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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.
Sometimes women entrepreneurs are their own challenge, [in terms of] believing in themselves. There is no need to apologise for being ambitious.
I think it will be very challenging for someone who has not been in prominent public life in the age of Twitter to go out on the campaign trail.
Taking baths in Africa was a real challenge at times. I got real dirty, and sometimes I stayed like that for 2 days. That was pretty hard going.
Nothing - I mean nothing - and no-one - I mean no-one - will stop me going through to the end, and trying to be ready for the challenge of 2007.
The criticism is that it's too simple, but my feeling is it's more of a challenge making someone feel an emotion in four notes than in 25 notes.
You face challenges in your personal life and in your professional life. I continue to be relentlessly optimistic and not focus on the negative.
As a reader I like both great characterization and fast moving plots. The challenge is to balance the both and not compromise one for the other.
I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think I'm very supportive.
Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.
The challenge is to develop visions, strategies, design and innovation, not just for surviving but for thriving in this new globalising society.
You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.
Be fearless in trying new things, whether they are physical, mental, or emotional, since being afraid can challenge you to go to the next level.
Challenging is good, like good conversation, yes? Who wants to have dinner with the same old easy listening music sounding friends all the time?
Every man stamps his value on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us by others. -Man is made great or little by his own will.
I'm a traditional country singer and we're always trying to make that a fresh and modern sound. That's always going to be the challenge with me.
When you play by the rules, defy mental demons, overcome every challenge, and enjoy a walk in the country at the same time - that's being alive.
A lot of [bureaucratic] rules were created a long time ago when there were different challenges, and they are now causing negative side effects.
The challenges we've had personally and globally have been the catalysts needed to let go of old ways of being that aren't the vibration of love.
Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.
When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.
Internally, you experience rowing as a graphic microcosm of life - solitude, learning, work, rest, nourishment, sharing and ultimately challenge.
Everyone's a different person when they're younger. You evolve as a human being with knowledge and attitude and challenges and obstacles in life.
I'm talking about intellectually and emotionally challenging, but at the same time it's actually not that challenging. So there's this dichotomy.
If you have a pre-conceived idea of the world, you edit information. When it leads you down a certain road, you don't challenge your own beliefs.
You always want to challenge yourself and work with people you respect. You can't always go by genres, but it's always fun to challenge yourself.
Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear.
Sometimes as an artist when things come easy to you, you look for other avenues that are more challenging to you and you try to walk those lanes.
And why not?” “You know why! This is a bad idea.” “Perhaps I like a challenge.” “Perhaps you’re a glutton for punishment!” “Perhaps I am in love.
Taking significant amounts of carbon out of our economy without harming its vibrancy is exactly the sort of challenge at which California excels.
I'm the type of person where, A., I look at things as challenges, I like challenges and, B., I truly believe that you determine your own destiny.
I could go off into the wilderness and write fantasy novels for the rest of my life and probably be happy; but I always want to challenge myself.
Everyone has huge creative capacities. The challenge is to develop them. A culture of creativity has to involve everybody, not just a select few.
We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world... learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.
One of the ultimate challenges for biology is to understand the brain's processing of unconscious and conscious perception, emotion, and empathy.
Painters tend to ignore the challenges and thrills that sculptors enjoy daily - volume... like the perfect, imperfect voluminous oval of the egg.
I'm a tek addict myself. No matter where you are, people are looking for something to tear them away from reality, challenge their state of mind.
Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.
My parents insisted that we should always be respectful, never forget where we come from and that we are part of the challenges facing our people
I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.
This is probably one of the most difficult challenges any parent could face - learning to love the other parent enough to make the children first.
We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right. The challenge is figuring out which is which.
During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events.
My personal interest in ordinary people is unlimited, but I am fascinated by the challenge of portraying true greatness adequately with my camera.
A smooth lecture... may be pleasant; a good teacher challenges, asks, irritates and maintains high standards - all that is generally not pleasant.
I only have one why, and my challenge is to make sure the things I say and the things I do remain consistent for as often and as long as possible.
Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.
We need to recognize the incredible challenges that so many parents face, especially working moms. We need to join the rest of the advanced world.
For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda.
There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers