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Related BARBARA SHER I've definitely been asked about some of the characters. These characters are composites. In general... DAVE GARDNER SUNDAY ADELAJA RIDLEY SCOTT JAMES BALDWIN We are driving towards trans-Atlantic unity. We are against a conflict with the United States, ALEKSANDER KWASNIEWSKI This event is geared towards single professionals. They are under too much pressure and have little ... GAO QUAN FRANKLIN P. ADAMS HERODOTUS AMIT RAY Our customers, system, and shareholders are best served when we direct our focus and energy towards ... STEVE EASTERBROOK Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive
to the least powerful in our society. SENATOR PAUL SIMON Wolverine is one of the best characters ever created in fiction. I blew it by not coming up with the... STAN LEE This is not something made up, like in a science-fiction movie. We have confidence that these result... JOAN CENTRELLA There are always going to be obstacles, and that's true in the healing journey too. But we can tear ... CATHY GIPSON ALEKSANDAR HEMON ORSON SCOTT CARD TOM STOPPARD I just think that the approach here - it's true throughout the whole university - is geared toward p... LOIS KANTER WALLACE STEVENS WALLACE STEVENS OSHO ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We're at our best when Keith and Mick (are/aren't) getting along, ... As songwriters, they seem to b... RONNIE WOOD Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict. WAYNE ALLARD In day to day life, there are many problems to solve, there are many lessons to learn, there are man... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA ISAK DINESEN What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do. PAT BARKER GEORGE R. R. MARTIN The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone else's lif... KATHERINE PATTERSON MARC JACOBS PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict. GEORGE BLAGDEN Some of the computer-based predictions are not true in real life, despite our best efforts. The park... STUART SMITH Our attitude towards life are true reflections of our parental values . PAUL E. EHIMEN Everything that I do in my life is geared towards my kids and their survival and giving them the bes... DWIGHT HENRY Saturday morning is geared more towards produce. LIZ NICHOLS ERIC HOFFER ERIC HOFFER GEORGE HARRISON ROBERT MCKEE No doubt about it, facing Jackson is a tough test at the beginning of our season, ... But we're read... JOE REYNOLDS Never hurt yourself by inner conflict. Be true to yourself. Your transparency towards self will neve... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA SIMONE WEIL SIMONE WEIL ABRAHAM MASLOW ORISON SWETT MARDEN ORISON SWETT MARDEN FREDERICK FARRAR Our opponents maintain that we are confronted with insurmountable political obstacles, but that may ... THEODOR HERZL Investment banking fees are geared towards success. JOHN WILLIAMS PAUL PRUDHOMME This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them. T. C. BOYLE BARBARA SHER After we lost to Stevens, we took a look at the things we were doing at that time. They exploited a ... BRIAN NORBERG It is so fascinating that when after a hard stressful day we calm our mind and release the stress fr... GARY F EVANS... KATHERINE ANNE PORTER KATHERINE ANNE PORTER WARREN BENNIS In this life we are all here to learn something,we are here to learn about the A,B,C Of life. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) WILLIAM FAULKNER BUDDHA The time we enjoy wasting is usually a good indicator of our real values… The best things in life ... HAROLD J. DUARTE-BERNHARDT SARAH MACLEAN GERALD CHERTAVIAN ALAN MOORE MARGARET ATWOOD I just think it tells us a lot about the culture here, which is that it's absolutely geared towards ... CHRISTOPHER YOUNG LAINI TAYLOR They're arguably a top-five team in the state. They have two of the best big girls (Wilson and Emile... ANDY JADOS Simply put, female friendships face more obstacles because they often involve more emotion, more exp... APRIL MASINI BETHANY HAMILTON The show is geared towards people with a sense of humor. DANNY LIBERTO His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING ANNE RICE STACIA KANE JULIA GLASS One of the things we often forget about gangster rappers is they are kids coming up from the real un... THOMAS DEFRANTZ Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER Our aim had always been to put out our best side in this match against the Bulldogs. IVAN CLEARY We are working to calm the tension. We think this is a conflict that began outside of school since i... BILL CAMPBELL GERALD G. JAMPOLSKY The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls. GERALD JAMPOLSKY The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our
controls. GERALD G JAMPOLSKY In America, the stories we tell ourselves and we tell each other in fiction have to do with individu... ADAM JOHNSON YAEL NAIM When we look at life through the eyes of Jesus Christ, it is absolutely impossible to see any obstac... FELIX WANTANG MIMI NOVIC RUFUS WAINWRIGHT C. JOYBELL C. FRANZ LISZT This government can get things done when we put our minds to it. The real goal is that we institutio... ADRIAN M. FENTY Greeks have always been very confident, very strong people. That is - that is our real, I guess, ben... PAVLOS, CROWN PRINCE OF GREECE DAVID FOSTER WALLACE IMTIAZ ALI ETHEL MERMAN JOSIAH ROYCE JOHN PODHORETZ DYLAN MORAN ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
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TED STEVENS I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me. TED STEVENS I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nation's intelligence community. TED STEVENS There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there... TED STEVENS People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget. TED STEVENS I rise today to discuss the National Intelligence Reform bill. I commend my colleagues in both House... TED STEVENS I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best ... TED STEVENS CAT STEVENS RACHEL STEVENS I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on... 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FISHER STEVENS I used to be more of a wild kid. But I've slowed down. FISHER STEVENS And TV is not the easiest place to be dangerous or on the edge. Especially on a Saturday night. FISHER STEVENS Unfortunately, the public might not know that we get a script usually two days before shooting. So s... FISHER STEVENS But basically what I like are the possibilities, and the fantasy element of the show. Not science fa... FISHER STEVENS I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist. FISHER STEVENS But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life. FISHER STEVENS Well, I just wanted to be a person. I just wanted them to keep writing me as humanistic as possible. FISHER STEVENS It got a little boring I guess, playing the same note over and over. FISHER STEVENS But did I think it would last more than 13 episodes at the time? No, I didn't think that. I neve... FISHER STEVENS I'm really obsessed with the past. 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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't. 
There are no insurmountable obstacles 
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Spirituality is keeping the spirit up against all odds and obstacles of life. 
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Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. 
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The genuine artist is never ''true to life'.' He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware... 
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I like characters. I like spirited characters whether they exist in fiction or real life. Whether th... 
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It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. 
It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities 
That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can Get f... 
Nothing moves forward in a story except through conflict. Writers who cannot grasp this truth, the t... 
Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life 
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life. 
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our min... 
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our min... 
There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is not to
be true to the best we k... 
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't. But you can't tell the difference when you... 
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The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even more, one's own, for ... 
Leaders learn by leading, and they learn best by leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes... 
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It's easy to look at the things of this world to solve our challenges and obstacles in life, but... 
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Life is a game and true love is a trophy. 
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When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales. 
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