Risk Quotes
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I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
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Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.
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People in Seattle and Tacoma know who I am as a person, and I don't think I am a character risk or have a character issue at all.
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Pouring concrete on land you don't own is called a calculated risk, if you don't pour you loose millions.
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The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any alternative in reducing the risk of use.
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Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you have to remember that this is like the entire human race riding the plane - it is one of the few risks that really could wipe us all out.
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All of life is the management of risk, not its elimination.
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Any investment bought via credit always runs the risk of margin calls and, eventually, liquidation.
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You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence.
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It's the adventure, the adrenaline-flowing, risk-taking in outdoor activities that attracts me.
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Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others.
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A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.
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I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.
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In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence , an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't?
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While big business gain subsidies and political access, small businesses drown in red tape, and individuals now risk being classified as terrorists for complaining about it. Economic globalisation is about homogenising differences in the worlds' markets, cultures, tastes and traditions. It's about giving big business access to a global market.
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I have always wondered why more women did not look into owning their own funds. Granted, it is a high stress, high risk business, but it also offers high rewards and control.
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The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.
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Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this.
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Disaster mitigation... increases the self reliance of people who are at risk - in other words, it is empowering.
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Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.
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Doing risk sports had taught me another important lesson: never exceed your limits. You push the envelope and you live for those moments when you’re right on the edge, but you don’t go over. You have to be true to yourself; you have to know your strengths and limitations and live within your means. The same is true for a business. The sooner a company tries to be what it is not, the sooner it tries to ‘have it all,’ the sooner it will die.
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I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.
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We must always remember that all medical interventions have risk, and very little can be asserted with 100 percent certainty.
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I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets to allocate scarce resources and minimizes the regulatory burden on business.
