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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Whoever says that sanctions will only deteriorate the situations of blacks in South Africa does not know the criminal, murderous character of genocide that represents the system of apartheid.
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Principle says it's not who put forth an idea. It's not the position of the person who put forth an idea; it's not the longevity of the person or the party of the person. That's not what it is at all. In a power system, that's the way it works. But in a principle system, it's what it says.
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The system under which we live is owned and operated by people who do not deserve to run the world.
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You can't have too much security and any system needs perfecting, such work is going on at full pace.
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We, in the business world, invest our money to make a profit. Sports teams make a good profit. That's the way the system should work, not taxpayers forking over these dollars to for-profit enterprises.
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Bailing out every bank that fails makes the system riskier, not safer.
