Risk Quotes
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The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence.
Byron White
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If you want to see the big stuff that God has, you've got to take some risk and trust only in the Gospel.
Francis Chan
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I want to do something original rather than interpret someone else's performance, which is always the risk - even if it's only in a subconscious way. I want to concentrate on giving my own fresh interpretation.
Aneurin Barnard
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One of the risks of a public trial is a public verdict.
Susan Estrich
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Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose.
Demi Moore
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Adventure without risk is Disneyland.
Douglas Coupland
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The greatest and most valuable resources we have for making crucial decision are knowledge and the amazing brainpower God gave human beings when he created us. That's certainly true for deciding our best response to any risk we ever face.
Ben Carson
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The day of the march, we were forbidden to go to the march site. The man I worked for, the Presbyterian minister, knew we would want to be sort of martyrs for the cause and risk arrest. He didn't want any of that going on. So he made us stay in the neighborhood.
Sara Paretsky
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My experience with novice traders is that they trade three to five times too big. They are taking 5 to 10 percent risks on a trade when they should be taking 1 to 2 percent risks. The emotional burden of trading is substantial; on any given day, I could lose millions of dollars. If you personalize these losses, you can’t trade.
Bruce Kovner
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My philosophy, in a nutshell, is to wipe out the greatest amount of risk with the least amount of money.
Alan Patricof
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As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
Ben Kingsley
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Book collectors are thrill-seekers. It is a vegetarian hunt to be sure, without much exertion or risk, but the endorphin rush of the chase and the adrenaline high of the capture are much the same with first editions as I imagine they must be in the pursuit of 10-point stags, largemouth bass, or 20-foot waves at Maverick's.
Jacob Weisberg
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With stealth technology, the U.S. could spy on its Cold War adversaries without running the risk of getting caught.
Annie Jacobsen
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Relieving the risk of a nuclear conflict with Iran diplomatically is superior than trying to do that militarily.
Martin Dempsey
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'Why risk?' I responded. 'It should be, why not to risk?'
Ben Carson
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The swashbuckling independence of my childhood was not all good, and as a father, I'm puzzling out how to be part of my children's lives rather than shoehorning them into mine. But there's a risk that I'll overcompensate, of course.
John Dickerson
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Holy Week is a time to think about risk, because that’s what this whole Passion narrative represents.
Amy-Jill Levine
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I think herd mentality is a good thing overall. Because if every sheep had to figure out the velocity of the wolf and their personal risk, that would take forever.
Neal Barnard
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Everything is sweetened by risk.
Alexander Smith
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Many unfortunate human situations unfold ... where people who face very bad options take desperate gambles, accepting a high probability of making things worse in exchange for a small hope of avoiding a large loss. Risk taking of this king often turns manageable failures into disasters.
Daniel Kahneman
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If one takes the kinds of risks which I took, which are colossal, but taking risks, I was rewarded by being able to contribute in a very substantial fashion to a variety of fields. I was able to reawaken and solve some very old problems.
Benoit Mandelbrot
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It's only a risk if you think there's a chance of failure.
Kimbal Musk
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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.
Al Gore
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There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.
Carol Leifer