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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: lebanese
Birth: 1960

Topics

Happiness Ugly Humanity Out Trade

I'm the longest-serving secretary of state in Illinois, but I also want to go down in history as one of the best they've ever had. I will work every day toward that.

Work History Best Day Down Want

We really have to be willing to find out who we are instead of rebelling for the equal rights that we've been denied, that we do deserve.

Find Deserve Equal Out Rights Been

I started out wanting to be a naturalist. My obsession in my youth was with bird-watching. I collected things, I spent a lot of time outdoors. I only vaguely realized that science was a little more than natural history, but by then I was hooked.

Science History Time Youth Outdoors

I don't care how someone lives or how good their spoken English is. I do all of my interviews on Skype text chat - all that matters is their work.

Work Good Care Someone Matters Text

Shonda Rhimes, especially, saw something in me that no one had and then wrote to my strengths for 'Grey's Anatomy.' That's the job I think really opened up a whole new world for me.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Job Me World Think New Grey

I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing.

Doing Know Awards Been Academy

I loved having Indian take-aways on a Friday night in Liverpool, but it's so different in the real India.

Night Loved Friday India Real

You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby.

People Control Gun Bad People Hobby

Coming off of 'Book of Mormon,' I had a lot of opportunities. I didn't want to do TV, actually. I really wanted to get paid nothing and keep doing theater at all costs.

Book Opportunities Doing Want Coming

I wanted to do 'Texas Trilogy' on stage. But it didn't do well in New York. In fact, it did very badly there, thanks to the critics. It was said that Preston Jones, the author, died of ulcer complications, but the truth was that the critics killed him.

Truth New York Texas New Said Stage

I feel pretty good when I get out of bed in the morning. I don't feel all beat up, which is nice.

Good Morning Feel Bed Nice Out

The kids think we're wacky. Mum and Dad are in showbiz - they don't know any other way. They've grown up travelling all over the world and are getting a worldly education. My son is 12 and he can speak eloquently on religions and cultures.

Deborra-Lee Furness

Education Son World Speak Think Way

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