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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The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.
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Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.
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I had a clear vision: if I take up an assignment, I'll do full justice to it; otherwise I'll walk away.
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Clearly, for an organization to move on, it is the job of the leader to be that sponge that takes the stress from inside and the outside.
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The comeback of true green olives was part of a Spanish food revival in the early 2000s. I credit Sam and Sam Clark of Moro Restaurant in London with making them cool again.
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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.
