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Challenge Quotes

"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

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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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"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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"We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet."

"We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet."

William O. Douglas, American Judge

Challenge, Quiet, Word

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"To do the Ozzfest again would be great. I'd like to finish with a final Sabbath album. You always feel that it is still a challenge."

"To do the Ozzfest again would be great. I'd like to finish with a final Sabbath album. You always feel that it is still a challenge."

Geezer Butler, English Musician

Challenge, Sabbath

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"I'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge."

"I'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

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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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"And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge."

"And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge."

Andrea Martin, Canadian Actor

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"I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge."

"I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge."

Sarah Polley, Canadian Actress

Challenge, Open

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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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"Every single book is a challenge."

"Every single book is a challenge."

Nora Roberts, American Author

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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!"

"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!"

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

Challenge, Past, Question, Tomorrow

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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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"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned."

"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned."

Antonio Gramsci, Italian Politician

Challenge, Modernity

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"There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation."

"There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation."

Kingman Brewster, Jr., American Educator

Challenge, Expectation, Satisfaction

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"There's a challenge to playing these fantasy figures because they are fantasy figures. You have to enter into this sort of imaginative world of the writer."

"There's a challenge to playing these fantasy figures because they are fantasy figures. You have to enter into this sort of imaginative world of the writer."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

Challenge, Fantasy, World, Writer

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"There can be no possible question that cold is felt much more keenly in the thin air of nineteen thousand feet than it is below."

"There can be no possible question that cold is felt much more keenly in the thin air of nineteen thousand feet than it is below."

Hudson Stuck, English Explorer

Challenge, Feet, Question

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"Perhaps first and foremost is the challenge of taking what I find as a reader and making it into a poem that, primarily, has to be a plausible poem in English."

"Perhaps first and foremost is the challenge of taking what I find as a reader and making it into a poem that, primarily, has to be a plausible poem in English."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Challenge, English, First

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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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"I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider."

"I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider."

Davy Jones, English Musician

Challenge, Years

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"The challenge to me as a director was for the audience to see the film as going on in a straight line, so that they did not sense all of these break-ups. I did not want a film to be a collage of all these images."

"The challenge to me as a director was for the audience to see the film as going on in a straight line, so that they did not sense all of these break-ups. I did not want a film to be a collage of all these images."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

Challenge, Film, Sense, Want

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"The moment you try working on what appears difficult to you, you will start noticing it's loopholes that you can breakthrough."

"The moment you try working on what appears difficult to you, you will start noticing it's loopholes that you can breakthrough."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Challenge, Growth, Success, Obstacles

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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."

"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."

John Thorn, American Historian

Challenge, Community, Pride, Strangers

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"To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge."

"To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

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"The Masters is going to be an awesome challenge."

"The Masters is going to be an awesome challenge."

Nigel Mansell, British Athlete

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"I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by."

"I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by."

Andre Agassi, American Athlete

Challenge, Obstacles, Overcoming

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"I've never presented. The logistics of that is a challenge."

"I've never presented. The logistics of that is a challenge."

Michael Ritchie, American Director

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"AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching."

"AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching."

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African Leader

Challenge, Country, Disaster

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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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"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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"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."

"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."

Gale Norton, American Public Servant

Challenge, Environment, Needs, Trying

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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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"If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it."

"If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it."

Joel Coen, American Director

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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."

"The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

Challenge, Film, Moments

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"The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget."

"The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

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"And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge."

"And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge."

Richard Branson, British Businessman

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"I think the biggest challenge for Somalia has been the sense that it is a hopeless case of incomprehensible internal conflicts and there is nothing we can do."

"I think the biggest challenge for Somalia has been the sense that it is a hopeless case of incomprehensible internal conflicts and there is nothing we can do."

Jan Egeland, Norwegian Public Servant

Challenge, Nothing, Sense

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"It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself."

"It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself."

Lynn Abbey, American Author

Challenge, Now, Years

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"In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because the politicians who controlled housing were doing so in a very discriminatory fashion."

"In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because the politicians who controlled housing were doing so in a very discriminatory fashion."

John Hume, Irish Politician

Challenge, Class, Fashion, Living, Politicians

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"The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions."

"The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions."

John Barton, Canadian Poet

Challenge, Reading

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"Anytime you play a finalist it's going to be a challenge."

"Anytime you play a finalist it's going to be a challenge."

Steve Nash, Canadian Athlete

Challenge, Play

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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."

"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."

Richard Krajicek, Dutch Athlete

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"Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them."

"Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

Challenge, Struggle, Life, Events, Emotion

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"If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge."

"If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge."

James S. Coleman, American Sociologist

Challenge, Culture

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"There's no such thing as a perfect guy. I think it would be strange if somebody was absolutely everything you always wanted, because then there'd be no challenge. Also, you'd feel inferior."

"There's no such thing as a perfect guy. I think it would be strange if somebody was absolutely everything you always wanted, because then there'd be no challenge. Also, you'd feel inferior."

Jessica Alba, American Actress

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"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."

"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

Challenge, Effort, Journey, Persistence, Observation

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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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"Differences challenge assumptions."

"Differences challenge assumptions."

Anne Wilson Schaef, American Psychologist

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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."

"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."

Charlie Watts, British Musician

Challenge, Years

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"Part of the challenge of Most Wanted is trying to become the most notorious street racer on the pavement."

"Part of the challenge of Most Wanted is trying to become the most notorious street racer on the pavement."

Josie Maran, American Model

Challenge, Trying

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