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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I remember, around age three, peas growing in the back garden. Pinching them from their pods and popping them in the mouth was my first realisation that food came from somewhere other than a shelf.
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It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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Life's short, you know? Especially as an athlete. Your career is very short, and you use the opportunities that you have because you're not going to have them again.
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Preoccupation with efficacy is the main obstacle to a poetic, elegant, robust and heroic life.
