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Love Quote by Ricki Lake

"I hate the feeling of falling - I'll never jump from a plane - but I love a good roller coaster. Go figure!"

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Ricki Lake turns a small confession into a neat snapshot of modern, managed thrill-seeking: she can’t stand the raw, uncontrollable surrender of free fall, yet she’ll happily queue up for a roller coaster where the fear is intense but fenced in. The punchy “Go figure!” is doing the real work here. It’s a shrug at her own contradiction, but also a wink at ours: we crave adrenaline as long as someone else is running the safety checks.

As an entertainer, Lake’s instinct is to make vulnerability feel companionable. The line has that talk-show intimacy - a quick, self-deprecating admission that invites the audience to nod along and volunteer their own irrational preferences. It’s not a manifesto; it’s a bonding ritual. The specificity (planes versus coasters) matters because it separates “danger” from “simulation.” Jumping from a plane suggests consequences, bodily risk, and a lack of narrative control. A roller coaster is fear with choreography: engineered suspense, predictable arcs, and the promise of getting off laughing.

The subtext is about choice and consent. Lake isn’t rejecting excitement; she’s rejecting exposure. In a culture that markets “extreme” experiences as personal growth, her humor gently punctures the idea that bravery is one-size-fits-all. Sometimes what we want isn’t to conquer fear, but to rent it for three minutes, then hand it back.

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Ricki Lake (born September 21, 1968) is a Entertainer from USA.

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