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Challenge Quotes

"The duty of youth is to challenge corruption."

"The duty of youth is to challenge corruption."

Kurt Cobain, American Musician

Challenge, Corruption, Duty, Youth

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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."

"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."

Margaret Sanger, American Activist

Challenge, Expression, Woman

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"The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order."

"The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order."

Ibrahim Babangida, Nigerian Statesman

Challenge, Democracy, Direction, Economy

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"It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood."

"It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood."

Martin Henderson, New Zealander Actor

Challenge, Hollywood

48

"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."

"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."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

Challenge, English, Songs, Spirit

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"I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge."

"I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge."

Gwendolyn Brooks, American Poet

Challenge, Writing

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"I always look for a challenge and something that's different."

"I always look for a challenge and something that's different."

Tom Cruise, American Actor

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"There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man."

"There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

Challenge, Man, Nothing

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"The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place."

"The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place."

Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist

Challenge, Community, Justice, Nation

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"The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement."

"The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement."

Raymond Chandler, American Writer

Challenge, Effect, Leisure

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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."

"Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to."

Joe Lieberman, American Politician

Challenge, Globalwarming

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"The lopsided attitudes of college professors pose a serious challenge to learning because students are so susceptible to becoming lopsided sheep."

"The lopsided attitudes of college professors pose a serious challenge to learning because students are so susceptible to becoming lopsided sheep."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

Challenge, College, Learning, Sheep

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"How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser."

"How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser."

Lou Holtz, American Coach

Challenge, Will

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"When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge."

"When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge."

Terry Brennan, American Football Coach

Challenge, Nothing

14

"The real challenge was to model all the interest rates simultaneously, so you could value something that depended not only on the three-month interest rate, but on other interest rates as well."

"The real challenge was to model all the interest rates simultaneously, so you could value something that depended not only on the three-month interest rate, but on other interest rates as well."

John Hull, American Economist

Challenge, Interest, Value

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"I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge."

"I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge."

Ted Levine, American Actor

Challenge, Comedy

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"The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective."

"The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective."

Berenice Abbott, American Photographer

Challenge, First, Word

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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."

"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."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Challenge, Sense, Theatre, Tools

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"There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us."

"There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us."

Pamela Stephenson, Australian Actress

Challenge, HusbChallenge, Childhood

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"I've always loved a challenge."

"I've always loved a challenge."

Lana Turner, American Actress

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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."

"I challenge you to be dreamers; I challenge you to be doers and let us make the greatest place in the world even better."

Brian Schweitzer, American Politician

Challenge, World

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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."

"We took this challenge before our Lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hitler, he is the ultimate evil."

Claus von Stauffenberg, German Soldier

Challenge, Conscience, Evil, Man

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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."

"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."

Solomon Ortiz, American Politician

Challenge, Minority, States, United

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"I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge."

"I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge."

Rita Coolidge, American Musician

Challenge, Excellence, Jazz

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"The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble."

"The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble."

Jesse Helms, American Politician

Challenge, Principles, Sight, Trouble

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"Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out."

"Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out."

Tim Rice, British Musician

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"The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers."

"The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers."

Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Celebrity

Challenge, Danger

12

"The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on."

"The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

Challenge, Film, Right

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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?"

"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?"

Hal Linden, American Actor

Challenge, Golf

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"If the challenge to fight was there, I always took it."

"If the challenge to fight was there, I always took it."

Chuck Zito, American Celebrity

Challenge, Fight

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"So it's like starting over again, but I look forward to the challenge."

"So it's like starting over again, but I look forward to the challenge."

Lee Majors, American Actor

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"When you remove the risk, you remove the challenge. When you remove the challenge, you wither on the vine."

"When you remove the risk, you remove the challenge. When you remove the challenge, you wither on the vine."

Alex Lowe, American Athlete

Challenge, Risk

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"Every single book is a challenge."

"Every single book is a challenge."

Nora Roberts, American Author

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"That's really the challenge of this century, to develop spokespeople."

"That's really the challenge of this century, to develop spokespeople."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

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"Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order."

"Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order."

Carl Hubbell, American Athlete

Challenge, Order

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"The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch."

"The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch."

Harry Anderson, American Actor

Challenge, Workers

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"It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact."

"It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

Challenge, Integrity, Privacy

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"Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person."

"Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person."

Leigh Steinberg, American Businessman

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"I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court."

"I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court."

Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian Athlete

Challenge, Court, Present

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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."

"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."

Pope John Paul II, Polish Clergyman

Challenge, Freedom, Man, Nationalism

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"My biggest challenge was to make sure that the songs I did were who I am."

"My biggest challenge was to make sure that the songs I did were who I am."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

Challenge, Songs

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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."

"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."

Richard King, American Director

Challenge, Fact, Will

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"I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster."

"I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster."

Dave Rowntree, English Musician

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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."

"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."

Ron Schiller, American Executive

Challenge, Now, Right

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"The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts. And there was a considerable challenge to that here and understandably so."

"The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts. And there was a considerable challenge to that here and understandably so."

Howard Baker, American Statesman

Challenge, Emotion, Facts, Negotiation

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"To me, Batman is definately Bruce Wayne's darker side. The challenge is playing it as two separate aspects of the same person. I have to create the illusion of a Dark Knight, who's mysterious and strong."

"To me, Batman is definately Bruce Wayne's darker side. The challenge is playing it as two separate aspects of the same person. I have to create the illusion of a Dark Knight, who's mysterious and strong."

Kevin Conroy, American Actor

Challenge, Illusion, Knight

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"I realized I really liked the screen. I knew it was a challenge, but I wasn't afraid of risk."

"I realized I really liked the screen. I knew it was a challenge, but I wasn't afraid of risk."

Tom Selleck, American Actor

Challenge, Risk

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"We were therefore obliged to unload our boats of their cargoes and pass them empty over the falls by means of long cords which we had provided for such purposes."

"We were therefore obliged to unload our boats of their cargoes and pass them empty over the falls by means of long cords which we had provided for such purposes."

William Henry Ashley, American Businessman

Challenge, Boats

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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."

"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."

Paul Ryan, American Politician

Challenge, Country, Crisis, Debt

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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."

"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."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Challenge, Film

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