“People find it hard to understand how I can risk ruining my career as a musician by injuring myself on the slopes, but I've always been a tomboy.” PeopleI CanHardCareersRiskMusicianSlopes Author:Vanessa Mae
“I think that 'Halo' is a hard property because they don't need to make a film. They make far more money out of the games so why risk?” ThinkingNeedsHardFilmGamesRiskPropertyMore MoneyHalos Author:Rupert Sanders
“If you really want a woman to love you, then you have to dance. And if you don’t want to dance, then you’re going to have to work extra hard to make a woman love you forever, and you will always run the risk that she will leave you at any second for a man who knows how to tango.” IfsKnowsMenWantHardRunningKnow HowForeverRiskLove YouExtrasTangoLove You Forever Author:Sherman Alexie
“By exposing yourself to risk, you're exposing yourself to heavy-duty learning, which gets you on all levels. It becomes a very emotional experience as well as an intellectual experience. Each time you make a mistake, you're learning from the school of hard knocks, which is the best education available.” WellsHardSchoolLevelsMistakeRiskEmotionalDutyIntellectualAvailableHeavyExposingBest EducationExposing YourselfSchool Of Hard Knocks Author:Gifford Pinchot
“If we seek merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at the hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and will win for themselves the domination of the world.” IfsMenWorldLifeHardWinningPeaceRiskStrongerDearEaseContestsDominationShrinksHazardsIgnobleSwollen Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Throughout my trading career, I have continually witnessed examples of other people that I have known being ruined by a failure to respect risk. If you don’t take a hard look at risk, it will take you.” PeopleIfsLooksHardKnownCareersRiskExampleRuinedTradingRisk It Author:Larry Hite
“Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story can take a left turn on you, it's easy to do, but it has to be done very, very carefully, or else you risk losing the audience's trust.” ThinkingIdeasHardDoneStoriesTurnsLeftEasyAudienceRiskLosingTwistsTurn-on Author:Damon Lindelof