“When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.” LosesWonderfulRiskReservationsGreat Risk Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“It'd make a wonderful change to have the leader of a pluralist democracy who acted on that, who told people just how tough things are going to be, just what's going to have to be done - and, maybe, ran all the risks on the side of honesty, rather than spinning stories and trying to win the headlines every day.” PeopleTryingDoneStoriesWinningSidesLeaderDemocracyWonderfulRiskHonestyToughRanOld PeopleSpinningHeadlinesTough Things Author:Chris Patten
“I would hope that wherever I was I would be me. I have been influenced by some wonderful people who showed me that there is an integral relationship between faith and life at home. Evil is evil, repression is repression anywhere. And if it is not consistent with what one believes is God's will, then I would hope that one would be able to witness it, and there are wonderful people who do so in very great risks to themselves.” PeopleIfsBelieveHas BeensHomeWould BeAbleEvilWonderfulRiskGods WillWitnessConsistentRepressionGreat Risk Author:Desmond Tutu
“You need to decide whether you're willing to risk being hurt, plain and simple. You can go for it and have a wonderful relationship. Or you might go for it and crash and burn brilliantly. It's up to you if you want to take that risk, up to you if it's worth it or not.” IfsWantNeedsMightHurtSimpleWonderfulRiskWillingCrashWorth ItUp To YouBeing HurtPlain And Simple Book:Hard and Fast Source: Hard and Fast
“It is way less certain to be a wonderful business in the future. The threat is alternative mediums of information. Every newspaper is scrambling to parlay their existing advantage into dominance on the Internet. But it is way less sure [that this will occur] than the certainty 20 years ago that the basic business would grow steadily, so there's more downside risk. The perfectly fabulous economics of this business could become grievously impaired.” WayYearsCertainGrowsWonderfulRiskInformationInternetAdvantageYears AgoEconomicsThreatNewspapersMediumsCertaintyAlternativesFabulousDominance Author:Charlie Munger
“I was also writing in a tradition and trying to do something different with it, something that hadn't necessarily been done before, which was a risk, but it made it interesting. My relationship with food has been complicated and rocky and not always wonderful, and it's a lens through which my entire life and identity are refracted.” WritingTryingHas BeensMadeDifferentDoneInterestingWonderfulRiskIdentityTraditionComplicatedMade ItLenses Author:Kate Christensen
“I used LiveJournal frequently, almost daily, since ~age 13 until ~18. I kept a personal diary there. I also participated in various "LiveJournal communities". At the risk of sounding patronizing or something, I see LiveJournal and now Tumblr as wonderful because they give young girls ways to interact with eachother and learn and talk about new interests, ideas etc as well as support eachother emotionally.” WayGivingWellsIdeasAgeYoungUsedGirlInterestCommunitySupportWonderfulRiskVariousEtcDiariesPatronizing Author:Marie Calloway