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• The war correspondent has his stake - his life - in his own hands, and he can put it on this horse or that horse, or he can put it back in his pocket at the very last minute.

  Robert Capa

  Horse, War, Hands

  Robert Capa (2015). “Slightly Out Of Focus”, p.161, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.

  Ira Glass

  Issues, Interesting, Burning

  "Ira Glass: Live and Uncut". Interview with Ana Marie Cox And Joanna Dionis, www.motherjones.com. August 11, 1998.

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• When you've got the Daytona 500 out there at stake and everything riding on the line, guys go for it, and the guys that go for it are the ones that are either going to win or they're going to wreck.

  Jeff Gordon

  Winning, Guy, Riding

  "Daytona Duel: Race two winner's press conference". www.motorsport.com. February 16, 2007.

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• It was my proudest moment as a manager when England drew 0-0 with Italy in Rome to qualify for the World Cup finals. Fifteen years later, the stakes are equally high for both countries as they go head-to-head for a semi-final place at the European Championship.

  Glenn Hoddle

  Country, Rome, Years

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• The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.

  Ralph Neas

  People, Justice, President

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• Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.

  Deval Patrick

  Dream, Want, Barack

  Twitter post from Sep 05, 2012

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• I think the perception of wealth and power is that things just become easier and easier when in reality as you raise the stakes things become more stressful.

  Sean Parker

  Reality, Thinking, Perception

  "Internet pioneer Sean Parker: 'I'm blazing a new path'" By Dan Simon, www.cnn.com. September 27, 2011.

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• In order to succeed... you have to put a stake in the ground.

  Jeff Raikes

  Order, Succeed, Order To Succeed

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• Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.

  Ratan Tata

  Two, Wealth

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• It is my dream to have a controlling stake of Arsenal.

  Alisher Usmanov

  Dream, Arsenal

  "Alisher Usmanov 'dreams' of taking total control at Arsenal". www.theguardian.com. December 20, 2012.

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• When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.

  Lars von Trier

  Festivals, Film, Shows

  "Interview: Lars von Trier" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2009.

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• There are already people en route to join this peaceful, prayerful, nonviolent exercise of our human, treaty, constitutional and civil rights, which are at stake, which are constantly being encroached upon by what seems to be [Donald] Trump tyranny.

  Chase Iron Eyes

  Exercise, Rights, People

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• We have a situation where the security of America is at stake, and it's a very, very serious situation.

  Donald Trump

  America, Serious, Situation

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Every fight means everything. I have to stay focused no matter how high the stakes are or how low the stakes are, you have to stay focused and follow the game plan. At the end of the day it is going to be you and that guy in the ring and it's who wins the game will win the fight. That's what I learned.

  Devon Alexander

  Mean, Fighting, Winning

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• I think a lot of people view the death penalty as a debate class or something. The cost and what's at stake is really, really a big deal.

  Shane Claiborne

  Thinking, Views, Class

  Source: medium.com

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• We must now, in the 21st century, protect democracy, one which rests on fundamental rights for all, regardless of skin color, gender, race or religion. Nothing less than that is at stake.

  Martin Schulz

  Color, Rights, Race

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• However, given the fact that the State has a controlling stake in the company [Rosneft], it might not be the best course of action when one company under State control buys another one fully owned by the State. This is one point.

  Vladimir Putin

  Might, Facts, Action

  Source: thesaker.is

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• There are doubtless all kinds of ways of explaining why people want security, but I do not think we can start with the psychological explanations. Even psychological states like fear or desire for safety are conditioned by social and political forms of intimidation and scare-mongering that intensify those emotions, and even work to persuade people that nothing less than their survival is at stake.

  Judith Butler

  Thinking, Safety, People

  Interview With Cihan Aksan, Jon Bailes, www.counterpunch.org. October 11, 2013.

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• American imperialism has suffered a stunning defeat in Indochina. But the same forces are engaged In another war against a much less resilient enemy, the American people. Here, the prospects for success are much greater. The battleground is ideological, not military. At stake are the lessons to be drawn from the American war in Indochina; the outcome will determine the course and character of new imperial ventures.

  Noam Chomsky

  Military, War, Character

  Source: chomsky.info

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• What I've said is we're going to encourage democracy in Pakistan, expand our nonmilitary aid to Pakistan so that they have more of a stake in working with us, but insisting that they go after these militants.

  Barack Obama

  Democracy, Pakistan, Aids

  Source: www.today.com

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• In my career, there've been three stages really. There's been the stage when you come into a team, you don't feel the nerves, you just go out and play. Then through your 20s you start thinking a lot more about the games and what's at stake. And then, as you get more experienced towards the end of your career, you enjoy it a lot more and you're a lot more relaxed.

  Ryan Giggs

  Team, Thinking, Games

  Source: www.ryangiggs.cc

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• I think that what happens so often on screen is high-stake moments tends to look too pretty. And I just don't think it's honest.

  Viola Davis

  Thinking, Looks, Honest

  Source: featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com

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• Are there experts, ethical experts, that's very offensive to all of us? Because it's part of our humanity to have a stake in these questions to feel that we ourselves know the difference between right and wrong. And then along come these experts, philosophers, claiming, you know, an expertise, a special training, a special skill, a special talent.

  Rebecca Goldstein

  Skills, Differences, Humanity

  "What Do We Have To Teach Plato?". "Here and Now" with Robin Young, kbia.org. April 22, 2014.

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• Better risk loss of truth than chance of error--that is your faith-vetoer's exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.

  William James

  Faith, Religious, Loss

  William James, John Dewey, John M. Capps, Donald Capps (2005). “James and Dewey on Belief and Experience”, p.107, University of Illinois Press

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• The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant. We cannot train children along chicken wire to make them grow in the right direction. Tying them to stakes is frowned upon, even in Massachusetts.

  Ellen Goodman

  Children, Artist, Average

  Ellen Goodman (1986). “Close to Home”, Fawcett Books

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