Just taking risks for risk’s sake, that doesn’t do it for me. I’m willing to take risks that I think are worth it, and I’ve worked so hard to make sure that I survive.
I am not afraid of taking risks. We have to take risks for peace.
When people take risks and it’s not rewarded, in the case of ‘Mirror’s Edge,’ it’s makes it harder for others to be comfortable taking risks.
Death frames the high wire. But I don’t see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.
I always thought on my own that what is a huge part of being an actor, or what made me a better actor, was just really living life. Not being closed in on life, but being more open to experiences and to people and taking risks and exposing yourself to things.
There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and – most importantly – creating jobs.
I don’t think there’s any story worth dying for, but I do think there are stories worth taking risks for.
Taking risks is the best thing ever, and that’s what gets you anywhere.
On Netflix and other streaming services, they’re taking risks that are based on ‘Come with us! Come with us!’ and the audience does.
The heart of the 2008 financial crisis was a coterie of reckless financial executives, working for too-big-to-fail financial companies, who were handsomely compensated for taking risks that almost ruined the economy when they failed.
Taking risks doesn’t mean shirking responsibility, but embracing possibilities.
Believing in yourself and what you do is so important. It took me a long time to find that confidence. If you’re an artist and you’re taking risks, then you’re doing something right if some people don’t get it.
Believing in yourself and what you do is so important. It took me a long time to find that confidence. If you’re an artist and you’re taking risks, then you’re doing something right if some people don’t get it.
I got a lot of great life lessons from the entertainment industry. The first was being able to feel comfortable taking risks.
I’m used to taking risks – my career was a risk. Being a stand-up comic is not something that’s normally accepted when your mother is Filipino.
Every day, women and girls are finding incredible confidence and taking risks. When they change one mind, pretty soon, they have changed one tradition. That changed tradition has changed a village. That one village has changed a country. That new reality means new opportunities for themselves and their daughters.
I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.
Some people revel in taking risks, and some go through life taking no risks at all.
Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards.
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.
I thought, ‘I have ideas. I’m creative.’ I just didn’t see why I should be pigeon-holing myself in the business world or staying in corporate America when I already knew that I was capable of taking risks.
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.
I’ve always believed fitness is an entry point to help you build that happier, healthier life. When your health is strong, you’re capable of taking risks. You’ll feel more confident to ask for the promotion. You’ll have more energy to be a better mom. You’ll feel more deserving of love.
Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond the boundaries of safety and convention. It takes courage to share your vulnerability.
I’m not a risk-taker; that’s probably why I write – because when you’re easily bored, but you don’t like taking risks, you end up doing it all in your head.
We are always in a state of flux, and taking risks is important.
That’s the Apple I want – I want an Apple that’s bold and taking risks and being aggressive.
I feel that when you care about your music, taking risks is something you should do to keep things exciting.
There’s no real theatre without taking risks.
We’re really trying to make movies for TV. Producers and writers are taking risks that they weren’t in the past.
You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.
If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can’t be breakthroughs.
I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, ‘Take prudent risks.’
On Netflix and other streaming services, they’re taking risks that are based on ‘Come with us! Come with us!’ and the audience does.
Journalists couldn’t do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers.
What I really like doing is taking risks, musically.
We are always in a state of flux, and taking risks is important.
One becomes an entrepreneur to break the glass ceiling and that’s when you grow the market. Of course, in that process you have to be prepared to get hurt. You will get hurt. But I’m a doer and I like taking risks.
I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can and make that as thorough as you can possibly make it, until you turn up on set. It’s about taking risks, and some might work and some might not, but that’s what makes it interesting.
It’s my first baby, ‘IlumiNATTI.’ I’m taking risks, but I feel like I’m doing it for all the Latinos out there.
In the workplace, we’re taught to worry about what happens if we don’t have full, complete knowledge of every detail. But if you create a culture and an environment that rewards people for taking risks, even if they don’t succeed, you can start changing behavior.
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