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Man is a shrewd inventor, and is ever taking the hint of a new machine from his own structure, adapting some secret of his own anatomy in iron, wood, and leather, to some required function in the work of the world.
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Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.
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Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
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Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only use of but possession of, or ownership.
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Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.
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Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and to risk beauty is to risk desirability, and to risk desirability is to risk entitlement to sexuality and love and self-esteem.
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More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk.
Schneier, Bruce. Interview with Doug Kaye. IT Conversations: Bruce Schneier. 2004-04-16. -
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Themes and Variations (1950). -
Most of the time, I'm here in Michigan and I'm taking out the garbage every Monday.
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Most people wander through life, carelessly taking whatever risk crosses their paths without compensation, but never consciously accepting extra risk to pick up the money and other good things lying all around them.
The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006) Ch. 3 -
Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.
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Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.
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My engineer dad is where my technical acumen comes from. I remember him taking me to the factories to see how what works. Often he used to open up his motorbike to fix things and I saw how the wheels worked. His car used to be open for dissection very regularly. All this taught me and inspired me to look beyond what I could see on the skin.
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My husband calls it winging it - the way I just took what the studios gave me, didn't do my homework and avoided roles that would risk my image.
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My idea is to play with the people who you know want to get it right. Then it's fun and easy to record, and you can get down to details, like taking out cymbals so the verse doesn't dwarf the chorus, something like that.
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My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.
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Nearly 100,000 sex offenders remain unregistered, and are moving freely about the country; the risk that they may strike again grows every day.
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Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
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Neither creator nor critic can make himself universal by barely taking thought about it. He is what he lives. The measure of the creator is the amount of life he puts Into his work. The measure of the critic is the amount of life he finds there.
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Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only those who keep their eye fixed on the far horizon will find their right road.
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