“Everyday on the bike is a different day. Just when you think your on top, you find yourself towards the back of the pack. It is probably the hardest sport I ever done it continues to be challenging and different.” ThinkingDifferentDoneSportsChallengesEverydayHardestFinding YourselfPacksBikeDifferent Day Author:Robin Farina
“Every director is different and they all have different styles. I've worked with directors who were very specific and they gave a lot of direction. The one thing about Michael [Haneke]that I think is interesting is that he really has a reason for everything he's asking you. If you challenge it, he is open for discussion but he has a clear idea of what he wants with reasons why.” IfsThinkingWantIdeasDifferentReasonChallengesInterestingClearOne ThingStyleDirectorsAskingReason WhyDiscussionDifferent StylesReason For Everything Author:Michael Pitt
“David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to say that he thinks I'm being overly generous. He points out that, for years, there used to be an "all-star challenge" on television, in which the best professional athletes from a variety of sports competed in a kind of makeshift decathlon.” ThinkingYearsKindBookUsedStarsSportsChallengesMemoriesTelevisionAthleteUsed To BeVarietyGenerousGenesAthleticsProfessional AthleteAll StarsDecathlon Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“When people are courting, many of them think that when they get married, that's it, and everything will be on Easy Street. But you really have to work even harder once you're married, because the challenges are that much greater.” PeopleThinkingEasyChallengesGreaterStreetsMarriedHarderEasy Street Author:Morris Chestnut
“One thing that happens often times in family life is that people think maybe the challenge you are having with a child when they are a teenager or even in adolescence that this is going to go on forever and it doesn't. They get to their 20s, they change dramatically in their 20s. So sometimes it's just holding on for the ride, and just being there and holding on for the ride.” PeopleThinkingChildrenSometimesHappensLife IsChallengesForeverOne ThingGoes OnTeenagerJust BeingAdolescenceFamily LifeHolding OnBeing ThereJust Being There Author:Michele Bachmann
“I think probably the most difficult challenge was just the climb and rise in show business because I went through my entire twenties with some success as a comedy writer but not much as a performer. And you have to be kind of informed and naive at the same time.” ThinkingKindShowsDifficultChallengesComedyTwentiesClimbsBe KindPerformersNaiveShow BusinessDifficult Challenges Author:Steve Martin
“I'm kind of interested in learning to learn and grow and challenge myself. I think I've been very fortunate in that my books are pretty different from one novel to the next. There's a lot of things that are similar but in terms of tone and the scale and how they interact with history and just the different styles as well.” ThinkingWellsKindBookDifferentNextGrowsTermChallengesNovelStyleScalesFortunateToneDifferent Styles Author:Joe Meno
“I think my biggest problem, though, at least in drafts, is not repeating myself. After eight books I get worried that a character or piece of dialog might be too much like something I've already done. So it's a challenge to keep it fresh.” ThinkingBookDoneCharacterProblemMightChallengesToo MuchPiecesEightWorriedLike Something Author:Sarah Dessen
“I see young people being dismissed for supposedly wanting only "stupid" and "easy" material, or that they don't have an attention span longer than three minutes. I disagree with all those statements; I just think they aren't true. I'm saying that our generation wants stuff that is substantial and challenging, as well as thoughtful and endearing. Well, I don't know if I'm doing that, but I'm trying.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsYoungThreeEasyStuffChallengesAttentionGenerationsMinutesStupidMaterialsStatementsThoughtfulDisagreeOur GenerationAttention SpanEndearing Author:Bo Burnham
“You have to engage with people who are different from you and try to work with their thinking and their mind. That's a real challenge.” PeopleThinkingTryingMindDifferentRealChallenges Author:Jeanette Winterson
“We really didn't devote a lot of time to investigating the scariest aspects of our flight. It was more challenging and productive to concentrate on the remedies, and leave things that couldn't be solved to happen without thinking about them. There is a morbid human curiosity associated with tragic death-producing events. Though naturally, this needs to be kept in perspective.” ThinkingNeedsHumansHappensChallengesEventsPerspectiveAspectCuriosityFlightProductiveTragicRemedyMorbidInvestigating Author:Buzz Aldrin
“I think doing different accents is part of the job of acting, really. It's something else that I quite enjoy the challenge of, to be honest.” ThinkingDifferentJobsEnjoyChallengesActingHonestBeing HonestAccents Author:David Tennant
“I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It was really interesting to think of how different Asian and Western cultures are as a result of the kinds of agricultural practices that our ancestors used for thousands of years. The life of a Chinese peasant in the Middle Ages was so dramatically different from the life of a European peasant - night and day different.” ThinkingWritingYearsKindBookDifferentFeelingsAgeUsedNightCultureChallengesMy OwnInterestingResultsPracticeMiddleTheoryWesternChineseAncestorSurprisingAsianFarmingMiddle AgesRicePeasantsReally InterestingWestern Culture Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“The challenge has always been to wrest emotion out of a [doll's] face that we think of as only having one emotion. It's moving a light, moving my camera; it's just this mental investment that I make, and suddenly, everything changes. Parenthetically, I have to say, I don't particularly like dolls, nor have I ever liked them. That's something I really wanted to get out there right away.” ThinkingLightWantedFacesMovingChallengesEmotionCamerasInvestmentThings ChangeDolls Author:Laurie Simmons
“I think people are drawn to characters that break the rules. I think there is something about a good person doing bad things for what they consider to be a good reason. Then the battle is on to almost prove to the audience that it's justified. How far can you go with that? How far can that character go before people won't accept it? Trying to walk to edge of that line is a challenge.” PeopleThinkingTryingPersonsReasonCharacterChallengesLinesWalksAcceptingBreakAudienceBattleProveEdgesBad ThingsJustifiedGood Person Author:Steven Knight
“I think it's important to make art that is not that easily absorbable, that is a challenge to the authorities.” ThinkingArtImportantChallengesAuthority Author:Lisa Yuskavage
“We [people] have a teacher! The teacher is ourselves! We already know everything we need to know - our challenge is to discover that we know it. Turning to gurus, I think, we become guru-dependent, no different from drug-dependent, alcohol-dependent - needing an outside force to control our lives.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsDifferentForceChallengesTeacherOur LivesDrugAlcoholDependentGuru Author:Richard Bach
“I lived in great poverty as a child and young woman, and I used to think of money and how to make money as a means to get away from the constant struggle to survive - as freedom. Now I know it isn't freedom. It's not a solution, but a new problem. It comes with its own challenges and tremendous obligations.” ThinkingKnowsMeanChildrenProblemYoungUsedChallengesPovertyStruggleSolutionsConstantObligationMaking MoneyGet AwayYoung WomenConstant Struggle Author:Leslie Parrish
“Take it slowly. The deepest resentments are wrapped up in a lot of hurt and pain. We think we're protecting ourselves by not forgiving. Acknowledge that and go easy on yourself. Forgiveness means that you've decided not to let it keep festering inside even if it only comes up once in awhile. Forgiveness is a powerful yet challenging tool that will support and honor you, even in the most extreme circumstances.” IfsThinkingMeanPainEasyChallengesHurtPowerfulSupportHonorCircumstancesForgivenessToolsDecidedForgivingCome UpExtremesAcknowledgeResentmentNot ForgivingFesteringHurt And PainProtecting Ourselves Author:Howard Martin
“So one could say that the only real problem is dysfunctional thinking, the rest are challenges, not problems.” ThinkingRealProblemChallengesReal Problems Author:Eckhart Tolle
“I don't like to compare years, honestly. I think every year is a different experience, a different challenge. You grow. You evolve as a person and as a player.” ThinkingYearsPersonsDifferentGrowsChallengesPlayerHonestlyEvolveCompareDifferent Experiences Author:Novak Djokovic
“The challenge when you think about product distribution is: how are you competing for potential customers or potential members time?” ThinkingChallengesProductsMembersCustomersCompetingDistribution Author:Reid Hoffman
“I don't think it's necessary to feel guilty. Because I know that I'm still doing the work that is going to help more sisters and brothers to challenge the whole criminal justice system, and I'm trying to use whatever knowledge I was able to acquire to continue to do the work in our communities that will move us forward.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsTryingStillsWholeHelpingUseAbleMovingCommunityChallengesJusticeBrotherCriminalsGuiltyAcquireBrothers And SistersOur CommunityJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice System Author:Angela Davis
“I like to eat healthily anyway and I think I've become more disciplined now I've retired - because I'm such a creature of habit, I don't find it hard to do. I quite enjoy the challenge.” ThinkingHardEnjoyChallengesHabitCreaturesRetiredCreatures Of Habit Author:Victoria Pendleton
“I like poems that affect me emotionally and also provoke me to further, deeper thought. I enjoy challenge, but not, I think, for its own sake.” ThinkingEnjoyChallengesSakeDeeperProvoking Author:James Arthur
“Bringing up issues that are hard to deal with is a challenge for me, and I think that's what draws me to song writing.” ThinkingWritingHardSongChallengesDealsIssuesDraws Author:Brett Dennen
“I think it would be a great challenge to work on a military game which featured a female lead character. Since female soldiers are now being allowed on the frontlines, we're actually in danger of reality overtaking games!” ThinkingCharacterRealityWould BeGamesChallengesMilitaryDangerFemaleSoldierFrontlineLead CharactersOvertaking Author:Rhianna Pratchett
“Art is about asking questions and engaging a dialog. By challenging or investigating conventions contemporary art helps promote an on-going sense of discovery, contemplation, and understanding. I think these are all important things.” ThinkingArtImportantHelpingUnderstandingChallengesArt IsDiscoveryAskingImportant ThingsContemporaryContemplationConventionsEngagingAsking QuestionsInvestigatingContemporary Art Author:Kim Anderson
“I think I've proven I can build a team that plays a way of football that excites and challenges at the top end of the table.” ThinkingWayI CanEndsPlayChallengesTeamFootballTablesProven Author:Brendan Rodgers
“I think today the church faces a very real challenge in not repeating the errors of the past, in sort of a stand off, a fear of science.” ThinkingRealTodayPastFacesChallengesChurchErrors Author:George Coyne
“I think it is just the way he has changed the game overall and his own game because there are so many situations he has faced. He is now competing mostly against himself, like most great cricketers do. I think he has mastered all of them. The only challenge he has is to beat himself every time he walks out there because he has done almost everything.” ThinkingWayDoneGamesChallengesWalksSituationChangedBeatsCompetingCricketCricketersGame Over Author:Kumar Sangakkara
“I think it's always a challenge to adapt something from one medium to another - a novel into a film or a play into a movie or whatever.” ThinkingPlayFilmChallengesNovelMediums Author:Julian Fellowes
“I don't think anybody can be a success who doesn't like what they do. [But it's] no job if it has no challenge; there's nothing to it if there are no problems. The essential thing is liking what you're doing.” IfsThinkingProblemJobsChallengesEssentialsCongratulationsNo Problem Author:Malcolm Forbes
“There is no single policy to which one can point and say - this built the Morris business. I should think I must have made not less than one thousand decisions in each of the last ten years. The success of a business is the result of the proportion of right decisions by the executive in charge.” ThinkingShouldYearsMadeLastsChallengesDecisionResultsPolicyInspireThousandTenBuiltProportionExecutivesProvokingRight DecisionMorris Author:William Morris
“Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don't think you quite know.” ThinkingKnowsChallengesTestsCancerChallenge Yourself Author:Robin Roberts
“One of the greatest challenges facing civilization in the twenty-first century is for human beings to learn to speak about their deepest personal concerns-about ethics, spiritual experience, and the inevitability of human suffering-in ways that are not flagrantly irrational. We desperately need a public discourse that encourages critical thinking and intellectual honesty. Nothing stands in the way of this project more that the respect we accord religious faith.” ThinkingWayNeedsFirstsHumansSpiritualSufferingSpiritualitySpeakChallengesReligiousHuman BeingsCenturyHonestyCivilizationProjectsIntellectualEthicsConcernTwentiesCriticalIrrationalDiscourseReligious FaithAccordCritical ThinkingInevitabilitySpiritual ExperienceHuman SufferingPublic DiscourseIntellectual Honesty Book:Letter to a Christian Nation Source: Letter to a Christian Nation
“I've always believed in challenging Republicans where they think they are strongest.” ThinkingChallengesRepublicanStrongestAlways Believe Author:Martin Frost
“Stress is a byproduct of subconscious beliefs you have about the world. You can't choose not to believe something. You believe it because you think it's true. To eliminate stress, you must learn to challenge these beliefs so that you see them differently.” ThinkingWorldBelieveBeliefChallengesStressSubconscious Author:Andrew Bernstein
“I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.” ThinkingMayLittlesDifficultChallengesDealsDangerousMountainOvercomingSatisfactionEnjoymentClimbs Author:Edmund Hillary
“I think the reason why I have so many movies to my credit is that I never say no to any project, I never veto anything. I sort of challenge myself to do stuff, even if it's something that I've never done before.” IfsThinkingReasonDoneStuffChallengesProjectsCreditReason WhyVeto Author:Takashi Miike
“It's always hard but the reality is, especially in my case, that every time I go to work I have to do it so it's become part of the job. It's an extra challenge but it's also quite often another extra tool that you have to really think consciously about getting into the character. So while it does require more work, it's maybe even an advantage to a degree because it forces you to switch, to consciously have to jump into and out of the character.” ThinkingDoeHardCharacterRealityJobsForceChallengesCasesDegreesAdvantageToolsExtrasWorking It Author:Eric Bana
“Definitely the script because you want to be part of an interesting story, you want your character to be a challenge, then comes the director. But essentially it's the script first and whether it's a character that you think you can do.” ThinkingWantFirstsCharacterStoriesCan DoChallengesInterestingDirectorsScriptsInteresting Stories Author:Eric Bana
“It's got to be a challenge but at the same time you have to feel as though you can play them - it's really dangerous to want to be a part of something just because you think it's going to be great. I've been sent plenty of scripts where I've known that it's going to be a great film and a successful one, but I just couldn't convince myself that I was the right person for the part. So, I think you have to be careful with that.” ThinkingWantFeelsPersonsPlayFilmChallengesKnownSuccessfulDangerousScriptsCarefulPlentyConvinceBe CarefulRight PersonGreat Film Author:Eric Bana
“For me, they definitely made it more challenging. The comfort zone factor really kicked in between Leo and I, and I just think that's because we know each other so well. We've known each other since we were 20-years-old.” ThinkingKnowsYearsWellsMadeChallengesKnownComfortFactorsMade ItZoneComfort Zone Author:Kate Winslet
“My fellow actors inspire me a lot and really good writing inspires me. And then trying to stick to the decision to only do something that I think will challenge me and that I, personally and very subjectively, I think is good not do something because I think it will bring me a lot of money or bring me a lot of awards. I've tried to very, very rigorously be highly subjective about what I do. And that's something that I think I have basically lived by.” ThinkingWritingTryingActorsChallengesDecisionInspireFellowsSticksAwardsLots Of MoneySubjectiveGood Writing Author:Glenn Close
“I'm here to challenge myself and to see whether I can shape-shift in an environment that's actually quite daunting, but which I think would be nice to shine a light into. The destination of any interesting drama is that you shine a light into a place that not many people know about.” PeopleThinkingKnowsI CanLightWould BeChallengesInterestingEnvironmentNiceDramaShapesShiningDestinationBeing Nice Author:Tom Hardy
“I seem to have been cast several several times to do it. I think in this one, Phoenix is not purely evil. She was in the comic books at some point but the way the writers created her or we always talked about her, was that she was torn with her powers taking over and trying to control them at the same time. It was challenging to play which made it interesting for me to play this character.” ThinkingWayTryingHas BeensMadeBookPlayCharacterSeemsEvilChallengesInterestingCastsMade ItComicComic BookTornPhoenix Author:Famke Janssen
“I think one of the biggest things is the budget.For a studio, becomes a very big challenge to make sure that movie will work even better on every level. As an actor I don't think in those terms when I make a movie.” ThinkingBigsActorsTermChallengesLevelsStudiosBudgetsBig Challenges Author:Famke Janssen
“I think all of us struggle with how to keep relationship alive. And yet it can't be static either. It's never going to be how it was when you first met because you're not in that place anymore; you're not necessarily the same people. So, that's the struggle - you're trying to make the relationship move forward with the rest of your life and make it special and meaningful. And I think it's incredibly challenging.” PeopleThinkingTryingFirstsMovingChallengesStruggleAliveSpecialMetsMeaningfulMoving ForwardRest Of Your LifeStatic Author:Julianne Moore
“I think the challenges should be familiar. They should have some relationship to the feelings.” ThinkingShouldFeelingsChallengesShould HaveFamiliar Author:Steven Conrad