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Gracefully steering through life's rough waters reveals not just strength, but the art of crafting illuminations within the shadows; challenges morph into a canvas of empathy and resilience.
Author:
Mariana Cutter
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Embracing discomfort with patience turned every struggle into an art of resilience, where grace is layered amid reality's chaos.
Author:
Clara Hastings
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Embracing challenge dances with opportunity; it's in those awkward moments that grace crawls across our canvases of the everyday.
Author:
Isabelle Hunter
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Grace is not found in the ease of success, but in the unwavering courage to dance through challenges with a humble heart.
Author:
Elise Thompson
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In the fabric of daily struggles, grace weaves its strength, turning obstacles into intricate patterns of resilience;
Author:
Ava Liu
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In life's dance, the most powerful movements arise not from rehearsed scripts but from the electrifying fusion of hearts\newlineand minds facing the rhythm as one.
Author:
Eloise Xavier
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Self-improvement blooms not from striving for perfection, but from dancing intimately with our imperfection and embracing every twist along the journey.
Author:
Claire Everhart
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True mental toughness isn't the absence of fear, but the flow of willdiscovering resolve amid chaos.
Author:
Monroe Clay
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Mental toughness is the relentless echo pushing through chaos, reminders of victory steeped in struggle.
Author:
Elena Scholar
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Mental toughness is about turning uncertainty into conviction and forging dreams in the ambiance of adversity.
Author:
Ava Ramirez
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Mental toughness is not just withstanding storms; it's about dancing in the rain, wielding challenges as allies in the pursuit of greatness.
Author:
Maya Rainhart
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Diving into the depths of challenge isn't just about endurance--it's about learning to swim amid storms and shine in unpredictable tides.
Author:
Ava Parkes
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Mental toughness is the fortress where challenging ideas train us to rise rather than retreat; an impossible-only party gets invited to soar unapologetically.
Author:
Avery Sorenson
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Mental toughness isn't merely about overcoming obstacles; it's choosing to walk a smaller, rougher path when broader roads lie temptingly along the way.
Author:
Quinn Stamos
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Every obstacle is but a chapter written in the story of resilience; it is not who trips across the stone, but who finds poetry in the fall who gathers strength for the journey ahead.
Author:
Marisol Torres
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Every obstacle dances merely to disguise its teachings, urging us not to avert our gaze but to engrain the flutter of perseverance within our soul.
Author:
Elara Anderson
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Like walls of rock, obstacles line our path not to imprison our spirit but to shape our climb to the summit of self.
Author:
Maverick Halliday
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Only love and music can change the world because they continue to challenge labyrinths.
Author:
Mother Monster - Lady Gaga
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Show compassion even to those who spat unjust words about success all spilled benorth.
Author:
Mother Monster - Lady Gaga
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Resilience isn't forged in still waters but in wading through storms that threaten to drown us; it's the testament to our survival spun from uncertainty.
Author:
Aria Kepler
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Embracing the philosophy of perpetual novelty invites chaos into our symmetry, revealing potential transformations often sulking in the shadows prayerless.
Author:
Elara Voss
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Embracing perpetual novelty flourishes the soul, igniting a spark of aliveness in the lull of routine and challenging mediocrity with each perilous embrace of the new.
Author:
Clara Moning
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A future inherited demands not only ambition to carve individual pathways but the courage to question stones paved by those before us.
Author:
Emelia Roarke
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We often inherit visions critiqued as futures shadowed by expectations, yet true inheritance's beat is knack for weaving necessities for a vivid tomorrow.
Author:
Marisol Quintana
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Unplanned encounters are the universe's way of orchestrating the fleeting moments that challenge our perceptions and pivotal seem sensorial catalysts - luxury dalliance encompasses delight unpredictable.
Author:
Arin Shaw
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With every step of faith through rough and foamy terrain, I discover trails within myself—worth running, backward and seized by shadows soften the fears fading behind.
Author:
Jackson Fey
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Art challenges her to glimpse beyond the surface; inspiring rivers to swell from the petri dish of her dreams.
Author:
Aveline Carter
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Creativity is meeting the challenge of breaking through your own individual set of limitations.
Author:
Tanner Miller
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Embrace every challenge; they build the audience for your show.
Author:
Clara Stone
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The only way to describe parenthood is trying to complete a crossword puzzle every night on expert level, in a language you don't speak, with no internet to look up help.
Author:
Shonda Rhimes
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There is magic in learning, growth in challenge, and strength in endurance.
Author:
Lisa Nichols
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When life throws you a curveball, just adjust your swing and hit it out of the park.
Author:
Rachel Scott
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Success is measured by your ability to overcome challenges, not by the absence of challenges in your path.
Author:
Samantha Jenkins
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The only way to thrive is to take risks, push your boundaries, and embrace the unknown.
Author:
Diana Davis
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Every dream worth pursuing comes with its own set of challenges to overcome.
Author:
Samantha Green
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Entangle yourself with challenges, for they are the soil from which growth sprouts.
Author:
Rebecca Nguyen
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Every challenge is an opportunity in disguise, waiting for someone daring enough to uncover its potential.
Author:
Samantha Clarke
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The bigger the challenge, the greater the victory.
Author:
Sophia Johnson
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In the darkness of adversity, I choose to be the light of resilience.
Author:
Sophia Williams
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Sometimes, the greatest growth comes from facing the biggest challenges head-on.
Author:
Sarah Jenkins
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Embrace uncertainty, for within its chaos lies endless opportunities for growth and discovery.
Author:
Sophia Chang
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The strongest of hearts are forged in times of greatest turmoil and adversity.
Author:
Sophia Chang
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In the pursuit of knowledge, one must be willing to embrace uncertainty and challenge conventional wisdom.
Author:
Samantha Johnson
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Challenges are the stepping stones that lead to growth and perseverance.
Author:
Jamie Martinez
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Climbing the mountain of success without a map can lead to unexpected treasures along the way.
Author:
Samantha Brooks
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Outsiders may see a challenge, but innovators see an opportunity to create something extraordinary.
Author:
Amelia West
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A ship is always safe at the shore, but that's not what it was build for.
Author:
Amelia Earhart
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Don't be afraid to challenge the status quo, for innovation thrives in the realm of disruption.
Author:
Amara Patel
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Embrace uncertainty and challenge, for they are the bedrock of growth and innovation.
Author:
Sophia Johnson
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Success is not measured by the results you achieve, but by the challenges you overcome along the way.
Author:
Ava Johnson
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Life's uncertainties are not obstacles, they are opportunities to explore our courage and resilience.
Author:
Sophia Hoffman
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Embrace the unknown, for it holds endless opportunities for growth and fulfillment.
Author:
Sophia Carter
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Every obstacle is an opportunity for growth
Author:
Sophia Smith
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Challenge is the path to growth, embrace it with courage.
Author:
Sophia Richards
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Embrace challenges with an open heart, for they are the greatest opportunity for growth.
Author:
Sofia Anderson
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Every challenge is an opportunity for growth, a chance to test your limits and discover your true potential.
Author:
Sophia Rodriguez
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Success is not built on easy wins, but on challenges conquered.
Author:
Amelia Richardson
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The impossible is simply the untried.
Author:
Samantha Johnson
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Adversity is the guardian of our true strength.
Author:
Dominic White
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Progress is born out of discomfort and uncertainty.
Author:
Sophia Lee
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Embrace discomfort, for it's in the fire of challenge that true growth is forged.
Author:
Mia Thompson
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Improvement begins with stepping outside of your comfort zone.
Author:
Rachel Smith
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Every difficulty is an opportunity in disguise, eagerly waiting to be unraveled.
Author:
Sophia Keller
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Success is not defined by our achievements, but by the challenges we overcome on the journey.
Author:
Rebecca Thompson
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If there's no challenge, there's no growth
Author:
Sophia Bennett
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Every challenge is an opportunity for growth that shapes our ultimate success.
Author:
Lily Chen
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Embrace the challenge of the unknown, for it is there that growth truly begins
Author:
Sofia Rodriguez
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Remember, challenges are just opportunities in disguise waiting to be conquered.
Author:
Sophia Johnson
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Success is not defined by the challenge, but by the tenacity with which it's faced.
Author:
Lily Johnson
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Adversity is the universe's way of testing our strength and resolve.
Author:
Samantha Lee
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Embrace the challenge of disciplines unknown, for therein lies the realm of growth and transformation.
Author:
Maya Patel
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Embrace the storm, for it is in adversity that true strength is revealed.
Author:
Sophia Santiago
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Embrace the challenges that come your way, for they hold the key to your growth and resilience.
Author:
Evelyn Martinez
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Embrace uncertainty, for there you will find the opportunity to grow.
Author:
Sofia Rodriguez
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Embrace change as the secret to growth and success, for in constant movement lies endless possibilities.
Author:
Samantha Warren
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Challenge is the path to growth and strength.
Author:
Sophia Patel
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Embrace the challenges that come your way for they are opportunities in disguise.
Author:
Sophia Parker
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Embrace the challenges of today for they will shape the successes of tomorrow.
Author:
Natalie Cook
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Follow the path that challenges you the most, for it is where growth truly begins.
Author:
Sophia Rivera
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Limitations are perspectives waiting to be shattered.
Author:
Stella Lee
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The only way to achieve success is to constantly challenge yourself and push beyond your limits.
Author:
Sarah Jackson
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Do not be afraid to challenge the status quo, as it is through disruption that true innovation is born.
Author:
Caroline Smith
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Accept the challenge of growth and surpass your limitations.
Author:
Sophia Nelson
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Success is born from embracing challenges, not avoiding them.
Author:
Samantha Wright
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In adversity, character is revealed and strengths are tested.
Author:
Maya Smith
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Every challenge is an opportunity for growth, embrace the discomfort and watch yourself blossom.
Author:
Sofia Lopez
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Challenge is inevitable, growth is optional.
Author:
Sophia Johnson
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Greatness is never achieved without first facing adversity.
Author:
Samantha Reed
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Challenges are just opportunities in disguise waiting for us to discover and overcome them.
Author:
Emily Parker
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In chaos lies beauty and in challenge lies growth.
Author:
Sophia Lopez
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Challenge is the breeding ground for growth and transformation.
Author:
Samantha Miller
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Embrace the challenges for they unveil your true strength and potential.
Author:
Sofia Patel
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Adversity is the fertilizer that nourishes the seeds of growth.
Author:
Samantha Lee
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Success does not come from playing it safe; it flourishes in the milieu of risk and challenge.
Author:
Samantha Williams
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Every challenge is an opportunity in disguise, waiting to be unravelled by the resilient souls.
Author:
Samantha Webster
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Embrace the uncertainty of change, for only through it can we reach our true potential.
Author:
Lauren Thompson
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Success is not about reaching the top, but about enjoying the climb.
Author:
Allison Walker
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Adversity is the weighing scale that determines the strength of our character.
Author:
Jasmine Reed
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Success is not a destination but a mindset, achieved through constant growth and fearlessly embracing challenges.
Author:
Sophia Miller
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Always challenge the norm, for it is in disruption that true innovation emerges.
Author:
Emily Chang
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Greatness is not achieved by standing still, but by stepping out of your comfort zone.
Author:
Sophia Park
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Every challenge is an opportunity for growth; embrace the unknown and discover your true strength.
Author:
Sophia Chen
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The key to success is not in avoiding challenges, but in determining how to overcome them with grace and resilience.
Author:
Sarah Johnson
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Every challenge is an opportunity in disguise, waiting for the courageous to seize it.
Author:
Sofia Diaz
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The key to success is to continually challenge yourself, for only then can you truly grow
Author:
Samantha Wells
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True strength comes from facing adversity with unwavering resolve.
Author:
Maya Patel
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Adventure begins where certainty ends.
Author:
Sabrina Jones
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Success is not owned, it's leased, and rent is due every day.
Author:
Jada Smith
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Embrace uncertainty as a companion on your journey to greatness.
Author:
Jasmine Greene
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The impossible is just a mindset waiting to be challenged.
Author:
Samantha Brown
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what others say you cannot do.
Author:
Alexandria Reyes
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Embrace discomfort, for within it lies our greatest opportunities for growth.
Author:
Gabrielle Rivera
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Life is a puzzle with no fixed solution, the beauty lies in creating your own masterpiece.
Author:
Olivia Bennett
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That was my challenge as a composer. Like with anything, to keep yourself interested in doing what you do, you set yourself challenges. So I said, Okay, I'll try to write a hundred tunes in a year.
Author:
John Zorn
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If the challenge to fight was there, I always took it.
Author:
Chuck Zito
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My challenge was even greater as a journalist, because this was happening in my own backyard.
Author:
Paula Zahn
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My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have instructed our eyes to see.
Author:
Muhammad Yunus
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International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.
Author:
Boris Yeltsin
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I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.
Author:
Herman Wouk
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The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
Author:
Woodrow Wilson
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The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the worst haircut known to man at the top of my head and sitting under fluorescent lights. That is America, people. Polyester, bad haircuts, under fluorescent lights.
Author:
Rainn Wilson
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The Teen Challenge Training Center on Pennsylvania farmland houses over 200 men in rehab. Other farms and centers have been birthed out of this ministry all over the world.
Author:
David Wilkerson
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Every Teen Challenge ministry is responsible for raising its own finances, but we assist these works with finances, prayer and counseling, especially overseas in areas such as Siberia, Africa, South America.
Author:
David Wilkerson
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The Teen Challenge ministry was born out of those humble early days of ministry. It now includes over 500 drug and alcohol rehab centers around the world, even in Muslim countries. These include homes for girls and women addicts and alcoholics, all which are reaching many.
Author:
David Wilkerson
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I am not officially involved now in the direction of the Teen Challenge ministry, but I rejoice that God permits me to be the father of these ministries.
Author:
David Wilkerson
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Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge.
Author:
Andrew Wiles
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That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song.
Author:
Margaret Whiting
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I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography game, arbitrary as those rules might be.
Author:
Edmund White
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Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.
Author:
Rebecca West
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As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.
Author:
Allen West
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During these continued tough economic times, writing a sensible, fair budget that provides real opportunities for Washington families, workers and businesses is always a challenge.
Author:
Jeanne Welles
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I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today.
Author:
William Weld
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We wanted to establish a new fan base over here. And second, we wanted to challenge ourselves. We wanted to bring what is ostensibly new music to fresh ears and see what lights them up.
Author:
Bob Weir
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That first writing session, what Dan Hill calls a creative blind date, is always a real challenge, and you bring that back to your partner when you return to writing with them.
Author:
Cynthia Weil
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The challenge is high. The stakes are important. I think it's manageable.
Author:
William Webster
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It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare drum.
Author:
Charlie Watts
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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
Author:
Vera Wang
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I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
Author:
Vera Wang
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I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.
Author:
Vera Wang
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The IRA has abandoned its armed struggle in pursuit of its goals by political means. This must be fully acknowledged. Continued challenge does nothing but obstruct and inhibit the peace process.
Author:
James Walsh
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I was told to challenge every spiritual teacher, every world leader to utter the one sentence that no religion, no political party, and no nation on the face of the earth will dare utter: 'Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.
Author:
Neale Walsch
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And we're seeing a higher level of consciousness and many more opportunities for people to challenge their present ways of thinking and move into a grander and larger experience of who they really are.
Author:
Neale Walsch
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On the other end of the spectrum, these women who do live long enough to collect Social Security face the challenge of being disproportionately dependent on the Social Security system for retirement income.
Author:
Ginny Waite
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My friends, history, history calls us to this time and to this place. A solemn choice rests with us - where do we go from here? Do we move slowly and incrementally? Or do we seize the challenge of our time and tackle the great issues of our day.
Author:
Thomas Vilsack
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Writing software that's safe even in the presence of bugs makes the challenge even more interesting.
Author:
Wietse Venema
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The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems.
Author:
Wietse Venema
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I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to constantly realize and reveal what's already been there - like doing stage and singing and dancing in New York. I haven't been that far out of my comfort zone in a while.
Author:
Blair Underwood
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I've always loved a challenge.
Author:
Lana Turner
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You are part of that horrid expression, the best and the brightest. It can be a terrible burden if you let it be, but it is the great challenge of your time. And being a warrior in that challenge should be wondrous.
Author:
Paul Tsongas
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I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.
Author:
Verne Troyer
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We can today open wide the history of their administrations and point with pride to every act, and challenge the world to point out a single act stained with injustice to the North, or with partiality to their own section.
Author:
Robert Toombs
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It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck.
Author:
Clyde Tombaugh
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My biggest challenge was to make sure that the songs I did were who I am.
Author:
Justin Timberlake
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The challenge we have in the war on terrorism is looking around for those pieces that matter and trying to fit them together.
Author:
Mac Thornberry
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In response to the challenge of strangers, sport arose as a sublimated representation of a community's armed might as well as its pride of place and clan.
Author:
John Thorn
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Right now we have a closure rate between discovery and exploitation of four to six months. We need to be more in the realm of seven to 10 days. That is an enormous challenge.
Author:
John Thompson
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I'm not able to go in with an act that I use month to month year to year all the time. It's constantly evolving and changing and that keeps me on my toes but certainly adds to the challenge.
Author:
Alan Thicke
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I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.
Author:
Twyla Tharp
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I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.
Author:
Julie Taymor
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Some of those songs, you really have to bite them. You challenge yourself, you challenge the audience, you do something different. People weren't expecting it.
Author:
Andy Taylor
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The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice.
Author:
Koichi Tanaka
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I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.
Author:
Billy Sunday
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Each new book is a tremendous challenge.
Author:
Peter Straub
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The delicate and intricate pattern of competition and cooperation in the economic behavior of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Stockholm offers a challenge to the economist that is perhaps as complex as the challenges of the physicist and the chemist.
Author:
George Stigler
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Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person.
Author:
Leigh Steinberg
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We took this challenge before our Lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hitler, he is the ultimate evil.
Author:
Claus Stauffenberg
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I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.
Author:
Sylvester Stallone
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There's nothing worse - I don't like listening to actors talk about the process, especially when - I mean, for me I've played a lot of guys, dudes, boys in a sense and this was a challenge for me just to play that official character.
Author:
Scott Speedman
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What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.
Author:
Nicholas Sparks
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Three months. I was playing the organ for three months. It was a challenge for me in the beginning.
Author:
Jimmy Smith
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I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.
Author:
Amy Smart
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Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person.
Author:
Louise Slaughter
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My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs. My hope is, that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.
Author:
Joey Skaggs
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Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.
Author:
Manmohan Singh
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Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.
Author:
Marsha Sinetar
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The biggest challenge was trying to convey the story of the making of a film that isn't finished yet - and which won't be finished until the third film, The Return of the King, reaches our cinemas towards the end of 2003!
Author:
Brian Sibley
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I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.
Author:
Martin Short
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People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power.
Author:
Michelle Shocked
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So I regard my part in Genevieve as a real challenge.
Author:
Dinah Sheridan
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Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business.
Author:
Alan Shepard
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Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn't want other songwriters to write for me. I wanted to preserve the spirit of my songs in Spanish. I am the same Shakira in English as I am in Spanish.
Author:
Shakira
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We all start in this medium because of the magic and the challenge is to keep it going.
Author:
John Sexton
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The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.
Author:
Brian Setzer
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The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.
Author:
Ayrton Senna
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I realized I really liked the screen. I knew it was a challenge, but I wasn't afraid of risk.
Author:
Tom Selleck
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So we need the same strategy, we need young, aggressive judges to be appointed, and that's what the President has done, but getting them through is the challenge.
Author:
Jay Sekulow
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Our covering ministry is Challenge for Christ ministries, and Travel the Road was solely our mission arm, designed to expose people to what missions are, then connect them with agencies that send people out.
Author:
Michael Scott
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I challenge you to be dreamers; I challenge you to be doers and let us make the greatest place in the world even better.
Author:
Brian Schweitzer
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Frankly, it is clear that we would be better off in the long run without federal funding, and the challenge right now is that if we lost it altogether, we would have a lot of stations go dark.
Author:
Ron Schiller
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It's getting the right person that's the challenge.
Author:
Bob Schieffer
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Differences challenge assumptions.
Author:
Anne Schaef
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With a theatre audience there's always the additional sense of a sustained challenge of which I'm acutely aware and for which you need to have the tools ready - your voice, physicality, brain.
Author:
Greta Scacchi
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I look for things that are going to challenge me as an actor.
Author:
Devon Sawa
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If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.
Author:
Carlos Santana
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Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.
Author:
Margaret Sanger
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Art should offend people because art should challenge people.
Author:
Eriq Salle
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I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.
Author:
Alberto Salazar
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The Russian drama began at the end of 1991, when the Soviet Union mercifully ended. Russia and 14 other new countries emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union. Every one of those 15 new states faced a profound historical, economic, financial, social and political challenge.
Author:
Jeffrey Sachs
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Look, the president is elected to lead and to face the country's biggest challenges. The country's biggest challenge domestically speaking, no doubt about it, is a debt crisis, and I'm really hoping that he is going to give us a budget that tackles this debt crisis.
Author:
Paul Ryan
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Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as Americans, confront it responsibly. And that is exactly what Republicans pledge to do.
Author:
Paul Ryan
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I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster.
Author:
Dave Rowntree
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I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light.
Author:
Galen Rowell
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Doing comedy for film is always a challenge because you are in the hands of the editor after the fact. I am hoping I can do some more soon, I enjoy doing comedy.
Author:
Tim Roth
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There would not be enough talent that's educated, developed and ready to take on the next leadership challenge, and it would cap our growth. Now we've put programs in place not to have that happen, but that could be a weakness.
Author:
Kevin Rollins
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The challenge is what was making it exciting. You don't want to do anything that's too easy or that you know that you can pull off, otherwise it's really not worth doing.
Author:
Robert Rodriguez
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At the beginning of each year, we have conceptual meetings. How are we going to challenge ourselves this year? So we suggested a transsexual or transgender. And to be honest, I am shocked they let us do it.
Author:
Jai Rodriguez
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I'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge.
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Dennis Rodman
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Things got so bad that when I went shopping for a house, some people would refuse to open the door if they saw it was me standing there. And drunks would always want to challenge me.
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Edward Robinson
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Every single book is a challenge.
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Nora Roberts
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I've never presented. The logistics of that is a challenge.
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Michael Ritchie
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They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.
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Buddy Rich
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Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out.
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Tim Rice
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Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge.
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Anne Rice
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I hear good things about Xbox Live from some of my younger teammates. I think it would be fun to be able to challenge fans all over the world. It would be cool to be able to play some of my friends back home in the States. I'm looking forward to trying it.
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Claudio Reyna
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I try to take things that challenge me either physically or mentally, or I have to learn a new skill.
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John Reilly
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I have faith the men and women of the Coast Guard will immediately rise to the challenge and see the people hit by Katrina through until the storm has truly calmed.
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Dave Reichert
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Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church.
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Timothy Radcliffe
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The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth.
Author:
Timothy Radcliffe
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Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!
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Dan Quayle
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If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write.
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J. Priestley
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Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Colin Powell
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I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge.
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Sarah Polley
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People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
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Abbe Pierre
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I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up.
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William Petersen
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South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
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Tom Peters
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The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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Bernadette Peters
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I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous.
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Anne Perry
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I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music.
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Itzhak Perlman
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But Paulie gives all of herself away, and so to create a love like that and a person who would give themselves away was what I thought was going to be difficult. I was little scared of such a challenge.
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Piper Perabo
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There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.
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James Penney
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Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.
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Pope Paul II
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The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.
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Orhan Pamuk
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Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it.
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Sarah Palin
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Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge, and children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.
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Sarah Palin
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Being able to pit your wits against literally hundreds of other people is really exciting and ultimately the biggest single challenge for a poker player.
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Tim Page
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Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.
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Major Owens
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I think the tougher the challenge the better.
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Jim Otto
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My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.
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Donny Osmond
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To date, nearly 100,000 Hispanics have died with AIDS. Since Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States, our challenge is even greater.
Author:
Solomon Ortiz
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I tend to arrive in the rehearsal process with very strongly developed ideas about what I want to do. But I don't like those ideas to be things that are not subject to change, or subject to development, or subject to challenge.
Author:
Trevor Nunn
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I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.
Author:
Gale Norton
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I used to like writing for comedians - I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny.
Author:
Denis Norden
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I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it.
Author:
Corin Nemec
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I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge.
Author:
Ben Nelson
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Anytime you play a finalist it's going to be a challenge.
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Steve Nash
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I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time.
Author:
Martin Mull
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Once my doctor began treating my kidney disease, my greatest challenge was the constant exhaustion. Fortunately, my doctor explained that anemia was causing my exhaustion and that people with serious illnesses, like kidney disease, may be at increased risk for anemia.
Author:
Alonzo Mourning
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I'm just looking as always for something that's stimulating and I hope to find a good story that's a challenge, whether it's big or small. Or that it finds me. I don't have like a career plan. Maybe I should, but I don't.
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Viggo Mortensen
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Now a great debate has been born. The thesis is Democratic Socialism. The antithesis is free-market capitalism. The Obama Democrats have posed the challenge. It is now up to the Republicans to pick it up and fight along these lines.
Author:
Dick Morris
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We have to remember that Dr. King was not an idle dreamer. Dr. King was a man of action. If Dr. King were here, he would challenge us and exhort us.
Author:
Marc Morial
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It's hard to make something collaboratively. That's the challenge. Sometimes you're successful.
Author:
Marguerite Moreau
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I used to not back down from a challenge.
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Elizabeth Moon
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My biggest challenge is trust, and really believing that trust, in letting things just happen personally and professionally and trust with myself. But I'm getting better at it.
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Katherine Moennig
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I think the challenge is going out in front of a paying audience with absolutely nothing and trying to entertain them for two hours. Thankfully, I only think about that right before we go on, and then once we're out there, everything's fine.
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Colin Mochrie
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We need strong public health institutions to respond to any challenge. We need to deal with critical infrastructure. The reality is that very little money has flowed to communities to help our first responders; to help our hospitals; to help the public health infrastructure.
Author:
Robert Menendez
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Our challenge in this regard will be to broaden the scope of our federal funds in terms of international diplomacy, development aid, and international assistance. Many Latinos in the United States look at Latin America and see trouble brewing.
Author:
Robert Menendez
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I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself.
Author:
Sam Mendes
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America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something, nothing can stand in our way.
Author:
Carrie Meek
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This same habitual blindness to spiritual, substantive dimensions of every significant challenge continues to handicap Hollywood.
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Michael Medved
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It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact.
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Sarah McLachlan
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The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I had to come out of baseball and come into the business world, not being a college graduate, not being educated to come into the business world the way I should have.
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Willie Mays
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The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval.
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Joyce Maynard
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You have to pack as much as you can in an hour or 70 minutes. This time around it was 15 songs, so it was a challenge to get them all the right length so you could get them all on.
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John Mayall
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When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city.
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Harry Mathews
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And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge.
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Andrea Martin
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A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.
Author:
Thurgood Marshall
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Part of the challenge of Most Wanted is trying to become the most notorious street racer on the pavement.
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Josie Maran
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The Masters is going to be an awesome challenge.
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Nigel Mansell
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So it's like starting over again, but I look forward to the challenge.
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Lee Majors
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For me, it's a bigger challenge, it's much harder to do and much more rewarding to do well, then just to think up stuff of your own, hit or miss, because you've got to see to it that you don't torpedo any of his punch lines.
Author:
Humphrey Lyttelton
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The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche.
Author:
Adrian Lyne
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The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger.
Author:
Frank Luntz
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Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.
Author:
Derek Luke
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To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.
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Bela Lugosi
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When you remove the risk, you remove the challenge. When you remove the challenge, you wither on the vine.
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Alex Lowe
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Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
Author:
Henry Longfellow
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The Broadway audience is made up of a greater percentage of tourists now. There's not nearly as much variety and danger and challenge in what's being offered.
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John Lithgow
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I challenge myself everywhere, onstage, on the golf course. Hey, isn't that the point of it all? To keep getting better? Otherwise why do it?
Author:
Hal Linden
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And on top of that, when we work together we have a wonderful working relationship we push each other we challenge each other we laugh 80% of the time that we are together we're very fortunate.
Author:
Alex Lifeson
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Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to.
Author:
Joe Lieberman
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The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.
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Carl Lewis
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
Author:
Ted Levine
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In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt.
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Lawrence Lessig
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Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.
Author:
Sugar Leonard
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The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not subject to political or commercial pressures. The U.S. should demonstrate that it is prepared to share control with the world.
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Tim Lee
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We live at the edge of the world, so we live on the edge. Kiwis will always sacrifice money and security for adventure and challenge.
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Lucy Lawless
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Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that connect for kids and adults.
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John Lasseter
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We're not afraid of risking what was our success yesterday in order to explore some new field. We're adventurous. We like the challenge of unknown territory, unknown artistic field, and that's what stimulates us.
Author:
Guy Laliberte
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It is definitely a challenge to play Nathan, but the more different he is from myself, the more interesting the character becomes for me.
Author:
James Lafferty
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I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
Author:
Talib Kweli
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And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a keyboard if they don't have a grand piano... and to try to win people over that way. It's really hard.
Author:
Chantal Kreviazuk
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So I picked a field where I had a little exposure. Where I thought I could have an enormous challenge, and have a chance to really do some good, to be a pioneer in an area, and not just be like everyone else.
Author:
Henry Kravis
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Roddick can challenge him as well if he serves big consistently for the entire match. If he does that, then he is tough to break even for a guy like Federer.
Author:
Richard Krajicek
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God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue.
Author:
Donald Knuth
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You can go out feet first, and that's not my desire, or you can say, I think we've served with distinction, and this is the time to go home and seek a new challenge.
Author:
Jerry Kleczka
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The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business.
Author:
Thomas Kinkade
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Author:
Martin King, Jr.
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And the fact that you must make the movie for yourself because no one else will ever fully appreciate the endeavor, makes it a more rewarding challenge.
Author:
Richard King
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My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality.
Author:
Regina King
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Unless we rise to the challenge, instead of American youth being able to live the American dream, the Chinese will fulfill their dream of overtaking America.
Author:
Mark Kennedy
