“If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.”
Risk quotes
276 risk quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.”
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“- Jesus Quintana: Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes click.
- The Dude: Jesus.
- Jesus Quintana: You said it, man. Nobody fucks with the Jesus.”
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“- Allen Kincade: So, uh, Rick, explain to the audience exactly what it is a stunt double does.
- Rick Dalton: Well, actors are required to do a lot of dangerous stuff. Say Jake Cahill gets shot off his horse. Now, can I fall off a horse? Yes, I can. Yes, I have. But say I fall off wrong and I sprain my wrist or twist my ankle. Now, that can put...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“- Agent H: What do you think? Press the red button? I think it’s hyperdrive.
- Agent M: No, no, no. I think hyperdrive is blue.
- Agent H: Well, you know, sometimes you have to trust your gut.
- Agent M: My gut, not yours!”
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“You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself.”
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“- Fred Flarsky: We did almost just die, though, right?
- Charlotte Field: We totally almost just died.
- Fred Flarsky: Good, so I didn't just overreact.
- Charlotte Field: Oh, you totally overreacted.”
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“- Bisbee Marshal: Do I have two volunteers?
- First Posse Member: We gotta know what we're gettin' ourselves into.
- Second Posse Member: Sure... might not be safe.
- Bisbee Marshal: Safe! Who knows what's safe? I knew a man dropped dead from lookin' at his wife. My own grandmother fought the Indians for sixty years... then choked to death on...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“In the ring, you got rules. Outside, you got nothing. Life hits you with all these cheap shots. People like me, we live in the past. You got people that need you now. You got everything to lose, this guy has got nothing to lose.”
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“- Older Rick Armstrong: Do you think you're coming back?
- Neil Armstrong: We have real confidence in the mission, and there are some risks, but we have every intention of coming back.
- Older Rick Armstrong: But you might not?” -
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“Life's about taking risks. Don't be afraid to put yourself out there.”
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“Take a risk. Stop playing it so safe. Maybe that's what she's been trying to tell me the whole time.”
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“- Suzy Miller: Why don't they make it safer?
- James Hunt: The risk of death turns people on.”
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“- Sean: They said it was just gonna be a easy grab.
- Vincent: Well, it ain't no easy grab, they got T.”
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“Remember, no matter what, it's better to be an alive dog than a dead lion.”
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“- Dr. Smolder Bravestone: I can't do this!
- Moose Finbar: I saw you fix a helicopter in mid-air!
- Dr. Smolder Bravestone: It's a lot easier to be brave when you've got lives to spare. It's a lot harder when you only have one life.
- Moose Finbar: We always only have one life, man. That's how it is.”
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“The actor who thinks too much is troubled by one ambition: to be great. This is a terrible obstacle and it carries with it the risk that his playing may be deprived of much of its truthfulness.”
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“You can not reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth.”
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