"The essence of investment management is the management of risks, not the management of returns."
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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."
"Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it."
"Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all."
"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."
"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."
"The only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump."
"You are the one girl that made me risk eveything for a future worth having."
"The hardest things to do in any art is to risk failure and put yourself out on the line."
"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."
"Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out."
"Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees."
"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."
"The greatest artists like Dylan, Picasso and Newton risked failure. And if we want to be great, we've got to risk it, too."
"The 'Amazing' can only be created by facing fear, risk and failure during the process."
"Everything in life is a risk! I mean, you walk out onto the street and it's a risk! Don't you think?"
"I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks."
"The old should be explorers, be curious, risk transgression, explore oldness itself."
"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."
"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."