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Socrates used to walk around the house delaying his meal as he held that hunger was the best seasoning. () Fasting can turn any meal into a Michelin 3 star.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

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I know that history is going to be dominated by an improbable event, I just don’t know what that event will be.

The virtuous worry about their integrity, lesser humans (say, academics) about their reputation.

Businessman: "Almost half my income comes from one client. I need to markedly increase my business". Answer: "If you markedly increase your business, you will do well, but half your income will still come from one client. Another client".

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