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If you look at the careers of great entrepreneurs and you look at the moment they took their plunge, the plunge is rarely a great…

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[Norden] said, with the Mark 15 Norden bombsight, he could drop a bomb into a pickle barrel at 20,000 feet.
The issue isn't the accuracy of the bombs you have, it's how you use the bombs you have - and more importantly,…
Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You should be…
The people at the top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.
For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word capable of…
We vary greatly in the natural advantages that we've been given. The world's not fair
The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.
Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a…
Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that's because they don't understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments are. It's…
Living a long life, the conventional wisdom at the time said, depended to a great extent on who we were-that is, our…
Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.
I've been in auditions without screens, and I can assure you that I was prejudiced. I began to listen with my eyes,…

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In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger… — Meg Cabot
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Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if… — Hannah Whitall Smith
Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk… — Princess Diana
Every minute of life I take a risk; it's part of the enjoyment. — Otto Preminger
No one should deny the danger of the descent, but it can be risked. No one need risk it, but it is… — Carl Jung
You got to risk it if you want the biscuit. — Len Goodman
Risk it, go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks. — Mary Quant
Live every moment in the present. Do it. Risk it. Buy it if you love it. Loving well takes practice, delicious practice.… — Gael Greene
Nuclear power as a solution to global warming is theoretically possible, but the proliferation problems and accident risks it would create would,… — Arjun Makhijani
I want to love someone so selflessly that he would never even think about going away. I suppose that's what most people… — Dennis Cooper
A failure often does not have to be a failure at all. However, you have to be ready for it-will you admit… — Atul Gawande

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