Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
Just as dyed hair makes older men less attractive, it is what you do to hide your weaknesses that makes them repugnant.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
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People love teen movies because everyone can relate.
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I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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I often look at women who wear great jeans and high heels and nice little T-shirts wandering around the city, and I think, 'I should make more of an effort. I should look like that.' But then I think, 'They can't be happy in those heels.'
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The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
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Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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The value of 'Made in Italy' must necessarily be up-to-date. This is the philosophy that Italia Independent has embraced. We decided from the outset to do away with stereotypes and attune ourselves to the extreme pace, to the incessant metamorphoses of the globalized world.
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I absolutely love working with David Boreanaz, and Charisma Carpenter I completely adore – she teaches me to dance.
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There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.
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You can't reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty.
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There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.
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He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.
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I think one thing people forget is that every technological advance we fetishize had its place in time.
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If a chick wants to know who makes my shoes, she's got to take them off my feet and look inside.
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A lot of times I can across as too masculine to men, and they couldn't handle me, they stayed away.
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I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum...
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Just as dyed hair makes older men less attractive, it is what you do to hide your weaknesses that makes them repugnant.
