Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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We're competing with everything: the beach, the mall, bookstores. Libraries are in a transition right now, caught between two forces, the old ways and technology. Libraries are under a lot of pressure to provide both.

John Callahan

TechnologyBeachPressureTransition

The excitement you can get in classical concert is as big, in a different sense, as you can get when you go to the ice hockey or baseball game.

Andris Nelsons

BaseballGameHockeyIceYouGo

Disability is articulated as a struggle, an unnecessary burden that one must overcome to the soundtrack of a string crescendo. But disabled lives are multi-faceted - brimming with personality, pride, ambition, love, empathy, and wit.

Sinead Burke

LoveStrugglePersonalityEmpathy

American 'Vogue' and the Versace campaign by Richard Avedon were huge for me. It put me on the map.

Trish Goff

MeAmericanMapVersaceVogueWere

Let me be very clear: my friendship with my friends ends where the interest of the country begins.

Rodrigo Duterte

FriendshipMeFriendsCountryClear

Israel's decision on whether to strike or not is dictated not from the atmosphere and not from American or European promises but is based on the Iranian project. And I don't think the Iranians would agree to anything that would satisfy Israel.

Ronen Bergman

DecisionPromisesThinkAmerican

My music is really about people connecting with their identities, even if they aren't Jewish.

Matisyahu

MusicPeopleJewishConnectingEven

I hope there will be some good news and some good profits, and people will realize we have a lot of outstanding executives, and a lot of companies that are doing a good job, and those are good companies to invest in.

Don Nickles

GoodHopeJobPeopleDoingNews

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Dr. Seuss

SmileCryOverBecauseHappened

Liberace - or Lee, as us friends called him - was great. He was gay, you know.

Debbie Reynolds

GreatFriendsYouGayKnowHim

I have no problem with being underdressed.

Chris Benz

ProblemBeingNo Problem

While there continues to be differences, the important point is that all citizens and elected officials use democratic and legal avenues for solving those differences.

Boris Trajkovski

LegalDifferencesImportantPoint

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