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• Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?

  Suzanne Collins

  Color, Strange, Your Favorite

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• If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Running, Men, Alive

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.111, Xist Publishing

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• There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt]. 'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked. Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win.

  John Flanagan

  Winning, Two, Waiting

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• To be honest," I halfwhispered, "I don't feel as safe with him as I do with you." "I know." A ghost of a smile touched my lips. "How do you know?" "Think about what safety is, Ella." "Trust?" "Yes, partly. But also an absence of risk." He unstuck a strand of hair from my damp cheek and tucked it back. "Maybe you need to take a risk. Maybe you need to be with someone who rattles you a little.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Thinking, Hair, Safety

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.285, St. Martin's Press

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• Scientists tend to risk theories they admire

  Stephen Hawking

  Scientist, Theory, Admire

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• Sometimes we even have to risk making fools of ourselves.

  E. L. Konigsburg

  Life, Fool, Sometimes

  E.L. Konigsburg (2010). “The View from Saturday”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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• There's another problem," Percy said. "I'm not good with air travel. It's dangerous for a son of Neptune." "You'll have to risk it...and so will I," Frank said. "By the way, we're related." Percy almost stumbled off the roof. "What?

  Rick Riordan

  Son, Air, Neptune

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• Don't tell me about worth," Nita said. "My father commands fleets." "The wealthy measure everything with the weight of their money." Tool leaned close. "Sadna once risked herself and the rest of her crew to help me escape from an oil fire... Your father commands fleets. And thousands of half-men, I am sure. But would he risk himself to save a single one?

  Paolo Bacigalupi

  Father, Men, Fire

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• It was moving, but so absurd that I nearly laughed out loud. I imagined a new line of Hallmark cards: "Thank you for not killing my boyfriend, even if it risks killing you.

  Hilary Duff

  Moving, My Boyfriend, Cards

  Hilary Duff (2011). “Devoted”, p.264, Simon and Schuster

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• My whole life, I had thought that my story was, again and again: Once upon a time, there was a boy, and he had to risk everything to keep what he loved. But really, the story was: Once upon a time, there was a boy, and his fear ate him alive.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Fear, Boys, Once Upon A Time

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.846, Scholastic Inc.

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• It seems to me,’ said Philippa prosaically, ‘that on the whole we run more risks with Mr Crawford’s protection than without it.

  Dorothy Dunnett

  Running, Protection, Said

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• Remember that day you said you loved me? Remember that? See, you could do that because you're basically a sane person, who grew up in a loving, sane family. You could take a risk like that. But in my family we didn't go around saying we loved each other. We went around screaming at each other. So what do I do, when you say you love me? I go and undermine it.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Remember, My Family, Grew Up

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• What’s that about? Love must be more about power than we think, if even in its most intimate moment of expression we think about not being the one who risks the most.

  Deb Caletti

  Thinking, Expression, Intimate Moments

  Deb Caletti (2012). “Stay”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

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• But it's always taking a risk, when you ... kiss someone new.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Kissing

  Scott Westerfeld (2013). “Uglies Quartet: Uglies; Pretties; Specials; Extras”, p.421, Simon and Schuster

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• If you want to fall in love, you can't hold everything in. You have to open up, take that risk. You'll be hurt sometimes, but if you don't, you'll never be happy. The one you find may not be the kind of woman you expected to fall in love with, but it wont matter, you'll love her for exactly what she is.

  Jean M. Auel

  Falling In Love, Hurt, Love You

  Jean M. Auel (2010). “The Valley of Horses (with Bonus Content): Earth's Children, Book Two”, p.342, Bantam

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• Risks are a measure of people. People who won't take them are trying to preserve what they have. People who do take them often end up having more. Some risks have a future, and some people call them wrong. But being right may be like walking backwards proving where you've been. Being wrong isn't in the future, or in the past. Being wrong isn't anywhere but being here. Best place to be, eh?

  Paul Arden

  Past, People, Trying

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• Lifting our cup means sharing our life so we can celebrate it. When we truly believe we are called to lay down our lives for our friends, we must dare to take the risk to let others know what we are living.

  Henri Nouwen

  Believe, Mean, Cups

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• Follow your dreams and take your risks.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Follow Your Dreams, Your Dreams

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• Now I understand all those chick flicks I made fun of. 'Cause now I'm the sappy dork willing to risk it all for the girl. Estoy enamorado...I'm in love.

  Simone Elkeles

  Girl, Fun, Causes

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• We don’t constrain our mental powers when we store new long-term memories. We strengthen them. With each expansion of our memory comes an enlargement of our intelligence. The Web provides a convenient and compelling supplement to personal memory - but when we start using the Web as a substitute for personal memory, by bypassing the inner processes of consolidation, we risk emptying our minds of their riches.

  Nicholas G. Carr

  Memories, Long, Mind

  Nicholas G. Carr (2010). “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains”, p.192, W. W. Norton & Company

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• One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Running, Littles, Weeping

  Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.101, eKitap Projesi

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• I stare at him. "You can't risk not winning. Not because of me." Sean doesn't lift his eyes from the counter. "We make our move when you make yours. You on the inside, me on the outside. Corr can come from the middle of the pack; he's done it before. It's one side you won't have to worry about." I say, "I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick." Now he looks at me. He Says, very softly, "It's late for that, Puck.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Moving, Eye, Winning

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• Love is taking chances when every rational part of you screams, ‘Don’t risk it.’ Because it’s only when your heart has been ripped open that you get a chance to find the one person capable of making it whole.

  Sabrina Jeffries

  Heart, Love Is, Take A Chance

  Sabrina Jeffries (2012). “A Lady Never Surrenders”, p.379, Simon and Schuster

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• Everything worth doing involves risk.

  Linda Lael Miller

  Linda Lael Miller (2015). “Linda Lael Miller Montana Creeds Series Volume 2: A Creed in Stone Creek\Creed's Honor\The Creed Legacy”, p.494, HQN Books

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• Rarely is it possible to study all of the instructions to a game before beginning to play, or to memorize the manual before turning on the computer. The excitement of improvisation lies not only in the risk of being involved but in the new ideas, as heady as the adrenaline of performance, that seems to come from nowhere.

  Mary Catherine Bateson

  Lying, Games, Play

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