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Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.
I don't care who you love. If you love this country enough to risk your life for it, you shouldn't have to hide who you are.
Live as a credible witness. If our actions don't line up with the message we're proclaiming, we risk losing our credibility.
I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.
Index funds eliminate the risks of individual stocks, market sectors, and manager selection. Only stock market risk remains.
Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work.
Taking risks, breaking the rules, and being a maverick have always been important but today they are more crucial than ever.
To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.
Taking risks in older age is more courageous because you have more to lose. When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.
I think that the consumer is generally unaware of certain material facts, particularly the tax risk and compensation issues.
we are a small, interconnected world; that we are all safe or none of us are; that we are all well cared for or all at risk.
This part of the 21st century is preoccupied with risk, and there's a lot that law can do to make lives longer and healthier.
Every time we can't drill a well in America, terrorism is being funded. Every onerous regulation puts American lives at risk.
Woman's power is over the affections. A beautiful dominion is hers; but she risks its forfeiture when she seeks to extend it.
Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.
If we set our priority "the removal of all risk", we'll soon have sterile, stagnant, and unstimulating learning environments.
It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men.
No matter what your decisions are, no matter what your votes are, if youre not playing by the rules, youre taking a big risk.
There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.
You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.
Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.
Great political leaders risk unpopularity, patiently explain their case and confront prejudice, bigotry and vested interests.
I strongly urge students to learn to take risks, to be bold, to let their genius convert that fear into power and brilliance.
More and more students are playing it safe and not taking any risks. You might not succeed, but that's just part of the game.
People who take huge risks aren't afraid to fail. In fact, they love to fail. It's because failing means they found the edge.
An asset allocation plan is based on your personal circumstances, goals, time-horizon, and need and willingness to take risk.
People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.
People don't always have the vision, and the secret for the person with the vision is to stand up. It takes a lot of courage.
The risk is enormous to Democrats. Even talking about censure or impeachment threatens to really agitate the Republican base.
You will never be completely free from risk if you're free. The only time you can be free from risk is when you're in prison.
Since my childhood I learned that to understand the world we need to go further and take the risks of sailing in unknown seas.
The underdog is a person that's at risk, a person that has a lot of big trials you have to overcome. I mean, that was my life.
All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and there is cool, clear water flowing under.
At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.
Joy comes to us in moments--ordina ry moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.
Every job I took, I was deeply uncomfortable in terms of feeling unqualified. Every step, every risk I took, built confidence.
I knew I really had to put down a good run. I played it safe, and took risks when I could, and I came in the fastest, I guess.
Oh, of course there's a risk in marrying anybody, but, when it's all said and done, there's many a worse thing than a husband.
There are ecosystems like coral reefs [at risk] through ocean acidification. Those are valuable things that we should protect.
Promotion should not be more important than accomplishment, or avoiding instability more important than taking the right risk.
One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control.
You have the right to be involved. You have something important to contribute, and you have to take the risk to contribute it.
It is interesting that the investment industry has invented new ways to lose money when the old ways seemed to work just fine.
Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.
It seems to me,’ said Philippa prosaically, ‘that on the whole we run more risks with Mr Crawford’s protection than without it.
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.
No matter how much you're going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you
You run risks. That's the plain truth. You run risks and, even in the most unlikely places, you are subject to destiny's whims.
If you can talk the talk but cant walk the walk youll look like a fool. That's the risk but with great risk comes great reward.