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I don't feel like myself without the red lip. I feel like I'm taking a risk or something without it. -- Rita Ora
Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism. -- Andrea Hirata
Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can threaten its stock price. A government agency taking a risk can threaten congressional investigation. -- Peter Diamandis
The ultimate risk is not taking a risk. -- James Goldsmith
But it's always taking a risk, when you ... kiss someone new. -- Scott Westerfeld
Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it. -- Robert Redford
Sometimes it is worth taking a risk, no matter what the consequences. -- Emily Arden
I have always felt better taking a risk than an easier route for what I believe in. -- Ernst Haas
It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried. -- Julianna Margulies
Personal style is about taking a risk, trying something unexpected, and having fun with fashion, but always being true to yourself. -- Ralph Lauren
When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting. -- Paulo Coelho
I don't think about taking a risk. I think about how far can I go. How can I make myself. What are the risks I must create. -- John Guare
I think Little Nicky was a divergence from the films Adam Sandler was used to doing, and he was taking a risk. I admire him for doing that. -- Kevin Nealon
It's easier to aim to please and say what others want to hear than to form an opinion and fight for it, even if it means taking a risk or losing your job. -- Robert Kiyosaki
That's the great thing about university: you've got people around you who are taking a risk and trying things out themselves. It gives you the confidence to try and take it to the next step, which was drama school. -- Adam Rayner
I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche. -- Tom Selleck
You don't get rewarded for taking risk; you get rewarded for buying cheap assets. And if the assets you bought got pushed up in price simply because they were risky, then you are not going to be rewarded for taking a risk; you are going to be punished for it. -- Jeremy Grantham
Nico drank from the chalice, then offered it to Jason. "You asked me about trust, and taking a risk? Well, here you go, son of Jupiter. How much do you trust me?" Frank wasn't sure what Nico was talking about, but Jason didn't hesitate. He took the cup and drank. -- Rick Riordan
You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone whos just going to be a little different than the person in there. If youre going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future. -- Rick Santorum
Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun! -- Mary Wesley
Writing a novel that crosses genres is a risk, but one well worth taking. -- Chet Williamson
I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures. -- Herbie Hancock
I don't want someone taking half a sentence or paraphrasing me... Just too much risk. -- Jason Calacanis
It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men. -- Rodney Stark
I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, 'Take prudent risks.' -- Irene Rosenfeld
In the future, financial firms of any type whose failure would pose a systemic risk must accept especially close regulatory scrutiny of their risk-taking. -- Ben Bernanke
I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk. -- Paulo Coelho
Risk and failure is a part of our equation, and if you are seeing too little failure, you are actually probably not taking enough risks. -- Peter Barris
I think dads let babies take more of a risk, maybe bounce off a bed more or jump off a couch or do more risk-taking things. -- Al Roker
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. -- Mark Zuckerberg
Telling a joke is risk taking. Younger people are more insecure and not willing to put themselves on the line, so a quick one-liner is much safer. -- Robert Orben
I'm not a risk-taker; that's probably why I write - because when you're easily bored, but you don't like taking risks, you end up doing it all in your head. -- Catherine Jinks
Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference. -- Daniel Kahneman
It's a completely different thing, but there's so many things I learned from being an athlete that helped me in business. The only risk is not taking the risk. You've got to take that step. -- Jaycie Phelps
For me, I believe comedy's about taking risks, taking chances, working in a safe environment where you're comfortable making a fool of yourself. It's so critical, especially in comedy, to just have all those right pieces in place. -- Michael Spiller
Basically if you study entrepreneurs, there is a misnomer: People think that entrepreneurs take risk, and they get rewarded because they take risk. In reality entrepreneurs do everything they can to minimize risk. They are not interested in taking risk. They want free lunches and they go after free lunches. -- Mohnish Pabrai
Risk-taking is the essence of innovation. -- Herman Kahn
Being a star requires risk-taking shoes. -- Sarah Dessen
You can't lead without taking risk. -- Andy Stanley
True entrepreneurshi p comes only from risk-taking. -- Dhirubhai Ambani
There is no knowledge without risk taking. -- Terence McKenna
The greatest risk is not taking one. -- Tim Fargo
The greatest risk is not taking any. -- Tim Fargo
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. -- Mark Zuckerberg
To quit taking risks is a serious risk! -- Donald Keough
The biggest risk of all is not taking one. -- Mellody Hobson
Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. -- Mitt Romney
All growth, including political growth, is the result of risk-taking. -- Jude Wanniski
Success comes from delegating, risk-taking and having a good TEAM! -- Richard Branson
Life is all about taking risk to get what you want. -- Adam Lambert
To Jim Duggan, taking a shower is a high risk maneuver. -- Bobby Heenan
Business is all about risk taking and managing uncertainties and turbulence. -- Gautam Adani
Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. -- Jim McMahon
It's the adventure, the adrenaline-flowing, risk-taking in outdoor activities that attracts me. -- Baba Kalyani
Risk-taking is my thing... I think of my company as my chip stack. -- Jason Calacanis
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There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work. -- Sigmar Polke
For early employees you want people that have somewhat of a risk-taking attitude. -- Sam Altman
We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The only risk is not taking the risk. You've got to take that step. -- Jaycie Phelps
Don't be afraid to take chances. The biggest risk is not taking any risk. -- Nicky Hilton
I don't believe in taking unnecessary risks, but a life without risk isn't worth living. -- Charles Lindbergh
Disruption is about risk-taking. But then you become a Fortune 500 company, which is about risk mitigation -- Steve Case
'Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means confronting a diversity of open possibilities. -- Anthony Giddens
Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means confronting a diversity of open possibilities. -- Anthony Giddens
Survival in the demand economy depends on and requires experimentation, risk taking, and trial and error. -- Kevin Allen
Be cautious and content with low positive returns in 2015. The time for risk taking has passed, -- Bill Gross
If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do. -- Jack Welch
In today's rapidly changing world, the people who are not taking risk are the risk takers. -- Robert Kiyosaki
Risk taking and the drive to pursue innovative ideas are the fuel that stokes the entrepreneurial spirit. -- Daniel Goleman
It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes. -- Vic Fuentes
Sometimes you find that there is better material in small and more independent movies. There's more risk-taking. -- Nick Stahl
There has always been a part of me that saw wilderness and risk-taking as the path to freedom. -- Sam Keen
Promotion should not be more important than accomplishment, or avoiding instability more important than taking the right risk. -- Peter Drucker
If you ask me, taking on risk and being more daring is a real important part of creativity. -- Deborah Meier
Self-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
I fear the future I wish for my children is at risk, so I'm taking action. Please join me... -- Madonna Ciccone
Every risk is worth taking as long as it's for a good cause, and contributes to a good life. -- Richard Branson
We can bring together rich natural resources, innovative research and development, smart investors, and risk-taking farming and manufacturing entrepreneurs. -- Anthony Pratt
The fact is that trauma and risk taking hadn't become scarier over the years; it had become more normal. -- Lynsey Addario
Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk. -- Sufjan Stevens
If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen. -- Marissa Mayer
But despite the fact that life is full of risk, yet without taking risk, we stand a greater risk. -- Sunday Adelaja
I'm a writer and I also do a lot of professional speaking on risk taking and creativity as well. -- William Gurstelle
I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself. -- Shakira
I'm incredibly fortunate to have met the intelligent, generous, risk-taking, stimulating man to whom I am married. He's really amazing. -- Cate Blanchett
You must take risks, both with your own money or with borrowed money. Risk taking is essential to business growth. -- J. Paul Getty
I always think it's silly when people talk about works of culture taking risks. Because there's not any risk involved. -- Daniel Handler
The risk of sudden death is miniscule, overstating this risk is not going to stop them from taking the drug. -- Peter Jennings
Taking away the risk from the financial sector and taking it on to the public shoulders is not the right approach. -- Jeroen Dijsselbloem
When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given. -- Barbara Sher
One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control. -- Isabelle Adjani
Corporations have been killing the risk-taking and exploration that makes software great. They have tried to rip the soul out of development. -- Brian Behlendorf
The American economy has been built and sustained by risk-taking entrepreneurs whose pioneering ideas and hard work gave birth to flourishing businesses. -- Mike Pence
Companies are increasingly taking responsibility for the safety of the food they sell, rather than risk their brand on a large recall. -- Andy Kennedy
No matter what your decisions are, no matter what your votes are, if you're not playing by the rules, you're taking a big risk. -- Shelley Moore Capito
No matter what your decisions are, no matter what your votes are, if youre not playing by the rules, youre taking a big risk. -- Shelley Moore Capito
The dialogue between women is a rich field, but change does not come without a lot of reading, asking, listening, risk-taking and hard work. -- Hazel Hawke
I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged. -- Jim Carrey
Market risk is like taking a plunge into a cool pool ... a lot of people are finding out right now what their risk tolerance is. -- William J. Bernstein
You have chosen the wrong path if it's not fun. And you are probably not taking enough risk if it's not hard and rocky sometimes. -- Marc Benioff
At the risk bragging, one of the things I'm best at is riding coattails. Behind every successful man is me, smiling and taking partial credit. -- Aziz Ansari
Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is. -- Mitt Romney
Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises. -- Rita Gelman
Recovery begins with embracing our pain and taking the risk to share it with others. We do this by joining a group and talking about our pain. -- John Bradshaw
When I was 18 I worked with the Ringling Brothers circus, taking care of menagerie animals. I used to rather deliberately risk my life with the big cats. -- Edward Hoagland
A risk-taking environment starts at the top of a corporation. If the CEO doesn't have this spirit, chances are you won't find it anywhere else in the organization. -- Mary Kay Ash
Every time in this century we've lowered the tax rates across the board, on employment, on saving, investment and risk-taking in this economy, revenues went up, not down. -- Jack Kemp
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If you're experiencing no anxiety or discomfort, the risk you're taking probably isn't worthy of you. The only risks that aren't a little scary are the ones you've outgrown. -- Price Pritchett
I'm defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly. It's not only taking a big political risk but it's also the risk that in the hindsight of history, people think it's wise. -- Michael Beschloss
After taking risk into account, do more managers than you'd see by chance outperform with persistence? Virtually every economist who studied this question answers with a resounding 'no.' -- Eugene Fama
China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon. -- James Dyson

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