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In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.
Our Cuba policy was a major obstacle to getting things done in the hemisphere and a source of tension around the world.
I need to be in front of my obstacle. I like to have a back dialogue; I like to talk with people; I like to share ideas.
Would-be adoptive parents have to struggle for years through a bureaucratic obstacle course at an average cost of $30,000.
The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
The ego certainly is the biggest obstacle as an artist or performer, so any chance you get to destroy that is really healthy.
Fear is your greatest obstacle - so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then do not make it your master.
The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small, you'll only achieve small things.
It's always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper.
Terrorism tramples upon any rights and freedoms and generates fear and hatred; it is an obstacle to efforts at improving our world.
The biggest obstacle that stalls leaders' growth is the human ego. When leaders start to think they know it all, they stop growing.
I think that they way my parents raised me, they taught me to always follow my dreams and never give up, no matter what the obstacle.
Combating any kind of obstacle is much easier if you know that it's real and not your fault, and it's something you can fight against.
Finding real friends - that's something that was an obstacle for me. And learning how to deal with my problems and talking about them.
There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.
The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture.
I think everyone's got an obstacle in their career that they have to challenge. I think, in a way, that pushes you to prove who you are.
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.
Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming to faith in Christ.
I know there are a lot of kids who aren't lucky enough to have a father figure in their lives. That's a really tough obstacle to overcome.
Bridges represent archetypal problems. They are artifacts that bring you across or around an obstacle. So they have an unbelievable force.
A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.
Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.
It's never about the chemo; it's never about the cancer. It's all about what you're willing to put in to overcome whatever the obstacle is.
The displacement of scripted series by reality programming continues to be a severe obstacle to a working actor's ability to earn a living.
Making a movie is like you're behind the wheel, and you're driving through the obstacle course, and the pedal is down, and you can't brake.
It's an obstacle being a girl when you move all over and don't have half the things you need. It's like everything is wrinkled in your life.
My biggest obstacle is trying to keep the music pure to what I want to release. I don't want any corporate suit telling me what story to tell.
Every new rule, mandate, and regulatory edict is one more obstacle that small business owners, entrepreneurs, and job creators have to swallow.
The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.
Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
For the rich and powerful, pregnancy might not be an obstacle - it might even help one's career. But for the rest of us, it remains a hindrance.
The Internet removed geography as a significant obstacle that formerly prevented out-of-the-way places from being active players in the New Economy.
Lebanon can choose to be either a partner in ridding the scourge of terrorism or another obstacle that cows to the most radical elements of society.
An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.
The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting.
Any time there's a wedge or a secret put between two people in a group, it's an obstacle - but there's also a chance to get over it and become closer.
So I think we need to set up an 'American Ninja Warrior' obstacle course at the border and whoever can make it - you can't fake it - they get through.
I got to work with Nia Jax when she just started, and that's just a whole other obstacle: like, I've never been in the ring with someone like her before.
I learned to love who I am despite what anyone would say about or to me. This gave me the courage to really stand up to anyone or any obstacle in my life.
Thus in Christianity the alienation had become total, and it was this total alienation that was the biggest obstacle to the progress of self-consciousness.
If we want our regulators to do better, we have to embrace a simple idea: regulation isn't an obstacle to thriving free markets; it's a vital part of them.
Overcome obstacles one at a time: Sometimes the end goal becomes too daunting, so take things one step at a time and overcome each obstacle as you get to it.
Turing was fearless. He's extremely direct, which can be seen as socially awkward, and that becomes both his big obstacle but also, in many ways, his strength.
'Upside Down' is a fantasy love story. It's about love at first sight - when you just fall in love instantly and will battle any obstacle to be with that girl.
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
I really never saw an obstacle for me in taking leadership positions because, in a very ridiculous way, I thought, 'If Mary Robinson can do it then why can't I?'
But when you meet with the enemy and genuinely try to understand his or her perspective, you lose the enemy as a political tool. And that's the eternal obstacle.