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"Some people write to please, to soothe, to console. Others to provoke, to challenge, to exasperate and infuriate. I've always found the second approach the more pleasing."
"The time has come to challenge our obsession with doing everything more quickly."
"Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during challenges to national self esteem or nerve, when we agonize about our diminished cosmic place and purpose, or when fanaticism is bubbling up around us - then, habits of thought familiar from ages past reach for the controls."
"I'm doing the 2015 5x50 challenge because ... t’s the most awesome incentive for your daily motivation!"
"Life is based on growth and finding new challenges to face and overcome, new contributions to make to society, and constantly coming to a better understanding of yourself and the universe in which you live."
"Challenges arise to make us aware of our inner purpose."
"I only want to make movies that I believe in, that I care about and that mean something to me. At the end of the day, that's the only reason I'm doing this. Hopefully I can continue to grow and challenge myself to try to do things I've never done before, and make different kinds of movies that still maintain what makes the film my film."
"The flow of writing is always a surprise and a challenge. Click the computer on and I am 17 again, wanting to write and not knowing if I can."
"The potential financial reward for building the 'next Windows' is so great that there will never be a shortage of new technologies seeking to challenge it."
"The idea of explaining why free trade is good, why immigration is good, why the world is so connected, that we need to think in terms of humanity and being generous to each other, you know, that's proving to be a challenge."
"Going into a pregnancy is a really challenging time for a woman, because it's forever-changing, both mentally and physically."
"that Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me"
"Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can be extraordinarily challenging."
"Continually challenge and be willing to amend your best loved ideas."
"Our challenge is to face up heroically to the world as it is and do our very best to make the most of our lives. To strive to live each day with serenity and courage."
"Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge."
"Nearly everything that matters is a challenge, and everything matters."
"If the challenge we face doesn't scare us, then it's probably not that important."
"Time management is a misnomer, the challenge is to manage ourselves."
"A friend of mine once asked how to make it in show business and I said "Be so good that they can't ignore you." She thought I was being flip but it's true. The challenge is trying to live up to the opportunities given me."
