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“There's a real danger in trying to stay king of the mountain. You stop taking risks, you stop being as creative, because you're trying to maintain a position. Apart from anything else that really takes the fun out of it.”

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Author:Sissy Spacek

“Those who start war often know that because of their high political position their own lives will not be in danger. on the Diane Rehm Show.”

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Author:Jimmy Carter

“I think Sepp Blatter is in danger...or has reached a point now, where he is being mocked within the game. Whether he's getting too old, I don't know. But things can happen to people in power. Look at some of the despots in Africa... From a position of great power, he has uttered so many ridiculous statements that he is in danger of seriously damaging his credibility.”

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Author:Alex Ferguson

“Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from the attack even of the weak.”

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Author:Quintus Curtius Rufus

“It's a fact that people who are in a weakened position, whether physically or mentally, have this perception of the outer world as threatening. Everything that is unexpected or unknown is seen as a potential danger.”

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Author:Michael Haneke

“The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.”

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Author:Calvin Coolidge

“When you know both yourself as well as your competition, you are never in danger. To know yourself and not others, gives you half a chance of winning. Knowing neither yourself or your competition puts you in a position to lose.”

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Author:Sun Tzu

“The readiness to blame a dead pilot for an accident is nauseating, but it has been the tendency ever since I can remember. What pilot has not been in positions where he was in danger and where perfect judgment would have advised against going?”

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Book:The wartime journals of Charles A. Lindbergh

Source: The wartime journals of Charles A. Lindbergh

“There is in the world no rock or tower of such a height that it cannot be scaled by any man (provided he lack not feet) if ladders are placed in the proper position or steps are cut in the rock, made in the right place, and furnished with railings against the danger of falling over. If we examine ourselves, we see that our faculties grow in such a manner that what goes before paves the way for what comes after.”

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Author:John Amos Comenius