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Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. ↗

— William Hurt

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Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values. ↗

— Warren E. Burger

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Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act. ↗

— Andre Malraux

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Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act. ↗

— Maxwell Maltz

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Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community. ↗

— George Mason

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I might act like it's an accident but the opposite is true. I'm incredibly calculated when it comes to my career. ↗

— Eva Mendes

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Honestly, I feel like I spent the last 10 years just trying to work, just get my hands on the best material I could. I'd like to say that it was quite calculated and genius, my ability to take one step forward and two steps back. ↗

— Timothy Olyphant

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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. ↗

— George S. Patton

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There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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I've always felt that what I have going for me is not my imagination, because everyone has an imagination. What I have is a relentlessly controlled imagination. What looks like wild invention is actually quite carefully calculated. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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