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“Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire. Likewise with randomness, uncertainty, chaos: you want to use them, not hide from them. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder

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“Courage is the only virtue you cannot fake.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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“it is only when you don’t care about your reputation that you tend to have a good one.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder

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“never trust the words of a man who is not free.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder

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“A turkey is fed for a thousand days by a butcher; every day confirms to its staff of analysts that butchers love turkeys “with increased statistical confidence.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder

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