Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn't care too much.
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We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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The retirement timing is always a tricky thing for a dancer. I think it's different for everyone. How you say goodbye to the thing you have really focused on that much is a tough one. I've always intended to leave in good shape, to exit on a high note.
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I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.
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Twitter is all about user experience - the fact that it is so easy, so clean, so unencumbered has won it so many users and fans, for so many different reasons.
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To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.
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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
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The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you're locked into the human project and you want it to flourish.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
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I'm usually bikini-ready all year round.
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I don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.
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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
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It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.
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I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!
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When I was a kid and the carnival would come to the shopping centre, I'd go down and talk to all the people running the rides. I like that whole lifestyle, moving from town to town in a nomadic existence.
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I refuse to sit on my laurels.
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I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.
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Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats.
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When done right, music should breathe, be alive. It's not about getting it perfect, it's about capturing lightning in a bottle.
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You can't get much more liberal than John Kerry is. I mean, he's my candidate, but, I mean, come on.
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Anguish over the loss of a loved one or feelings of helplessness have complex roots. But in the end, they make you feel bad because they adjust your brain's chemistry. Happiness and its opposite are both electro-chemical reactions; those reactions are temporary and ineffable and could even have hidden benefits.
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The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn't care too much.
