"Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties."

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#Men Quotes #Stronger Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Not so much a film as a visual essay, exquisitely directed and photographed (by Sacha Vierny)... Difficult to watch but well worthwhile for those willing to be challenged.”

Source : Leonard Maltin (1994). “Leonard Maltin's movie and video guide”, N A L Trade
“The word dropped like a stone on my still living breast. Confess: I was prepared, am somehow ready for the test.”
“I am fascinated with criminal law because it is as rigorous as a poem and because it is based on what has been written down even before one has committed a crime.”
“The idea of Buddha consciousness is that all beings are Buddha beings, and your whole function in meditation and everything else is to find that Buddha consciousness within and live out of that, instead of the interests of the eyes and ears.”
“I stopped painting, not because I didn't like painting; the sensuality of it was fun. But I wasn't able to get to the point I wanted to.”

Source : Source: frontrow.dmagazine.com
“I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak and act like a human being, I kept my solitary agonies locked in my breast. I kept my melancholy and my agitation hidden, careful lest any trace should be left exposed. I feigned an innocent optimism; I gradually perfected myself in the role of the farcical eccentric.”
“Ole Anderson! Layin' down could not take me out with a steel toed boot! Could not put me away with a steel toed boot! And I'm gonna say it right now and get it through your head... BOTH OF YA (Ole Anderson and Ivan Koloff) THIS THANG WILL NEVER BE OVAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
“Actors should never give interviews.”

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