Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
Carles Puigdemont
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
Samuel Butler
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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I think some people think I'm, like, anti-label, and I'm not. I just wanted to sign a deal when the time was right. I'm anti being shot out of a rocket when you're not ready and the songs and image aren't there.
Iggy Azalea
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I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'
Damien Chazelle
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
Mal Peet
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
Pankaj Mishra
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I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.
Kapil Dev
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I love film, but it's bringing me away from music. Singing is what I'm probably most passionate about.
Mandy Moore
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
Warren Zevon
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
Florentijn Hofman
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There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed.
Dan Simmons
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.
Salman Rushdie
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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.
Nate Berkus
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
Gary Sherman
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Lao Tzu
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I am very happy and honored to be part of the Sony ATV family.
Maluma
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The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years before I began to write them down. Does that count as inspiration? For me, characters tend to show up, stay on to help with the work of writing their stories, and then occasionally deign to visit after a book is finished.
Victoria Hanley
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Well, darling, you can have your tearoom now.
Norton Simon
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
Randa Haines
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The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.
E. F. Schumacher
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It is all about redundancy. Nature likes to overinsure itself.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb