braff -
I can do whatever I want.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
Wayne Newton -
I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
Jack Nicholson
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Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
Karen Salmansohn -
In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
J. M. Coetzee -
Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
Karl Popper -
Your subconscious's goal is to recreate unresolved childhood issues and then hopefully mend them.
Karen Salmansohn -
I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
Naveen Jain -
The barometer for judging the character of people, in regard human rights, is now those who consider themselves gay, homosexual, lesbian. The judgment as to whether you can trust the future, the social advancement - depending on people - will be judged on where they come out on that question.
Bayard Rustin
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We have ministers who are incapable of doing what has been ordered from above because there is no follow up, because there are no consequences. If you are poor man and you steal, your hand is cut off after three offences. But if you are a rich man, nobody will say anything to you.
Basmah bint Saud -
I think a great first date would be something different... not like movies or going to dinner... going rock climbing together... doing an activity and then going to dinner, so that you guys share an experience, and then you have something to talk about, and it's not the same old thing.
Madeline Zima -
For me, a line has to sing before it does anything else. The great thrill is when a sentence that starts out being completely plain suddenly begins to sing, rising far above itself and above any expectation I might have had for it. That's what keeps me going on those dark December days when I think about how I could be living instead of writing.
John Banville -
One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.
Laura Mvula -
I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears now, it has to have that same electricity, adrenaline and danger.
Imelda May -
Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb