Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
We learn the most from fools ... yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions.
Campbell Newman -
I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
Quentin Tarantino -
Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
Igor Stravinsky -
Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.
Karen DeCrow -
History is full of examples of regimes that were oppressing at home and aggressive abroad, and I can't think of too many liberal democracies engaging in counterfeiting, drug running, missile proliferation, and just about any other illegal activity you can think of as North Korea does.
Ed Royce -
I went to boarding school from the age of eight - first to prep school, then to Eton. One thing that kind of education teaches you is community living: there's little retreat. That's why people come out of it and talk about lifelong friendships forged in the furnace.
Damian Lewis
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It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.
Kate Reardon -
I'm obsessed with Juice Press - they're everywhere. I spend so much money at that place it's crazy.
Zoe Kravitz -
I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.
Kate Millett -
Food service is a growth area for PepsiCo.
Indra Nooyi -
The Russians are not as addicted to coffee as the Americans. We should work on that!
Maelle Gavet -
Product pricing is aligned to the way customers want to acquire their solutions and are delivered via different delivery models including appliances, the cloud, or as on-premise software solutions.
N. Robert Hammer
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Yes, many immigrants cherish the value of choice and opportunity and the value of education more than 7th or 8th generation Americans.
Malcolm Wallop -
The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
I do not believe in God, but I believe God is man’s greatest idea. Those incapable of religious feeling or those (like hard-core gay activists) who profane sacred ground do not have the imagination to educate the young. … Until the left comes to its senses about the cultural power of religion, the right will continue to broaden its appeal.
Camille Paglia -
As China is the one nation with the size, population, ideology and power to contest the United States for hegemony in Asia, is war inevitable? Answer: No more inevitable than was war between Germany and Great Britain in 1914.
Pat Buchanan -
I feel like, sometimes, plus-size women get scared to show skin... but summer is the time that we can enjoy doing that.
Ashley Nell Tipton -
These 24-hour gyms are a blessing and super convenient. For actors doing daily TV shows, we have to stay in shape.
Anita Hassanandani Reddy
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I would die for my country but I could never let my country die for me.
Neil Kinnock -
It is impossible to explain the recent works of these 'savages' as a formal development and new interpretation of Impressionism.. .The most beautiful prismatic colors and the celebrated Cubism are now meaningless goals for these 'savages'.
Franz Marc -
As Edward P. Tryon of Columbia University once put it: 'In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our universe is simply one of those things that happen from time to time.' To which adds Guth: 'Although the creation of a universe might be very unlikely, Tryon emphasized that no one had counted the failed attempts.'
Bill Bryson -
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
Stephen Covey -
We learn the most from fools ... yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb