Quotes with highest-risk

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  • Erica Jong Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
    Erica Jong
    American author (1942 - )
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  • Camille Pissarro Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
    Camille Pissarro
    Danish-French Impressionist painter (1830 - 1903)
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  • Brit Morin Don't let a lack of big company names on your resume get you down, but also, don't let it feed a Silicon Valley ego. Oftentimes, the best candidates come from startups or smaller companies. It shows they are open to risk and can keep up with the long hours and occasional harsh demands.
    Brit Morin
    American entrepreneur (1985 - )
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  • Anais Nin Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard During the first period of a man's life, the danger is not to take the risk.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • David Hume Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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  • Bernard L. Schwartz Entrepreneurialism, to me, means being able to fail. And I believe that kind of leadership is not necessary only in business, but it's necessary for running countries, too. You've got to be able to believe in something strongly enough that you want to do it even if there's a risk of failure.
    Bernard L. Schwartz
    American businessman (1925 - )
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  • Ayn Rand Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale death.
    The Objectivist februari 1971
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Mary Cholmondeley Every day I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well.
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  • Andrew Jackson Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Alexander Smith Everything is sweetened by risk.
    Alexander Smith
    Scottish Poet, Author (1829 - 1867)
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  • Cameron Diaz Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
    Cameron Diaz
    American actress, author, producer, and model (1972 - )
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  • Bob Ehrlich Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten.
    Bob Ehrlich
    American lawyer and politician (1957 - )
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Confucius Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Louisa May Alcott Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
    Louisa May Alcott
    American Author (1832 - 1888)
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  • Allan Bloom Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.
    Allan Bloom
    American writer (1930 - 1992)
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  • John W. Foster Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order?
    John W. Foster
    American diplomat and military (1836 - 1917)
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  • George Washington Few people have the virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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