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It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks. James Payn
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen. Herodotus
Thorstein Veblen quote: "It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain,..."
It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community. Thorstein Veblen
It took the Gulf War to demonstrate that America did want more than one friend in the Mideast, and also was willing to take and make major risks to prevent a small Muslim country, Kuwait, from being overrun and in effect stolen by Iraq. Caspar Weinberger
Julianna Margulies quote: "It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end..."
It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried. Julianna Margulies
Arlen Specter quote: "It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in..."
It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest. Arlen Specter
Jim Carrey quote: "It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you..."
It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left? Jim Carrey
It's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen. Ayrton Senna
It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers. Bernhard von Bulow
John Paul Jones quote: "It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable,..."
It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win. John Paul Jones
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. William James
It is outrageous to know that security procedures are apparently so lax at the Department of Veterans Affairs that a single bureaucrat had the ability to put the personal information of over 26 million Veterans at risk for sale to the highest criminal bidder. Bob Ney
Because it is the nature of love to create, a marriage itself is something which has to be created, so that, together we become a new creature. To marry is the biggest risk in human relations that a person can take…If we commit ourselves to one person for life this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession, but participation…It... Madeleine L'Engle
You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked a belief? I see nothing particularly courageous about risking one's life. So you lose it, you go to your hero's heaven and everything is milk and honey 'til the end of time. Right? You get your reward and suffer no earthly consequences. That's not courage. Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer... Tom Robbins
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong

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