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You don't become completely free by just avoiding being a slave you also need to avoid becoming a master.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 11
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Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood.
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Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut, and don't ask an academic if what he does is relevant.
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There are systems that use failure as fuel for improvement, where the cost of failure is small.
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