Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
Probability is not about the odds, but about the belief in the existence of an alternative outcome, cause, or motive.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations.
Patricia Richardson
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
Radha Mitchell
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
H. L. Mencken
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
Lady Gaga
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
Walt Disney
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In Don Mills in the Sixties, nothing comes close to the humiliation of losing an argument. In our weird little creative circle, no one cares who has faster fists, but to lose an argument suggests inferior intelligence.
Dan Hill
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The best recording is the one you bring with you in your mind.
Enda Kenny
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It's the way neighborhoods were developed many years ago. Think University Park and Highland Park; the design intent is very similar.
Brian Sewell
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According to the theory of those weak minded persons, man is more perfect than his Creator. For what man says or does has a certain object, whilst the actions of God are different; He commands us to do what is of no use to us, and forbids us to do what is harmless. Far be this! On the contrary, the sole object of the Law is to benefit us.
Maimonides
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All of us, whether or not we're celebrities, every one ought to spend part of their life making someone else's life better.
Jerry Springer
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I know a lot of people who read and think: "George [Saunders] is so much fun." There's no denying you're fun to read, but as a writer I think of [George Saunders] as, in fact, not a fun and freewheeling type but really an obsessive control artist.
Zadie Smith
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Probability is not about the odds, but about the belief in the existence of an alternative outcome, cause, or motive.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb