Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
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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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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations.
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School was hard for me. If there had been a school for the creative arts, I might have thrived, but... I needed that creative outlet so much. Also, I'm just bad with numbers.
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I'm fascinated with worlds where there's a small population left, whether it's a movie or these TV shows that fascinate me - 'Falling Skies' or 'The Walking Dead' - they are about survival and triumphing over difficult times. I just have a thing for 'em.
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Do I ever think Gossip will be really massive in America? No, I don't think it'll happen - and that's fine. It's kind of nice because I get to experience everything at once. I get to come home and it not be weird, like in Paris or something. It is nice to be completely anonymous.
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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
