Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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As an actor, the first thing you're taught is, 'Don't look into the camera; ignore it.'
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The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.
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I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
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'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. 'Muslim' is not a homogenous entity.
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Film has always been where my heart is.
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I love single life! Why would it be boring? I mean, I get to travel around and have loads of girls screaming at me, so it's definitely not boring. However, it can get lonely on the road, but I'm sorted I've got good people around me.
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I had no ambition to go to America and be in a TV show. It's not like I've rejected something or decided that I've found something better. Your life just takes you off in strange and different directions.
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I am grateful that I'm working, but I also have to say I've worked really, really hard and had to fight a lot.
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My hair grows and grows; you cannot stop it - that fellow grows, it grows wild.
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There is no such thing as guilt-free eating.
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Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East. They have taken a stand against tyranny, against terrorists, and for the prospect of decent societies throughout that region.
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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
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'Sounds impressive. And expensive.''Not at all.' Danziger shook his head firmly. 'It will cost, all told, only a little over three million dollars, less than the cost of two hours of war, and a better buy.'
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We all body shame and compare bodies, and that needs to go out of the window.
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I don't feel like I need to tell any lies. You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct. You just say what you have to say, and if they don't like it, it's OK.
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The most desirable and appropriate solution to piracy is for the United States government to provide protection through military escorts and/or militant detachments aboard U.S. vessels.
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I'm so fortunate in that I've never had another job to pay a bill but acting, since the day I got out of high school.
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Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.
