Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
Quotes to Explore
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New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.
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They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
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Being on 'The Vampire Diaries' feels almost like a game you play when you're a kid. When I was a kid, I used to have to take the garbage out at night on Wednesdays. I lived out in the country. I'd take the garbage out, and I used to pretend that I was the only person in the whole world, except for one other person, and he was looking for me.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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Being a role model is about being true to myself.
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I look a hundred and weigh 110 – you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them.
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It's just madness. First email. Then instant message. Then MySpace. Then Facebook. Then LinkedIn. Then Twitter. It's not enough anymore to 'Just do it.' Now we have to tell everyone we are doing it, when we are doing it, where we are doing it and why we are doing it.
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Governments are moved by numbers, and the greater the number of people who admit that they believe, the greater the likelihood that the secret - if there is one being kept - will be revealed.
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We're just nerds that play music. Because we get played on the radio and have a Vitaminwater ad with Aaron Paul dancing on a treadmill, people are going to say we sold out. I don't write music for that. I write music for me.
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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
