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"Hard science gives sensational results with a horribly boring process; philosophy gives boring results with a sensational process; literature gives sensational results with a sensational process; and economics gives boring results with a boring process."

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb· b. 1960View quote →

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"When conflicted between two choices, take neither."

"Every year in art is equivalent to 10 normal years ,in my opinion; Art is very tiresome and tiresome."

"Human evolution should be humane evolution."

Samir Geagea

"Biographical profile at Lebanese Forces Official site"

Youssef Bey Karam

Youssef Bey Karam

"Respect the beliefs of other people, so your faith remains strong."

Charbel Makhlouf

Charbel Makhlouf

"Persevere in prayer without ceasing.. to understand and live according to his will, not to change it."

"No country can cease to exist. The stones don't walk."

"I am guilty that I raised your hopes about wedding, marriage, children and family, and many other things."

"Yeah. Everybody has the right to defend himself, but by attacking headquarter of President Arafat, this will lead to -- to the security of Israel? I doubt that."

As'ad AbuKhalil

As'ad AbuKhalil

"Paris Hilton gets more coverage than Congo, Darfur, Palestine, and Nahr Al-Barid combined."

"In countries like ours, women enter politics in mourning clothes."

"Top Lebanese Sunni Cleric Fathi Yakan: Bin Laden a Man After My Own Heart; I Am Not Sad Because of 9/11 and I Have Never Condemned this Attack March 2007"

"Poetry can only change the notion of relationships between things. Culture cannot change without a change in institutions."

Ounsi el-Hajj

"An Anthology of Modern Arabic Poetry, edited by Mounah A. Khouri, Mounah Abdallah Khouri, Hamid Algar. University of California Press, London, England, 1974"

Pascale Machaalani

Pascale Machaalani

"As far as possible i stay away from sadness, I seek to live felicity and happily because life is short, and does not deserve to grieve or regret something."

Leila Khaled

Social Activism

"I realized that democracy is indivisible, or rather, that freedom is indivisible. There are many clown-democracies in the Arab world, which have nothing to do with freedom."

Walid Toufic

"I hope that our governments learn from the Western governments how to serve the people."

"Assassination is the logic of those having no logic and fearing justice."

"‎Whatever the costs in terms of sacrifice, the fruits of resistance are always greater than the damage generated from resignation to occupation, succumbing to its blows and acquiescing to its conditions."

Gebran Tueni

"You must realize that many Lebanese are not at ease either with Syrian policy in Lebanon or with the presence of Syrian troops in our country."

Notable Quotes

"‎Whatever the costs in terms of sacrifice, the fruits of resistance are always greater than the damage generated from resignation to occupation, succumbing to its blows and acquiescing to its conditions."

— Naim Qassem, b. 1953View →

"Assassination is the logic of those having no logic and fearing justice."

— Imad Mughniyah, b. 1962View →

"Persevere in prayer without ceasing.. to understand and live according to his will, not to change it."

— Charbel Makhlouf, b. 1828View →

"The information that a person derived some profit in the past... by itself, is neither meaningful nor relevant. We need to know the size of the population from which he came. If the initial population is 10,000 managers, I would ignore the results."

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, b. 1960View →

"It is painful to think about ruthlessness as an engine of improvement."

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, b. 1960View →

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