Overcoming Quotes - Page 19

• Getting rid of Bin Laden is good for the cause of peace worldwide but what counts is to overcome the discourse and the methods - the violent methods - that were created and encouraged by Bin Laden and others in the world.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  World, Causes, Violent

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• I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome.

  Stephen Harper

  Thinking, Culture, Canada

  "New Brunswick Telegraph Journal", May 29, 2002.

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• 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.

  Edmund Hillary

  Thinking, Challenges, Mountain

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• I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.

  Tom Hooper

  Block, Thinking, Self

  "Filmmaker Tom Hooper". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. January 28, 2011.

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• So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear.

  Jesse Jackson

  Technology, Skin Color, Play

  "Rev. Jesse Jackson on Fallout From Firing of Shirley Sherrod". Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. July 25, 2010.

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• What separates sports from entrepreneurism, however, is that in business we constantly have to overcome undefined and unpredictable challenges. Athletes train for specific events and conditions, whereas entrepreneurs generally have little idea what they will encounter along the way.

  Naveen Jain

  Sports, Athlete, Ideas

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• So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.

  Samuel Johnson

  Political, May, Politics

  "Johnson. History Of Rasselas, Prince Of Abyssinia, Ed. With Intr. And Notes By G.b. Hill".

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• For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.

  Ron Kind

  Gay, America, Long

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• All behavioral or mood disorders - including depression, OCD, ADHD and addiction - have some neurochemical components, but sufferers can still work to overcome them.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Addiction, Adhd, Ocd

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• We have to adapt and overcome, that's all we can do.

  Frank Knight

  Can Do

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• My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

  Dalai Lama

  Faith, Negative, Helping

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• Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.

  Christopher Lasch

  Order, Today, Possibility

  Christopher Lasch (1991). “The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations”, p.11, W. W. Norton & Company

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• There's a reason why young people think what they think. They are taught it. In many cases when they learn at home is erased or countered or overcome.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Home, Thinking, People

  "Why are Feminists Judging Miley Cyrus?". "The Rush Limbaugh show" with Rush Limbaugh, www.rushlimbaugh.com. August 27, 2013.

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• If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.

  Maya Lin

  Eye, Light, Looks

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• I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Life, Morning, Lakes

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1981). “War within and without: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944”, Berkley

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• Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Work, Drug, Abuse

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• So it's mainly a question of helping the Third World overcome the effects of global warming.

  Bjorn Lomborg

  World, Helping, Global Warming

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life; but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Funny, Romantic, Thinking

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• For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all.

  Wangari Maathai

  Moving, Roots, Tree

  "I Will Disappear Into the Forest". Interview with Dave Gilson, www.motherjones.com. January 5, 2005.

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• When I meet large women who walk with confidence and are articulate and really have an understanding of how they walk in this world, I love them so deeply for being able to overcome such unbelievable odds.

  Camryn Manheim

  Confidence, Odds, Understanding

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• I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out.

  Steve Martin

  School, People, Laughing

  "Actor-musician Steve Martin". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. February 22, 2012.

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• I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused.

  Marlee Matlin

  Hard Work, Obstacles, Bits

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• When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.

  Danica McKellar

  Respect, Regret, Self

  "Actress Danica McKellar Solves For 'X'". "Science Friday" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. August 6, 2010.

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• Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.

  Angela Merkel

  War, Europe, Two

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• Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

  Joyce Meyer

  Littles, Problem, Sometimes

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