Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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I AmHappyRichI Am HappyBrooklyn

In Brazil, you buy tickets to go to the stadium to watch the carnival, but in Trinidad, you buy a costume and take part. There are very few things that can rival that experience.

Jillionaire

ExperienceYouGoBrazilBuyWatch

The challenge is what was making it exciting. You don't want to do anything that's too easy or that you know that you can pull off, otherwise it's really not worth doing.

Robert Rodriguez

ChallengeDoingEasyWorthYouKnow

In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.

Sophie Swetchine

FriendBetterEnemyOrderForceHe

I am a simple, ordinary mother.

Sridevi

MotherSimpleI AmOrdinaryAm

It's funny: being green to me was ingrained because my parents were always trying to save money, save water, turn off the lights, or arrange a carpool. I don't think my parents even know what it means to be green, but they were.

Su-chin Pak

FunnyWaterMoneyParentsMeGreen

There's no reason the Rangers can't get to the top.

Tom Hicks

TopReasonGetNo ReasonRangers

I am under no illusion that I will ever be the greatest opera composer in the world, with Wagner and Verdi and Strauss before me. I think my work could fit very nicely into musicals, though.

Rufus Wainwright

WorkI AmMeWorldThinkIllusion

Let me tell you something: I love the Yankees. And let me tell you why: because without the Yankees, there is nobody to hate.

Denis Leary

LoveHateMeYouNobodyWhy

No one can deny who you are unless you are, in some way, minimizing the power and the force of your divine substance.

Debbie Ford

PowerYouWayDivineForceYour

I think one has to say it's not just simply a matter of capturing people and holding them accountable, but removing the sanctuaries, removing the support systems, ending states who sponsor terrorism. And that's why it has to be a broad and sustained campaign.

Paul Wolfowitz

SupportPeopleEndingThinkSayWhy

I was so used to seeing so many women in the media flaunting their bodies 4 weeks after having a baby - and kudos to those who have genes that they can get right back into shape 2 weeks, 4 weeks after having a baby. But that never happened to me, and I remember going to my doctor asking why.

Tia Mowry

WomenMeBabyDoctorMediaRemember

The people of one county can not be indifferent to the welfare of the people in another county.

Thomas Jordan Jarvis

PeopleWelfareIndifferentAnother

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