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"If you order a milkshake at a diner and they mix dog poop into it, you probably wouldn't drink it. If you go into a town with pollution, you may survive and have a good visit, but you risk being poisoned."
"Its boring not to take risks"
"Be wise enough not to be reckless, but brave enough to take great risks."
"There is such a gauntlet of risk that you go through when you climb up to Everest."
"Good food and good eating are about risk."
"Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding."
"Some see risk as a reason not to try. Some see it as an obstacle to overcome. The risk is the same; to try or not depends on your perspective."
"A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees."
"With government deregulation and the triumph of financial liberalization, the dangers of systemic risks, the possibility of a financial tsunami, sharply increased."
"You are alive, so take your life and enjoy it. You were born with the right to be happy, to love, and to share your love. Just to be-to take a risk and enjoy your life-is all that matters."
"The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself. I don't feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there's something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go. Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks."
"Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection."
"Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks."
"Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools, but life requires risk if we are to get anywhere."
"Everyone can tell you the risk. An entrepreneur can see the reward."
"Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy."
"When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator."
"The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety."
"Recklessness is almost a man's revenge on his woman. He feels he is not valued so he will risk destroying himself to deprive her altogether."
"You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious."
