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“In the past... those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address
“Throughout my business life I have always tried to keep on top of costs and protect the downside risk as much as possible. The Virgin Group has survived only because we have always kept tight control of our cash. But, likewise, I also know that...” Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity
“If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.” Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity
“Every man has a right to risk his own life in order to preserve it.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
“Hadn’t I always thought that life was just one great risk?” Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“No right way is easy in this rough world. We must risk our lives to save them.” John Muir, Stickeen
“Many people don’t allow themselves to love . . . because there are a lot of things at risk, a lot of future and a lot of past.” Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die
“That's the good part of dying; when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
“It has not been the path for the faint hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame, rather it has been the risk takers, the doers, the makers of things, some celebrated, but more often men and...” Barack Obama, Inaugural Address
“I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
“to confide a part of your soul to something that can think and move for itself is obviously a very risky business.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“Maybe people have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
“He received no stars or bars, but he deserved them, for he cheerfully risked all he had, and life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.” Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
“now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.” Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
“Hatred is blind, rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.” Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Anyway, where’s the fun without a bit of risk?” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say «yes» to life?” Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
“don’t be over-wise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid—the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
“Two separate beings, placed in different situations, confronting each other in their freedom, and seeking the justification of existence through each other, will always live an adventure full of risks and promises.” Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex
“It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks, and the greatest of all prizes are those connected with the home.” Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography
“the only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.” Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
“flirting is a promise of sexual intercourse without a guarantee.” Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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