"We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go."
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"A plan is only a scenario, and almost by definition, it is optimistic... As a result, scenario planning can lead to a serious underestimate of the risk of failure."
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"High valuations entail high risks."
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"We shouldn’t be afraid to embrace whimsy, that nagging idea that life could be magical; it could be special if we were only willing to take a few risks."
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"You can't shut off the risk and the pain without losing the love that remains."
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"Unbelief is safe, because it takes no risk and almost always gets what it expects."
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"After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion."
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"Among the illusions which have invested our civilization is an absolute belief that the solutions to our problems must be a more determined application of rationally organized expertise... The reality is that our problems are largely the product of that application."
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"This must be the mission of every man of goodwill: to insist, unflaggingly, at risk of becoming a repetitive bore, but to insist on the achievement of a world in which the mind will have triumphed over violence."
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"There are ecosystems like coral reefs [at risk] through ocean acidification. Those are valuable things that we should protect."
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"Fear looks like wisdom to those without risk."
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"It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are... ...We must always take risks. That is our destiny."
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"The psychological impotence of our enraged generation must be traced to the overwhelming accusation of insincerity which every man and woman has to confront, in the depths of his own soul, when he seeks to love merely for his own pleasure.And yet the men of our time do not love with enough courage to risk even discomfort or inconvenience."
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"At no point in history have so many non-risk-takers, that is, those with no personal exposure, exerted so much control."
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"There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business."
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"Just think of the trust that often exists in soldiers. Within their own unit, you could say they have to trust each other. A spirit of camaraderie builds up and, in the end, they will risk their lives for each other. They may even go so far as to dehumanise the other, enemy group - a mechanism you can also observe in chimps."
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"Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures."
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"When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others."
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"We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard."
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"Most individuals work much harder to hang on to what they have than to take the necessary risk to shoot for their dreams."
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