Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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I got my Equity card at 24 at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, and they asked me to join the company. I was content and happy working in the company there for a long while until I really started to feel as if I hit a bit of a glass ceiling artistically.

John Carroll Lynch

HappyMeTheatreFeelLongGlass

The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say.

Ann Macbeth

ImpossibleBelieveDoingDramaSay

You may be a redneck if... your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.

Jeff Foxworthy

StandYouGoalRedneckFireworks

I cast my vote against Donald Trump. I did it without joy or enthusiasm. I did it out of civic duty and love for our country.

Ana Navarro

LoveJoyEnthusiasmDonald TrumpOut

The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.

Rufus Wainwright

MyselfMeDirectionArtistPerson

People quite often think of the question 'Are we alone in the universe?' in terms of other civilizations out there: life forms that have reached at least our level of technological development.

Dimitar Sasselov

LifeAlonePeopleThinkUniverse

Some of the words and symbols and images from childhood will continually be part and parcel of my personality.

Dennis Potter

PersonalityChildhoodWordsWill

There is a very strong linkage between U.S. banks and European banks. There are plenty of European employees that are employed by U.S. companies, and there are plenty of U.S. employees that are employed by European companies.

Christine Lagarde

StrongEmployeesBetweenBanksVery

My father, a captain in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, landed in Normandy the day after D-Day.

Craig Brown

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I'm a fighter. I'm very competitive.

Prince

FighterCompetitiveVery

When Target gets hacked, I don't hear people saying, 'Hey, was it Kohl's? Was it Wal-Mart?' It doesn't matter. There was a hack; you deal with it.

Rick Santelli

PeopleSayingYouTargetMatterHey

I like exploring the mystery of a relationship instead of laying it all out on the table at the beginning.

Ryan Kwanten

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