Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
The economics establishment (universities, regulators, central bankers, government officials, various organisations staffed with economists) lost its legitimacy with the failure of the system. It is irresponsible and foolish to put our trust in the ability of such experts to get us out of this mess. Instead, find the smart people whose hands are clean.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
Taylor Caldwell -
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
Ovid -
The thing I'm scared of most is not fulfilling my work. There's so much anxiety around trying to get a movie made that you don't really get to be afraid of anything else.
Vin Diesel -
However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
Randy Neugebauer -
You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!
Camille Claudel -
Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
Ted Deutch
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
Carl Wilson -
I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
Karl Kraus -
Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.
Victor Ponta -
If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.
Lao Tzu -
I think things will come once I get the respect that I deserve. Keeping my belt for a long time... Things will happen like normal. I can't force those things.
Rafael dos Anjos
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As we try to compete in this global marketplace, we need to rebuild our infrastructure. We need to rebuild our schools. We need to make sure that teachers and first responders and veterans who are coming home from serving our country so proudly have jobs waiting for them.
Valerie Jarrett -
Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
Major Taylor -
When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
Barkhad Abdi -
I have a very positive outlook.
Pat Nixon -
I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
Tammy Faye Bakker -
I enjoy money.
Karen Carpenter The Carpenters
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I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
James Mattis -
I think good publicists are just like good mommies - always looking out, making sure folks are comfortable and making sure that folks are on time and making sure that folks are getting what they need and know what they need to do.
Ava DuVernay -
Corinne Bailey Rae I listen to a lot, and I'll hear Desert Island Discs and quickly write down the name of a song, and it will open up a new area of music for me. I discovered an Argentinian guitarist, Jose Luis Bieito, on Classic FM.
Lesley Manville -
I'm no good at breakin' off with people.
Joe Cocker -
If we cannot come together to pause, to respect our dead and the heroic lives of meaning they led, then ours is truly a civilization lost.
Mark McKinnon -
The economics establishment (universities, regulators, central bankers, government officials, various organisations staffed with economists) lost its legitimacy with the failure of the system. It is irresponsible and foolish to put our trust in the ability of such experts to get us out of this mess. Instead, find the smart people whose hands are clean.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb