Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
A man is morally free when... he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. This is not just an aim but an obligation.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
Kara DioGuardi -
If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
Vin Scully -
There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
J. Anthony Lukas -
You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
Major Owens
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Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.
Lao Tzu -
Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
R. W. Apple, Jr. -
My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
I love anything to do with history.
Waris Ahluwalia -
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
Natalie Dormer
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America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
LaToya London -
I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.
Gary Cole -
Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
Patrick Wang -
Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure.
Ferran Adria
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Initiative can neither be created nor delegated. It can only spring from the self-determining individual, who decides that the wisdom of others is not always better than his own.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
Kate Smith -
The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
Gary Zukav -
My mum taught me that bodies are bodies, and they come in all shapes and sizes - we should be free about that. My legs are a bit dangly, and my knees point inwards. Everyone has insecurities, but I try not to focus on them. It's important to be confident with what you've got.
Eliza Doolittle -
At the start of the year, I pray for the happiness of the Japanese people and peace in the world.
Akihito -
A man is morally free when... he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. This is not just an aim but an obligation.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb