Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
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We've all done actions in our lives where we compromise what we believe in. And if we keep doing it, there's no way back, no pride to hold on to.
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Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them.
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I am confident that, as elected officials, we can work together with religious, business and civic leaders, as well as the LGBT community, to develop policies that treat all people with dignity and respect.
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In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.
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I cannot either change or do anything bad or good to the Syrian people and Syrian citizens.
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I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people.
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Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are righteous, you will become a righteous Christian or Jew.
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I loved things like Destiny's Child, and Amy Winehouse's first record came out when I was 11 years old. But as a young, young child, I was just surrounded by Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan - just massive, soulful voices.
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I think I have lived in every part of L.A. except downtown. Everywhere from Topanga Canyon to Toluca Lake.
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I've been a closet lover of faux-reality TV since 'The Hills'. It's bad.
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I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.
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A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.
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I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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Everything I post online is curated.
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I had toured so much in the 1960s and 1970s that I wanted a break. I didn't go back touring until 1995.
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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
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I didn't even know for years that people ever even got paid for this, because they don't teach you that in school. They don't say Shakespeare got a check.
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Life isn't just about what you can have; it's about what you have to give, what kind of person do you want to be?
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My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
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He is still a long ways from being smooth in what we anticipate will be a system that he'll take to and enjoy, ... It's going to take him a while, as it will everybody, especially a guy who's a lead guard in a situation like that. It takes some time.
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When 'happiness' eludes us - as, eventually, it always will - we have the invitation to examine our programmed responses and to exercise our power to choose again.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
