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• Death frames the high wire. But I don’t see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.

  Philippe Petit

  Risk, Preparation, Wire

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• I'm a firm believer in taking risks in life, because you'll never get anywhere unless you do, and the more risk involved the greater the outcome - or the worse, but you never know so you've got to go for it.

  Famke Janssen

  Risk, Outcomes, Firm

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The thing about taking risks is, if it’s really a risk, you really can fail. It’s only a pretend risk if you really can’t fail.

  Connie Britton

  Risk, Failing, Ifs

  "Connie Britton Is a Late Bloomer" by Susan Dominus, www.nytimes.com. February 13, 2013.

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• After taking risk into account, do more managers than you’d see by chance outperform with persistence? Virtually every economist who studied this question answers with a resounding 'no.'

  Eugene Fama

  Persistence, Risk, Answers

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• I've always believed fitness is an entry point to help you build that happier, healthier life. When your health is strong, you're capable of taking risks. You'll feel more confident to ask for the promotion. You'll have more energy to be a better mom. You'll feel more deserving of love.

  Jillian Michaels

  Inspirational, Motivational, Mom

  "Jillian Michaels' Secrets to the Strongest You Ever". Interview with Alison Prato, www.health.com.

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• Changes don't happen in the world by playing it safe, taking risks is the way to change the world.

  Zainab Salbi

  Inspirational, Change, Risk

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• People are always going to find fault with anything you do, any process that you're a part of. The creative process means taking risks, I've taken risks and I've made mistakes, but the bottom line is, could anyone else have done any better ? I have to believe that what I created was worthwhile.

  Zach Braff

  Mistake, Believe, Taken

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• Not taking risks ultimately leads to failure.

  Craig Groeschel

  Risk

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• To make something really great and different and interesting means taking risks and following these ideas in your head.

  Brad Bird

  Mean, Ideas, Interesting

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• The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good work, and the difference between safe and bold can only be defined by yourself since no one else knows for what you are hoping when you embark on anything.

  Mike Nichols

  Essence, Play, Differences

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• Life is all about taking risk to get what you want.

  Adam Lambert

  Risk, Want, Life Is

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• At its heartmeat core, writing is about exploring the questions of your heart on the assumption that what intrigues you, what inflames or amuses or ennobles you, will have the same effect on someone else. It's about taking chances, and taking risks, and pushing yourself to be honest in the issues that present themselves.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Heart, Writing, Issues

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• You can't lead without taking risk.

  Andy Stanley

  Risk

  Andy Stanley (2011). “Next Generation Leader”, p.56, Multnomah

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• When we stop taking risks, we stop living.

  Robin Sharma

  Risk

  Twitter post from Sep 05, 2016

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• But how will I know who my Soulmate is?” Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life. By taking risks’ she said to Brida. ‘ By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.

  Paulo Coelho

  Soulmate, Disappointment, Long

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• We don't want to be afraid to make a choice because we're afraid to make a mistake because most decisions aren't final. Feelings change all the time. You can always change your mind and taking risks and making choices is what makes life so exciting because we never know what's going to happen. Every day something new comes our way.

  Amy Poehler

  Mistake, Decision, Choices

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• Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about taking risks.

  Ruth Westheimer

  Sexy, Morning, Night

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• There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.

  Elon Musk

  Risk, Trying, Covering

  "Elon Musk’s Mission to Mars". Interview with Chris Anderson, www.wired.com. October 21, 2012.

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• Taking risks in older age is more courageous because you have more to lose. When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.

  Rick Warren

  Advice, Risk, Age

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Jul 11, 2013

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• The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of fear as the person who regularly takes risks.

  Peter McWilliams

  Inspirational, Risk, Irony

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Business, Opportunity, Entrepreneur

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• An artist should be taking risks. That's the whole idea of being an artist.

  JR

  Artist, Ideas, Risk

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• Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that- that's what life is.

  Amy Poehler

  Risk, Comfort, Life Is

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• There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and - most importantly - creating jobs.

  Eric Ries

  Country, Jobs, America

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• If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs.

  Peter Diamandis

  People, Risk, Blame

  "X Prize Founder Peter Diamandis Has His Eyes on the Future". Interview with Ted Greenwald, www.wired.com. June 22, 2012.

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