Jason Blum

I'm always trying to make movies that are better than the ones that we've made before. We don't always succeed at doing that by any means, but we're always trying to raise the stakes, raise the bar, make the movies better, and that's hard.

American Producer

Peter Heller

With fiction, I felt like I could bring to bear my full imagination, my entire heart, and so you feel very vulnerable. It's not your physical life, but it's everything else, so it felt like a lot was at stake.

Writer

Ryan Reynolds

I know there are actors we all want to beat up a little. I think it's important to do whatever it takes, and whatever it takes sometimes involves some physical or mental discipline. There's a lot at stake.

Canadian Actor

J. Donald Walters

Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.

Author

J. Smith-Cameron

People think that, when you're doing comedy, nothing means anything, that people run around and act crazy. It's quite the opposite. The stakes are life-and-death.

American Actress

Kailash Satyarthi

Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.

Indian Activist

Jean Giraudoux

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

French Dramatist

Franz von Papen

Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake.

German Politician

Jim Starlin

Most times, life or death is the highest stake a person can play for.

American Artist

Larry King

I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.

American Entertainer

Use 'stake' to describe objects that support another thing.

Supportive Object

'Stake' is commonly used in camping or gardening situations.

Outdoor Activities

'At stake' means the potential loss if a specific result is not achieved.

Risks Involved

When something important 'is at stake,' it implies a high-pressure situation.

High Pressure

Using 'stake' as a verb indicates risking money on an uncertain outcome.

Financial Risk

'Staking' something shows high confidence in the outcome.

Confidence Indicator

As a verb, 'stake' is the action of providing physical support with stakes.

Literal Support

A 'stake' can be a synonym for someone's share or ownership in a business.

Business Interests

Having a 'stake' implies active interest and possible influence in the outcome.

Active Participation

The verb 'stake out' describes covertly watching a location or person.

Secret Surveillance

Staking out typically involves monitoring for an extended time.

Extended Periods

 Despite all these differences, a lot of marriages throughout history did have one thing in common. With crucial matters like property and reproduction at stake, they were way too important to depend on young love. Especially among the upperclasses, matches were often made by families or rulers.

The history of marriage...

 so much is at stake that flip even enlists help from a local tourist lodge i think you should drive past us now and you go goku and you're going to tell people that the lions are lying here you'll be watching them very carefully and then tell them if they come anywhere

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 pernicious she what she's doing is instead of helping real victims she's got the police force looking for her she's the center of attention actual lives are at stake and here they are catering to her whims and I think that that is what

Storytelling can be...

 If you're a college student who, say, is in a downward spiral, and you feel helpless and hopeless, unabated, that could cost you your life. So the stakes are very, very high. And there are many tools in the toolkit to get you there.

Why you should define...

 only with a 15-year time horizon and millions of tons of carbon dioxide at stake. Once the deal is closed, we use the transition fund to protect our parks, giving our government time to increase our own funding gradually

This country isn't just...

 and the native's bamboo spears ended the captain's life. Yet the voyage had to continue. Magellan's will specified that Enrique should be freed, but the expedition still needed an interpreter. With his freedom at stake,

How Magellan circumnaviga...

 Find an architect, hire an architect, work with us to design better buildings, better cities, and a better world, because the stakes are high. Buildings don't just reflect our society, they shape our society

Why the buildings of the...

 so we can make a real contribution to what's happening in the world right now. I think everyone feels more alive, more concerned, more engaged with the politics of the moment. The stakes do seem quite high,

Nationalism vs....

 Here, this is the bridge and tunnel. This is the connection to the outside world, where their food comes in. And if something goes wrong, the stakes are just a lot higher.

Living Off the Land in...

 You know? I mean -- It's democracy at stake. It's our culture at stake. It's our world at stake.