Quotes with risk-taker

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  • Brendan Myers At the risk of sounding like a spoilsport, I'd say that pagans have about the same experience of otherness and isolation as anyone else. We're not special in that regard. But this is because the problem of loneliness is almost universal - and that, to my mind, makes it much more serious.
    Brendan Myers
    Canadian philosopher and author (1974 - )
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  • Alvin Toffler But if this makes the financial system more flexible and helps it overcome localized crises, it also raises the ante, escalating the risk of massive collapse.
    Power Shift (1990)
    Alvin Toffler
    American writer, futurist, and businessman (1928 - 2016)
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  • Ann Veneman But the fact of the matter is that all scientific evidence would show, based upon what we know about this disease, that muscle cuts - that is, the meat of the animal itself - should not cause any risk to human health.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • Burt Rutan By 1931, after a few years' experience of flying scheduled airlines, those planes were operating at roughly 600 times the safety of the space shuttle. I look at safety not in terms of fatalities per passenger-mile, but when you get in and close the door, what is the risk of dying on this flight?
    Burt Rutan
    American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur (1943 - )
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  • John Bradshaw Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life.
    John Bradshaw
    American educator, counselor, motivational speaker, and author (1933 - 2016)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Climate change, in some regions, has aggravated conflict over scarce land, and could well trigger large-scale migration in the decades ahead. And rising sea levels put at risk the very survival of all small island states. These and other implications for peace and security have implications for the United Nations itself.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Brene Brown Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Sigmund Freud Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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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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  • 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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  • 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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