Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
I disagree with the followers of Marx and those of Adam Smith: the reason free markets work is because they allow people to be lucky, thanks to aggressive trial and error, not by giving rewards or 'incentives' for skill.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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I'd like to work with Bjork if I could get in the studio with her. We could probably travel to a different planet, you know what I'm saying?
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
Carla Bruni
Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things.
Ellar Coltrane
The very things that I would love about Barack and that you would love about Barack is that he is one of us. He's a normal guy. He's not a political animal.
Enrico Letta
Across much of the developing world, by the time she is 12, a girl is tending house, cooking, cleaning. She eats what's left after the men and boys have eaten; she is less likely to be vaccinated, to see a doctor, to attend school.
Nancy Gibbs
You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.
Dan Quayle
Even though I wrote 'The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family,' my life is as chaotic as most people's.
Patrick Lencioni
I disagree with the followers of Marx and those of Adam Smith: the reason free markets work is because they allow people to be lucky, thanks to aggressive trial and error, not by giving rewards or 'incentives' for skill.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
