Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.
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I have never worried about 'Frontline' becoming an old-fashioned news brand, because we never were.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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'Breaking Bad' is great at blurring the line between good and evil. It makes you feel compassion for Walter White so you're with him throughout this descent into the darker parts of his psyche. The bad that we're capable of is all circumstantial.
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I had a year off, so my wife and I were heading to Italy to study Italian. We found a little house in a village called Atrani. I discovered that Gore Vidal lived right above us in a big house, so I sent him a note.
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For many imaginative writers, working for the press is a fact of their life. But it's best not to like it too much.
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I enjoy playing people that are totally different than me.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
