Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
Preoccupation with efficacy is the main obstacle to a poetic, elegant, robust and heroic life.
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The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.
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If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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Economic forecasting has actually got pretty good over the years, though admittedly, we don't always get it right.
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The most important thing is to understand that this career is not about speed. It's about stamina. This is a marathon. It's not a 50-meter sprint. You have to persevere and understand it takes a lot of time. You have to know you're going to knock on 100 doors and 99 of them are going to close in your face.
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Don't let failure get you down. Babe Ruth struck out over 1,300 times.
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Any artist, the work you do, if it's a painting or if it's a performance, you hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else's life. That's what's fun about sharing art.
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I believe in advertisement and media completely. My art and my personal life are based in it. I think that the art world would probably be a tremendous reservoir for everybody involved in advertising.
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Preoccupation with efficacy is the main obstacle to a poetic, elegant, robust and heroic life.
