Meaning of stakes in English

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« Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. »
Gary Ryan Blair
« I feel like, in a lot of shows where the woman is in charge, the woman is this ball buster and the guy is sort of weak and spineless. And that's never been my experience in a relationship. I think it's much more interesting that the guy is the boss. And there are stakes. »
Whitney Cummings
« Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement. »
Barack Obama
« Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher. »
Alanis Morissette
« You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher our future depends on the quality of education of our children today. »
Arnold Schwarzenegger