Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
Hanna Rosin -
Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
Laura Linney -
As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
Dan Rather -
Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of country we want to build.
Ed Miliband -
Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
H. L. Mencken -
Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.
Hans Vestberg
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
Bebe Neuwirth -
Hollywood isn't ready for an Indian leading man.
Irrfan Khan -
It may be that Tolstoy and Virginia Woolf were sitting around fretting about their Amazon reviews or their pre-pub whatever, but I kind of doubt it. I don't think that's how the work probably got made.
Garth Risk Hallberg -
To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
D. A. Pennebaker -
The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
Warren Buffett -
My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
Tate Donovan
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There's so much to learn about acting and performance in general... I mean, acting is a very complex art, and there are a lot more theories and methods and techniques to it than I think anybody would think.
Haley Joel Osment -
For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
Ira Sachs -
You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me.
Abel Ferrara -
I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.
Sam Claflin -
Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
Earl Wilson
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I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn't pull it out and chop the roots up.
Len Goodman -
Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
Oliver Goldsmith -
I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
Nate Berkus -
There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right.
Gary Bettman -
You can’t make a good deal with a bad person. '23 Quotes from Warren Buffett on Life and Generosity' forbes.com (02 December 2013)
Warren Buffett -
The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb