Taking Risks Quotes - Page 5

• I like taking risks and I decided to put every bit of me into the role.

  Sherilyn Fenn

  Risk, Roles, Decided

  "Five Feet of Heaven in a Ponytail", by Simon Banner. Premiere Magazine (UK), p. 26-29, July 1993.

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• Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces? I suppose it is, but I think it would entail doing the same things over and over again without taking chances, without taking risks or exploring our limits, without finding out what we can and can't do.

  Alan Arkin

  Fall, Thinking, Risk

  Alan Arkin (2011). “An Improvised Life: A Memoir”, p.30, Da Capo Press

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• You always get things that teach you and steps to grow, but there is a confidence that is gained and a deep understanding of what it means to be supported by your knowledge - not by some team that is there to create confidence; it is there within you. That takes time. That takes teachers. That takes taking risks.

  Sharon Lawrence

  Teacher, Team, Mean

  "BRIDGING TV & THEATRE: Sharon Lawrence & DROP DEAD DIVA". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. August 7, 2011.

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• You're not always going to hit the bull's-eye. I'm going to make movies that work and I'm going to make movies that don't work, and that's just a part of being creative. Because really, I think if you're taking risks and you're pushing yourself and you're doing things that scare you, you are going to fall on your face, and it's not always going to work.

  Hilary Swank

  Fall, Eye, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I love writing songs with people, which is about really taking risks, throwing yourself over the falls and really seeing what you're made of and seeing how it sticks. Seeing how others react to it, and seeing also how it can become a melody and how it can really take off from your experience. It's a way of seeing life unfold on the page before me.

  Jason Mraz

  Song, Fall, Writing

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• I always think it's silly when people talk about works of culture taking risks. Because there's not any risk involved.

  Daniel Handler

  Silly, Thinking, People

  "Lemony Snicket on the mindless pleasure of Law & Order, and how to solve each case". Interview with Caitlin PenzeyMoog, www.avclub.com. September 29, 2015.

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• Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk.

  Sufjan Stevens

  Joy, Challenges, Risk

  Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. January 31, 2011.

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• There is no greatness without taking risks.

  Suzanne Yoculan

  Gymnastics, Greatness, Risk

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• You need to know everything and feel 100 percent safe so that you can live and breathe in a role and so that you feel comfortable taking risks and trying new things and being bold. If you don't feel comfortable, if you're in a scenario that's not conducive for that kind of environment, then that's when you don't do well.

  Nina Dobrev

  Risk, Trying, Needs

  "Nina Dobrev’s New Chapter". Interview with Michael Peña, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 8, 2015.

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• To allow your organization the permission to fail is a very powerful thing. If we want to really be thought leaders and industry leaders, it doesn't come without taking risks. We're not afraid to take those risks that will get us to a better place.

  Rick Welts

  Powerful, Organization, Leader

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• Arrogant or critical people are often people with low self-esteem who are afraid of taking risks. That's because, if you learn something new, you are then required to make mistakes in order to fully understand what you have learned.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Mistake, Self Esteem, Order

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• I really think that people have to think safety; taking risks for higher yield is a bad idea once you're in late or latish middle age.

  Paul Krugman

  Thinking, Yield, Ideas

  "Ask the Author Live: Larissa MacFarquhar with Paul Krugman". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. February 19, 2010.

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• I'm taking probably the biggest risk of my career in playing the part in Filth. If you stop taking risks, then you get bored, or you just keep playing the same part, over and over again. Eventually audiences get bored of that, as well.

  James McAvoy

  Careers, Bored, Risk

  Source: collider.com

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• You can't run a without taking risks.

  Pablo Picasso

  Running, Business, Risk

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• If you get into entrepreneurshi p driven by profit, you are a lot more likely to fail. The entrepreneurs who succeed usually want to make a difference to people’s lives, not just their own bank balances. The desire to change things for the better is the motivation for taking risks and pursuing seemingly impossible business ideas.

  Richard Branson

  Motivation, Ideas, Differences

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• Certain kinds of people just can't live life taking risks with adventure.

  Bob Weir

  Live Life, Adventure, People

  Source: medium.com

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• You can't run a business without taking risks. The brave may not live forever - but the cautious do not live at all!

  Richard Branson

  Running, Brave, Forever

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• I'm uncomfortable when I'm comfortable. I have to start something new-in the agency or in my personal life-every two years or so. Taking risks gives me energy. I can't help it, it's my personality. I'd like to think it's not really a compulsion toward high risks, but the spirit of an entrepreneur.

  Jay Chiat

  Thinking, Agency, Years

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• I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.

  Werner Herzog

  Risk, Alive, Cautious

  Interview with Mark Kermode, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2009.

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• What I really like doing is taking risks, musically.

  Casey Abrams

  Risk

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• I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

  Guy Laliberte

  Believe, Risk, Pitfalls

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• To quit taking risks is a serious risk!

  Donald Keough

  Risk, Serious, Quitting

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• For those searching for something more than just the norm. We lay it all down, including what others call sanity, for just a few moments on waves larger than life. We do this because we know there is still something greater than all of us. Something that inspires us spiritually. We start going down hill, when we stop taking risks.

  Laird Hamilton

  Inspire, Surfing, Risk

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• The idea of an entrepreneur is really thinking out of the box and taking risks and stepping up to major challenges.

  Steve Case

  Thinking, Ideas, Entrepreneur

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• Taking risks, breaking the rules, and being a maverick have always been important but today they are more crucial than ever.

  Gary Hamel

  Risk, Important, Today

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