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“I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the answer that fits them.”

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Author:Diego Luna

“I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene.”

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Author:Bob Odenkirk

“I encourage all of you to seek out teachers and mentors that challenge you to think for yourself and guide you to find your own voice.”

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Author:Renee Olstead

“I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do.”

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Author:Sandra Oh

“My topics are timely. When an event is happening is when I want to be there... I think it is our duty to challenge the status quo.”

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Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

“I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a challenge and I really like doing things that are different because if I had to do the same thing all the time, then I don't think I would be an actor.”

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Author:Vanessa Lengies

“I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think it's possible. I think that men like women. It doesn't really matter what they do - they love anything. But women don't necessarily like every woman, so I think that's a challenge to get the female audience to not only relate to you but also like you.”

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Author:Maggie Q

“I think that whenever a book is not a challenge, I'm telling the wrong story.”

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Author:Maggie Stiefvater

“Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun.”

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Author:James Franco

“I think the most challenging part of being a performer is just making sure that people know that when you get up there every night, it's unique and that you care.”

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Author:Kate Voegele

“I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.”

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Author:Laura Wilkinson

“I ran the L.A. marathon and really loved the experience. Communal and wild and a gigantic challenge. Finishing that marathon means I can do more than I think. I think.”

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Author:Michael Weatherly

“Looking back at my earlier pictures, I think that the work is very much coming from the same place. I have gone through a period of challenging myself with a complicated idea to currently challenging myself with the idea of simplicity.”

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Author:Tim Walker

“Innovations, free thinking is blowing like a storm; those that stand in front of it, ignorant scholars like you, false scientists, perverse conservatives, obstinate goats, resisting mules are being crushed under the weight of these innovations. You are nothing but ants standing in front of the giants; nothing but chicks trying to challenge roaring volcanoes!”

“Man is flawed; universe is imperfect; the functioning of the cosmos is defective! Everything seems to be severely punished by the imperfection! May be the real challenge of men is to correct all these flaws! It is possible to think that God is an evolutionary perfectionist! He creates things as unimportant and faulty; then let them all alone and fateless to evolve to perfection!”

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Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys - and the challenges - of marriage to anyone. Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.”

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Author:Al Franken

“I would love to close my eyes and see myself with my girlfriend when we're 99 years old and I have a pipe and she's knitting a sweater, and I hope that's the way it goes. I think it's a challenge every day.”

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Author:Chris Messina

“When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.”

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Book:Man's Search for Meaning

Source: Man's Search for Meaning

“I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But I have to get the right project. I don't think it's so important to go to Hollywood. All that trash that comes out of there! I don't want to do that.”

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Author:Zhang Ziyi

“Everybody talks about the entitlement generation. There is no time I'd rather live in than now, and there is no generation I would more entrust the future of this country to than this one. There is a tendency to live in a nostalgic state in this country, and to think that other generations possessed an integrity and a tenacity greater than the generation that is now. I wholeheartedly disagree with that. I believe that this is a group that will rise up to any challenge that comes before them as well as any other generation in America would have done.”

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Author:Jon Stewart

“I don't think I'd be happy if I were satisfied. I enjoy challenge, and I wouldn't say that I'm an ambitious person career-wise or financially, really. I would like to travel more comfortably, but that's really about all I need.”

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Author:Jason Isbell

“The challenge to writers today, I think, is not to disown any part of our heritage. Whatever our theme in writing, it is old and tried. Whatever our place, it has been visited by the stranger, it will never be new again. It is only the vision that can be new; but that is enough.”

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Author:Eudora Welty

“I think you're always trying to challenge yourself to do new things and not repeat yourself.”

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Author:David Hornsby

“Remember that nearly all extraordinary accomplishments began by overcoming a series of challenges that discourage and tempt us to quit, before we succeed. Those that maintain faith, stay committed, follow through and keep moving forward are the few that achieve everything they want in life. Be one of the few.”

“'Why do you think it is...', I asked Dr. Cook ... 'that brain surgery, above all else-even rocket science-gets singled out as the most challenging of human feats, the one demanding the utmost of human intelligence?' [Dr. Cook answered,] 'No margin for error.'”

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Author:Michael J. Fox

“No one has actually gone further than The Sex Pistols, I don't think, in that cultural music arena. They still challenge people.”

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Author:Julien Temple

“I think that's why I play tennis, because of the challenge, because of the competition, .. That's why we love to play tiebreaker in the third set. It makes it more exciting, and the bigger support in the stand, and more fans involved in it. I really enjoyed the competition and took a lot of hard work to make myself No. 1 at 18 years old.”

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Author:Maria Sharapova

“I think this is one of the major challenges that we face in the U.S. The major incidents in the U.S. have not conformed to our stereotype of an established terror organization attacking a major iconic landmark.”

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Author:Bruce Hoffman

“Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'”

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Author:Randy Pausch

“That's why I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete. I think that's one of Apple's challenges, really. When two young people walk in with the next thing, are we going to embrace it and say this is fantastic? Are you going to be willing to drop our models, or are we going to explain it away? I think we'll do better, because we're completely aware of it and we make it a priority.”

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Author:Steve Jobs

“I think when people say they dread going into work on Monday morning, it's because they know they are leaving a piece of themselves at home. Why not see what happens when you challenge your employees to bring all of their talents to their job and reward them not for doing it just like everyone else, but for pushing the envelope, being adventurous, creative, and open-minded, and trying new things?”

Source: Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

“I think a good director can embrace any genre and it's the kind of thing where you always want to do something different. You always want to challenge yourself.”

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Author:David Ayer

“Positive action generates positive thinking, not the other way around. Positive action is a choice, one that can be challenging, especially for people who've experienced much suffering and pain in their lives - but it's still a choice.”

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Author:Lauren Mackler

“I've been told I have the biggest ego in the world and that it manifests itself when you come to me and say, 'I don't like this' or 'I want a change'... and that I relish that because my ego's so big I think I can solve whatever you throw at me and make it even better. I enjoy the interaction and the challenge.”

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Author:Frank Gehry

“Bob Beaudine challenges you to think differently. His unique approach to life and business has helped elevate many careers.”

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Author:Roger Goodell

“The challenging part is in the beginning; its a leap of faith. But I think the most important thing is to just do it. Start.”

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Author:Tom Szaky

“I think we need an American jobs agenda for the climate challenge which means American renewable grid, more renewable energy.”

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Author:Martin O'Malley

“What makes things exciting in life is to overcome your challenges and get creative and think outside of the box.”

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Author:Courteney Cox

“The most challenging project I've ever done, I think, is every single thing I've ever tried to do. It's never easy.”

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Author:Paul Auster

“I enjoy a challenge or provocation, something to think about, to talk about after it's done.”

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Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“There's a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody. There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea. Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don't work creatively for me.”

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Author:Al Yankovic

“I think the silence would be good with me, and not interacting with people would be okay. But not being able to move outside of the space would be hard. Not being able to walk around - the stillness of my body, physically - that would be the challenge.”

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Author:Madonna Ciccone

“I know very well that because I am unlettered some presumptuous people will think they have the right to criticize me, saying that I am an uncultured man. What stupid fools! Do they not know that I could reply to them as Marius did to the Roman patricians: "Do those who pride themselves on the works of other men claim to challenge mine?”

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Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I've learned that lesson twice now. The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.”

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Author:Abbie Hoffman

“I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.”

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Author:Neil Armstrong

“This is the eighth game in the series and when we work on a Mario Kart title, we work on courses and we create them and then we work on them again, and again, and again, and we revise until we come up with something that we think is going to be fun for everyone to play over and over again. So we have a lot of confidence in our ability to do so, but we understand what a tough challenge it is to create those courses.”

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Author:Hideki Konno

“I think that makeup can be challenging, especially when you are younger.”

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Author:Lauren Conrad

“For me, I look at the faces of my kids and I think about the future that is going to await them and whether they're going to not just have the financial resources to be prepared for the challenge, but whether they're going to have the strength and the stamina to live healthier, longer lives so that they can see their kids and grandkids. That's the legacy I hope to see, and it can have nothing to do with me and I'd be perfectly happy.”

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Author:Michelle Obama

“I think everyone around the world knows the tools are there in England's armoury to do well in a World Cup. The challenge is to go out there and prove it.”

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Author:Steven Gerrard

“If we think that we can secure our country by just talking tough without acting tough and smart, then we will misunderstand this moment and miss its opportunities. If we think that we can use the same partisan playbook where we just challenge our opponent's patriotism to win an election, then the American people will lose. The times are too serious for this kind of politics.”

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Author:Barack Obama

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