Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
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My parents were very permissive when it came to animals. As long as we earned the money to buy them and built whatever structure it was they were going to live in, we could have any kind of pet we wanted. They would have let us have a rhinoceros if we could have afforded it.
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Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that.
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You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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People just get kicks out of making other people sad.
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I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies.
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts.
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If you're a competitor, you want to win. That's enough to play for, simple as that.
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I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums.
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You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence.
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Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a course of social justice to get everyone that wanted a home into one, regardless of whether or not they could afford it.
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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
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Para ser grande, sê inteiro: nadaTeu exagera ou exclui.Sê todo em cada coisa. Põe quanto ésNo mínimo que fazes.Assim em cada lago a lua todaBrilha, porque alta vive.
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A blockhead, bit by fleas, put out the light,And chuckling cried, 'Now you can't see to bite.'
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Who Am I?
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Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine ACTIONS than in the non-performance of base ones.
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We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.
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I feel that one of the roles of the artist, in the way I define it, is that I need to be not just someone observing these tiny pockets of people on the planet who have devoted their lives to preserving whatever it is they're passionate about. I want to be them. I am one of them. I just have a different outlet and final outcome as an artist than many of them would. For them, the process can just end in holding on to it, just knowing they've got it tucked away in their private collection. I value that so much, but I feel the conversation dies in a way there.
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I use the Clarisonic electronic skin cleansing system. It's great for removing excess oil and make-up and leaves my face feeling really smooth and clean. Then I apply Avon Anew Rejuvenate Day Revitalising Cream and Creme de la Mer Eye Concentrate. I think eye cream is so important - it keeps me looking young and prevents wrinkles.
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I am not helpless. Any timid minister will not go forward... I have come here to strive hard for the sake of the country, to work for the country. If anybody thinks that decision making process in the oil sector will be prevented, they are totally wrong.
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If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.
