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“I agree with a lot of the points in Taleb's book, but I don't agree with many of his conclusions. It seems to me that he rightly points out that risk managers miss a lot of the risks, but the conclusion is that he draws, is that we should abandon risk management, whereas my conclusion is we should improve it.”
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“Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.”
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“Cambodia wanted no part of SEATO. We would look after ourselves as neutrals and Buddhists.”
Source : Prince Norodom Sihanouk (2005). “Shadow Over Angkor: Memoirs of His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia : from Original Transcript of "The Cup to the Dregs"”
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“Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for the perfect moment - they create it”
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“It's what I'll be singing in the morning. It won't be God Save the Ruddy King or All Things bleeding Bright and Beautiful. It'll be Orange and Lemons for Big Joe, for all of us.”
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“I've never let one day go by without painting, or at least without drawing.”
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“I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it.”
Source : Michael Faraday, F. James (1999). “The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, Volume 4: 1849-1855”, p.281, IET
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“Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.”
