Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
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There's always going to be a part of me that worries about not looking as slim as other actresses.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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It's fun to get really intense and emotionally detailed and complicated.
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No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
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Being unemployed - or working at minimum wage - is rough in the best of circumstances.
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If you just kind of live a regular life and make good 'Hollywood' money, you have a certain freedom.
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If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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I'm trying to get my head in the game, think about the questions I wanted to ask, breast milk is flying everywhere - over my notes - and I - how do you 'lean in' at that moment? What is the equivalent of that for Wolf Blitzer or Joe Scarborough?
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If you go to an elite school where the other students in your class are all really brilliant, you run the risk of mistakenly believing yourself to not be a good student.
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I've never been jealous. I've never had to be.
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To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
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Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.
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Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.
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Well, my husband is supportive of my work, like advocating for dialogue between cultures on YouTube.
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I don't golf. I've never golfed. I will never golf.
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I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of devastating reality.
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I worked with some directors, and it was really collaborative, and I was sort of writing with them. I was giving so many pieces of myself to their movies, I thought, 'It's about time I use my own voice for me, and establish my own voice.' So I knew I wanted to make films.
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No man can add one dollar to his bank account by worrying.
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I talk fast because I'm asthmatic, and I'm desperately hoping the words get out before my breath fails.
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I'm a guy who loves my family, and we're probably only going to have a couple of more babies. I have the rest of my life to play the British Open.
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The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they've got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.
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Bailing out every bank that fails makes the system riskier, not safer.
