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Leap, and the net will appear.

—John Burroughs

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Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.

—Unknown

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I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism.

—Elizabeth Gilbert in Love

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Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

—Matt Groening

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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

—Erica Jong

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The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.

—Woody Allen

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I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

—Elon Musk

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Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.

—Gwendolyn Brooks

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We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with high and resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.

—Theodore Roosevelt

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

—Anaïs Nin

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I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't necessarily have anything to do with happiness. I mean happiness comes from facing challenges and going out on a limb and taking risks. If you're not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead.

—Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

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Life is a risk.

—Diane von Fürstenberg

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If you don't risk anything you risk even more.

—Erica Jong

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First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

—Helmuth von Moltke

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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

—Herodotus

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