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Brené Brown Researcher, author, speaker
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"Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks, and knowing that I am enough."

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Yoko Ono Artist, Musician, Activist
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"Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it."

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Simon Sinek Author, Motivational Speaker
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"True #leadership isn't the bastion of a few who sit at the top ... We all need to step up, take the risk and put our interests second-not always-but when it counts."

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Al Gore Politician
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"The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk. And even more — if more should be required — the future of human civilization is at stake."

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Rachel Carson Biologist, Conservationist, Author
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"We urgently need an end to these false assurances, to the sugar coating of unpalatable facts. It is the public that is being asked to assume the risks that the insect controllers calculate. The public must decide whether it wishes to continue on the present road, and it can do so only when in full possession of the facts."

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Morris West Novelist, Playwright
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"It costs so much to be a full human being that there are very few who have the Love and the courage to pay the price. One has to abandon altogether the search for security and reach out to the risks of living with both arms. One has to embrace life."

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Steve Jobs Entrepreneur
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"The greatest artists like Dylan, Picasso and Newton risked failure. And if we want to be great, we've got to risk it, too."

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Steve Young American Football Player
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"I always felt like hanging around the pocket was trouble, but the truth is, the great players take the beatings in the pocket and expose themselves -- and that is the real risk."

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Author, Statistician
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"Anything that provides you with very, very stable income, very stable conditions, maybe generally stable, that often, it masks real risks, risks of blow-ups."

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