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Apocalypse has become banal, a set of statistical risk parameters to everyone's existence.


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'Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means confronting a diversity of open possibilities.

'Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means confronting a diversity of open possibilities.



Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat from it.

Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat from it.



The risk climate of modernity is thus unsettling for everyone: no one escapes.

The risk climate of modernity is thus unsettling for everyone: no one escapes.



The new mixed economy looks...for a synergy between public and private sectors.

The new mixed economy looks...for a synergy between public and private sectors.



The difficulties of living in a secular risk culture are compounded by the importance of lifestyle choices.

The difficulties of living in a secular risk culture are compounded by the importance of lifestyle choices.



The body is thus not simply an 'entity', but is experienced as a practical mode of coping with external situations and events.

The body is thus not simply an 'entity', but is experienced as a practical mode of coping with external situations and events.



Martin Luther King did not stir his audience in 1963 by declaiming 'I have a nightmare'

Martin Luther King did not stir his audience in 1963 by declaiming 'I have a nightmare'



Risk concerns future happenings - as related to present practices - and the colonising of the future therefore opens up new settings of risk, some of which are institutionally organised.

Risk concerns future happenings - as related to present practices - and the colonising of the future therefore opens up new settings of risk, some of which are institutionally organised.



The sustaining of life, in a bodily sense as well as in the sense of psychological health, is inherently subject to risk.

The sustaining of life, in a bodily sense as well as in the sense of psychological health, is inherently subject to risk.



The thesis that risk assessment itself is inherently risky is nowhere better borne out than in the area of high-consequence risks.

The thesis that risk assessment itself is inherently risky is nowhere better borne out than in the area of high-consequence risks.





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If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.

If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.



I shall go the way of the open sea, to the lands I knew before you came, and the cool ocean breezes shall blow from me the memory of your name.

I shall go the way of the open sea, to the lands I knew before you came, and the cool ocean breezes shall blow from me the memory of your name.



A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book.

A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book.



A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.

A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.



I was hanging out and drinking as long as I could afford it, or as long as somebody else could afford it.

I was hanging out and drinking as long as I could afford it, or as long as somebody else could afford it.



Love that does not know of suffering is not worthy of the name.

Love that does not know of suffering is not worthy of the name.



It's not so much staying alive, it's staying human that's important. What counts is that we don't betray each other.

It's not so much staying alive, it's staying human that's important. What counts is that we don't betray each other.



The longer you wait, and this is true, the slower the hands will move.

The longer you wait, and this is true, the slower the hands will move.



Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self.

Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self.



What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate our world is precious and special.

What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate our world is precious and special.




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