Quotes with risk-taking

Quotes 321 till 340 of 367.

  • Bobby Jindal We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel.
    Bobby Jindal
    American politician (1971 - )
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  • Camille Paglia We should teach general ethics to both men and women, but sexual relationships themselves must not be policed. Sex, like the city streets, would be risk-free only in totalitarian regimes.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Bruce Dickinson We tread a fine line between taking ourselves seriously and being Spinal Tap.
    Tobler, John (1992)
    Bruce Dickinson
    English singer and songwriter (1958 - )
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  • Billy Beane We try to create a situation where we're the casino. It's like how an actuary would set insurance rates. Predictability, predictability, predictability. What's the path to least risk? What's the greater chance of getting some return on this asset?
    Billy Beane
    American baseball player (1962 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist We've got to do better at taking care of players and making sure the fans get the best of the players when they're showcasing their abilities.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Ann Veneman We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very, very small.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • Boris Yeltsin We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into account.
    Boris Yeltsin
    Russian politician (1931 - 2007)
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  • Marilyn French Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight.
    Marilyn French
    American radical feminist author (1929 - 2009)
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  • Annie Leibovitz What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.
    Annie Leibovitz
    American portrait photographer (1949 - )
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  • Billie Joe Armstrong What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt.
    Billie Joe Armstrong
    American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor (1972 - )
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  • Natasha Josefowitz What is luck? It is not only chance, it is also creating the opportunity, recognizing it when it is there, and taking it when it comes.
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  • Charles A. Lindbergh What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don't believe in taking foolish chances but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all.
    Charles A. Lindbergh
    American aviator and inventor
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  • Italo Calvino What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.
    Italo Calvino
    Italian writer (1923 - 1985)
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  • Barbara Lee What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful.
    Barbara Lee
    American politician (1946 - )
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  • Jeanette Winterson What you risk reveals what you value.
    The Passion (2007) 43
    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Brene Brown What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bill Gross When does money run out of time? The countdown begins when investable assets pose too much risk for too little return; when lenders desert credit markets for other alternatives such as cash or real assets.
    Bill Gross
    American investor, fund manager, and philanthropist (1944 - )
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  • Brandi Carlile When I turned 30, I started to feel all those miles. At times, you want to turn the faucet off a bit, but I never want to stop traveling. That's what it's all about - taking the music to the people.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
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  • Benigno Aquino III When I was a congressman, I had occasion to talk to this group of students who were taking their seat. There were about 80 of them and I asked them, 'How many of you will be serving in the country once you graduate?' And, out of the 80, there were two that raised their hands. The rest were thinking of leaving.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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