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> [“Sometimes a person’s greatest loss lay in risks not taken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-thurlo/sometimes-a-person-s-greatest-loss-lay-in-risks-not-taken/)

[Aimee Thurlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-thurlo/)

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> [Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/risks-must-be-taken-because-the-greatest-hazard-in-life-is-to-risk/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“All the risks have been taken. Allowing me room to fly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coco-j-ginger/all-the-risks-have-been-taken-allowing-me-room-to-fly/)

[Coco J. Ginger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coco-j-ginger/)

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> [Faith is a record of great risks taken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winkie-pratney/faith-is-a-record-of-great-risks-taken/)

[Winkie Pratney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winkie-pratney/)

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> [So there might be a kind of collective effort that allows for those risks to be taken, pose a certain danger but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-butler/so-there-might-be-a-kind-of-collective-effort-that-allows-for-those/)

[Judith Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-butler/)

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> [“Do I have to recite any further risks you have taken? How much you have not conformed? How much internal bravery this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/do-i-have-to-recite-any-further-risks-you-have-taken-how-much-you/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

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> [This isn't going to be pretty. Rules will be broken. Friendships will be tested. And huge risks will be taken. But they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisi-harrison/this-isn-t-going-to-be-pretty-rules-will-be-broken-friendships-will/)

[Lisi Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisi-harrison/)

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> [The biggest mistake you can make in life is fearing the outcome of doing something that might make you happier...It takes risk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markesa-yeager/the-biggest-mistake-you-can-make-in-life-is-fearing-the-outcome-of/)

[Markesa Yeager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markesa-yeager/)

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> [I also want to take cognizance of the fact that this flight was made out in the open with all the possibilities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/i-also-want-to-take-cognizance-of-the-fact-that-this-flight-was-made/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

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> [But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-arthur-ward/but-risks-must-be-taken-because-the-greatest-hazard-in-life-is-to/)

[William Arthur Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-arthur-ward/)

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> [“This generation is a generation of risk takers. And not all the risks taken will be seen as real faith. Some will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-johnson/this-generation-is-a-generation-of-risk-takers-and-not-all-the-risks/)

[Bill Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-johnson/)

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