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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: lebanese
Birth: 1960

Topics

Best Job Philosophy Academics Were

My memory's bad!

If you give people something they want, they'll come and see it.

Melvin Van Peebles

People You Want See Something Give

And we forget because we must and not because we will.

Forget Will Because Must

Rock 'n' roll... but I also like sporting events a lot. I love Mike Piazza.

Love Rock Events Roll Like I Love

I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they're also smart, savvy, and fun.

Experience Smart Fun Think Intense

I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very small films in the midst of all these films and maybe that will help. But you get tired of talking. You just want to do it.

Steven Soderbergh

Tired Small Process Help Talking

Can one truly be passionate about something if they are not committed to it?

Passionate Something Committed About

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Person Own Remorse Who Whip Those

The military is not a social services operation or a testing ground for gender wars. It is a fighting machine. Women are not as strong as men. Their instincts and reactions in crises are markedly different.

Women Men Strong Fighting Gender

'Power Rangers' is a massive global brand, and we believe that filmmaker Dean Israelite's singular vision will not only thrill a generation of existing fans but will bring magic to a whole new global audience.

Power Vision Believe Generation New

If I want to be truthfully honest, I think, dealing with the stress of the situations that I've been going through, medicating with anything, I think, is dangerous because it becomes a crutch.

Stress Think Dangerous Want Anything

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.

Life Success Opportunity Sports Day

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