Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
I try to make money infrequently, as infrequently as possible simply because I believe that rare events are not fairly valued, and that the rarer the event, the more undervalued it will be in price.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
Harold MacMillan -
The incredible cinematography makes 'A Walk to Beautiful' almost like a poem; there is a tenderness on display that seems to emanate from the camera. There is also great sensitivity to the women whose stories are being told - never did I have a sense of the subjects being exploited.
Abraham Verghese -
And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
Walt Whitman -
We are not a TV station that only concentrate on those who are always under light. We are not a TV station for celebrities and for grand politicians and superstars. We are a TV station for the ordinary person. The normal people, ordinary people in the Arab world sees Al Jazeera as their voice.
Wadah Khanfar -
In 1775, no fewer than nine colonies had established churches, ranging from Congregational establishments in New Hampshire, Connecticut and Massachusetts to Episcopal churches in the southern states from Maryland on down.
M. Stanton Evans -
To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
Olivier Megaton
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I do watch a lot of YouTube.
Maisie Williams -
It drives me crazy when your parents try to read your mind. It's even worse when they try to read your mail.
Macaulay Culkin -
I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.
Gabriel Iglesias -
I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
Harri Holkeri -
Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
Aaron Copland -
The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
N. T. Wright
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With any relationship that goes on and is productive over a long period, there have to be some sort of interlocking qualities in those personalities that make it possible to survive.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
Raney Aronson-Rath -
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.
Abraham Lincoln -
Rohinton Mistry's celebrated novel 'Such a Long Journey' was pulled off the syllabus of Mumbai University because local extremists objected to its content.
Salman Rushdie -
Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.
Yolanda Adams -
I'm very, very blessed.
Bailee Madison
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I think I understand why baseball players today are a little standoffish, because the world has changed. You don't know who's trying to take advantage of you, what people really want.
Billy Williams -
I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather than a hat.
Zara Phillips -
The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you have it.
Alton Brown -
I believe that a lot of what we put in our bodies really can harm us. It's been proven that people who eat Mediterranean and Japanese diets live for a very long time.
Cote de Pablo -
I try to make money infrequently, as infrequently as possible simply because I believe that rare events are not fairly valued, and that the rarer the event, the more undervalued it will be in price.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb