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Challenge Quotes

"It was a challenge to my teammates to help me."

"It was a challenge to my teammates to help me."

Wilt Chamberlain, American Athlete

Challenge, Help

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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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"So I regard my part in Genevieve as a real challenge."

"So I regard my part in Genevieve as a real challenge."

Dinah Sheridan, English Actress

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"The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities."

"The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities."

Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher

Challenge, Difficulties, Existence, Order

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"I used to not back down from a challenge."

"I used to not back down from a challenge."

Elizabeth Moon, American Author

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"We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule. I told them it's just another challenge, let's go after it."

"We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule. I told them it's just another challenge, let's go after it."

Dick Butkus, American Athlete

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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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"We all start in this medium because of the magic and the challenge is to keep it going."

"We all start in this medium because of the magic and the challenge is to keep it going."

John Sexton, American Educator

Challenge, Magic

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"The biggest challenge has been simulating a tornado with wind machines and dirt and debris. Right when you walk on the set, you feel the energy of a tornado. But the hardest thing is trying to get dialogue out in all of that."

"The biggest challenge has been simulating a tornado with wind machines and dirt and debris. Right when you walk on the set, you feel the energy of a tornado. But the hardest thing is trying to get dialogue out in all of that."

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American Actor

Challenge, Energy, Machines, Right

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"I have always liked a challenge."

"I have always liked a challenge."

Damon Hill, British Athlete

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"But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens."

"But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens."

David Brin, American Author

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"No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should've done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?"

"No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should've done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?"

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Challenge, Day, Disappointment

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"The greatest grand challenge for any scientist is discovering how to prevent the spread of HIV and finding the cure or an effective vaccine for AIDS."

"The greatest grand challenge for any scientist is discovering how to prevent the spread of HIV and finding the cure or an effective vaccine for AIDS."

Philip Emeagwali, Nigerian Scientist

Challenge, Cure

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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."

"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."

Jeanne Kohl Welles, American Politician

Challenge, Washington, Workers, Writing

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"Impulses are hard to come by these days."

"Impulses are hard to come by these days."

Jack Levine, American Artist

Challenge, Impulses

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"The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why."

"The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why."

Brian Setzer, American Musician

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"The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge."

"The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge."

John Corigliano, American Composer

Challenge, Composers, Film, Projects

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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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"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting."

"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

Challenge, Film

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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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"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."

"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."

John Zorn, American Composer

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"In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper."

"In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper."

Wellington Mara, American Businessman

Challenge, Trying

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"But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways that will equip Europe to meet that challenge and create confidence amongst the public."

"But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways that will equip Europe to meet that challenge and create confidence amongst the public."

John Hutton, English Educator

Challenge, Confidence, Economy, Europe

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"I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important."

"I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important."

Jeffery Deaver, American Writer

Challenge, Meaning, Writing

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"I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation."

"I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation."

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

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"I'd like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It's part of the hand you're dealt. It's a challenge-and I'm not atypical."

"I'd like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It's part of the hand you're dealt. It's a challenge-and I'm not atypical."

Barbara Feldon, American Actress

Challenge, Man, Will

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"Whatever the medium, there is the difficulty, challenge, fascination and often productive clumsiness of learning a new method: the wonderful puzzles and problems of translating with new materials."

"Whatever the medium, there is the difficulty, challenge, fascination and often productive clumsiness of learning a new method: the wonderful puzzles and problems of translating with new materials."

Helen Frankenthaler, American Artist

Challenge, Difficulty, Learning, Problems

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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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"If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me."

"If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me."

Ed Harris, American Actor

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"It is a challenge to have your launch date slip continuously."

"It is a challenge to have your launch date slip continuously."

Marc Garneau, Canadian Astronaut

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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."

"South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge."

Tom Peters, American Businessman

Challenge, Tools

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"I think the tougher the challenge the better."

"I think the tougher the challenge the better."

Jim Otto, American Athlete

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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."

"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."

John W. Thompson, American Businessman

Challenge, Discovery, Exploitation, Months

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"Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays."

"Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays."

John Clayton, American Journalist

Challenge, Holidays

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"When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city."

"When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city."

Harry Mathews, American Author

Challenge, Paris

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"Do I hear a challenge? she whispers, 'Oh, Carlos. You know I can't resist a challenge."

"Do I hear a challenge? she whispers, 'Oh, Carlos. You know I can't resist a challenge."

Simone Elkeles, American Author

Challenge, Desire, Playfulness, Competition, Romance

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"My challenge was even greater as a journalist, because this was happening in my own backyard."

"My challenge was even greater as a journalist, because this was happening in my own backyard."

Paula Zahn, American Journalist

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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."

"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."

Alberto Salazar, Cuban Athlete

Challenge, Competition, Disappointments, First

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"I never dislike anyone that I am in competition with. I welcome the challenge. Besides, I get along with just about everyone."

"I never dislike anyone that I am in competition with. I welcome the challenge. Besides, I get along with just about everyone."

Dante Hall, American Athlete

Challenge, Competition

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"Not knowing it was hard, knowing it was harder."

"Not knowing it was hard, knowing it was harder."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Challenge, Difficulty, Knowledge, Hardship, Learning

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"Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty."

"Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty."

William Bennett, American Politician

Challenge, Difficulty, Trying, Will

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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."

"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."

Robert Rodriguez, American Director

Challenge, Want, Worth

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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."

"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."

Humphrey Lyttelton, British Musician

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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."

"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."

Amy Smart, American Actress

Challenge, Want

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"We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation."

"We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation."

Roy Barnes, American Politician

Challenge, Duty, Fight, Job

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"Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge."

"Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge."

Richard E. Grant, British Actor

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"Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume."

"Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Challenge, Fashion, Night

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"I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge."

"I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge."

Joseph Fiennes, British Actor

Challenge, Limitations

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"I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting."

"I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting."

Julie Taymor, American Director

Challenge, Risk

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"I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous."

"I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous."

Anne Perry, British Novelist

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