Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
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I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.
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Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space.
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I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.
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You must be independent and able to do for yourself. Then you do not have to marry a rich man; you can marry a poor one. And if it is wrong, you can go.
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
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I'm not really interested in promoting 'Olive' as a series about depression or mental illness.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
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From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance.
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The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
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If we turn our back on the people of this country who need to work for a living, we shouldn't be here, to be honest, because that has to be an essential part of what we do to protect the country, from the standpoint of defense, protect workers and make sure they have jobs.
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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.
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Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies.
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For me, rockabilly is very, very exciting music. It's electric and kind of wild, you know? It's 'make your hairs stand up on the back of your neck' kind of music.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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It's really funny because the same people who loved me as Stringer Bell were the same people that were watching 'Daddy's Little Girls' literally in tears.
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Madonna is her own Hollywood studio - a popelike mogul and divine superstar in one. She has a laserlike instinct for publicity, aided by her visual genius for still photography (which none of her legion of imitators has). Unfortunately, her public life has dissolved into a series of staged photo ops.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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I have had to do most of my choreography. I would say most of it, with help from various choreographers I have worked with.
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It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.
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When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.
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You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
