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.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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PeopleYouTalkMattersWriteFront

I felt black. I was as far as I was concerned. And I wanted to be black for lots of reasons. They were better musicians, they were better athletes, they were not uptight about sex, and they knew how to enjoy life better than most people.

Jerry Leiber

LifeEnjoy LifePeopleBlackBetter

I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it.

Andrew Stanton

MotherGirlDaughterPowerAloneMe

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation.

Angela Carter

DinnerRulesTableNowDinner Table

I am a rootless individual, but when I land in Belize, I have that feeling of comfort that I am returning home.

Michael Ashcroft

HomeI AmFeelingComfortLandAm

When I was younger, my sister thought it was funny to pretend to punch me in the face because my mom was concerned about my teeth falling out. They were loose for a long time, and she knocked out my teeth.

Amy Adams

FunnyTimeMeMomSisterFace

A secure retirement is one of the pillars of middle class life. For all too many Americans, however, that pillar needs more support.

Tom Perez

LifeSupportRetirementClassMore

I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.

Mike Tyson

HeartChildrenSportsPeopleWant

Venture capital today is clustered in just a few locations - Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, and D.C. It's far from efficiently distributed and accessible.

Jose Ferreira

TodayNew YorkNewBostonValley

The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.

Diane Arbus

YouMoreGeneralSpecific

I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format.

Dick Bruna

BestBookPicturePicturesNice

I live in Atlanta, Georgia, and none of the other Backstreet Boys live in Georgia. So a lot of times, when people come to my house they're like, 'Hey, is A.J. here?' Or, 'Is Kevin here?' Or, 'Is Nick in the bathroom?' People think we live together and we spend all the time in the world together, but we really don't.

Brian Littrell

LiveTimeTogetherPeopleWorld

The question is, why are we doing so well? The answer is, I try not to think about it too much. I just do what's fun.

Art Bell

FunThinkDoingToo MuchWhyTry

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