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" It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not necessarily lead to war, but often to peace and to denouement. "

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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" Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right. "

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" The American people will eventually get hurt by this accumulated deficit. That's the problem. We have too much deficit. We have to find a solution. "

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" If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you. "

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" I don't read the papers; I stopped reading the papers. I read the papers only during periods of crisis, and I think papers are too long on a regular day and too short days when we have a crisis. "

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" If you take risks and face your fate with dignity, there is nothing you can do that makes you small; if you don't take risks, there is nothing you can do that makes you grand, nothing. "

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