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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: lebanese
Birth: 1960

Topics

Today Money Socialism Capitalism

I am just an ordinary person trying to do an ordinary job.

Job I Am Trying Person Just Am

I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other women.

Women Woman I Am Ugly Me Happen

A lot of people have a lot of faith in Karole Armitage. They see her as bold, inventive, indefatigable. 'America isn't working out? There's always Europe. Ballet? No? Go modern. Keep going! Show 'em!'

Robert Gottlieb

Faith Keep Going People America Bold

You draw on whatever's relevant to the part you're playing; it makes it more personal.

You Personal More Whatever Playing

My father had this mythological sense of the old New York, and he used to tell me stories about these old gangs, particularly the Forty Thieves in the Fourth Ward.

Martin Scorsese

Father New York Me New Old Thieves

When it becomes economically possible, building will become montage.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Building Will Become Possible

I loved writing the Spellman novels, but I never had any plan to only write in one genre.

Writing Loved Plan Never Write Only

I always start with the music and then try to figure out what I want to write about lyrically.

Music Start Want Try Write Out

I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but the thing that always made us laugh were movies like Zero Hour. That's what inspired us.

Think Thinking Laugh Serious Movies

I've raised three kids: my wife and I have three kids. I've observed through direct contact the adults they are now is partially the product of where they came from and what we did. With them growing up, but partially how they were wired at birth.

Wife Growing Up Growing Now Three

Music kind of kidnapped me for a while.

Music Me Kind Kidnapped While

I'm a Twitter addict. Jose Andres is a serial tweeter. It's funny to see which chefs have embraced it, and the different paths they take.

Anthony Bourdain

Funny Paths See Take Different

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