"You risk everything if you so much as join a legal protest demonstration in Russia. It raises the stakes."

-- Masha Gessen

#Risk Quotes #Protest Quotes

“I have tried to make all my acts and commercial moves the result of definite consideration and sound judgment. There were never any great ventures or risks. I practiced honest, slow-growing business methods, and tried to back them with energy and good system.”
“How many people do you know who are obsessed with their work, who are type A or have stress related diseases and who canâ€™t slow down? They canâ€™t slow down because they use their routine to distract themselves, to reduce life to only its practical considerations. And they do this to avoid recalling how uncertain they are about why they live.”

Source : James Redfield (1993). “The celestine prophecy: an adventure”, Atticus Press & Company (AL)
“Through all of youth I was looking for you without knowing what I was looking for”
“To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which should not happen to us, requires faith and courage.”
“What people "want" is a function of what they learn is available. If you wish to sell something, you'd better understand that you can't give people what they want in the market today, because what they want today is what they can already get. You have to discover what they really want, and find some way to give that physical shape.”
“I donâ€™t want anyone with me today. Not even him. Some walks you have to take alone.”

Source : Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.5, Scholastic Inc.
“Having someone you love say "Thank you" is more rewarding than just having them say "I love you.”
“If you haven't felt like quitting, your dreams aren't big enough!”

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