Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
A competitive athlete is painful to look at; trying hard to become an animal rather than a man, he will never be as fast as a cheetah or as strong as an ox.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
Adam Mansbach -
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
Barney Frank -
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
Ovid -
I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.
Barbara Sukowa -
I can paint in jail.
Jack Kevorkian -
I'll eat one cookie, not a whole box of cookies. But I'll still eat the one cookie... sometimes two, or even three. But not the whole box.
Kate Winslet
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
Adam Clarke -
When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped.
Gary Lineker -
English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
Yaya Toure -
The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
Saint Basil -
Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
Kate Adie -
Telly never has any smart, amusing intellectuals living on a council estate.
Caitlin Moran
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
Carlene Carter -
I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.
Eddie Murphy -
To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.
Olivia Newton-John -
Spencer's god was Evolution, sometimes also called Progress.
Talcott Parsons -
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
Lao Tzu
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I don't like controversy.
Sammy Sosa -
We don't make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.
Walt Disney -
'Sorry' just fit the bill for the crossover that both Lost Stories and I were attempting to do musically.
Armaan Malik -
Usually, old ladies tell me to find Jesus. Look, I'm just trying to find some chai and a good vegan muffin.
Davey Havok Blaqk Audio -
Our job, you know, in the entertainment profession is to try to illuminate and show people all sides of humanity, and it doesn't just mean that you can only do movies that are only about the good parts of us. You have to be able to eliminate the bad parts.
Kevin Spacey -
A competitive athlete is painful to look at; trying hard to become an animal rather than a man, he will never be as fast as a cheetah or as strong as an ox.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb