Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
You can be an intellectual yet still be an idiot. 'Educated philistines' have been wrong on everything from Stalinism to Iraq to low-carb diets.
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In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
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I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all my life to retire to work. I enjoy working. It has kept me young and on the move, and I have had a good time with it.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.
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Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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I didn't really grow up playing video games. I had an original Nintendo after the original Nintendo was cool.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all my boyfriends were artists struggling to make a living. Having kids didn't make any sense - why would I take on more of a financial burden when I couldn't even afford a dog?
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Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.
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It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
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My dad is an engineer and works on green energy, so I'm very aware of what it takes to keep a modern home running and how we can simplify.
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Stumbling is not falling.
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I can have an androgynous quality.
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I think I'm a million different faces.
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There are certainly moments in the story room where you watch the movie die on the table. You put A next to B, and suddenly none of it lines up anymore. We feel that all the time. It's a terrible feeling.
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Universal love is the standard-sized socket that everyone can plug into. No adapting mechanism required
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Coal boosters like to tout coal as cheap and plentiful - well, not anymore. At least not in China.
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I'm always stressed when I have to wear a long dress, especially with those high heels. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'm going to fall! My feet are going to get caught in the dress!'
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You can be an intellectual yet still be an idiot. 'Educated philistines' have been wrong on everything from Stalinism to Iraq to low-carb diets.
