Roadblock Quotes - Page 2

• Its time to stop defending a system that is clearly in dire need of reform, stop issuing reports and setting up new roadblocks, and start providing Americans with prescription drugs that are both safe and affordable.

  Herb Kohl

  Drug, Reform, Needs

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• If you're on the path you're meant to be on, everything falls into place; the Universe is telling you that. If you are not on the right path, you will experience roadblocks all along the way, and this is also the Universe telling you to stop, look, and ask if this is where you are supposed to be.

  James Van Praagh

  Fall, Looks, Way

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• There are no roadblocks, only springboards.

  Brent Smith

  Springboards

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• No matter what, I need to maintain my sense of self and always be true to who I am. And that while there are always going to be roadblocks along the way, you're going to be just fine, as long as you learn from each setback.

  Lily Collins

  Self, Who I Am, Long

  "Lily Collins: The ‘Mirror Mirror’ Interview With Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, www.eurweb.com. April 14, 2012.

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• Great achievement goes through, not around, discouragement. Is there a roadblock in my way, keeping me from something I want to achieve? Am I discouraged? I understand now that discouragement often precedes achievement. Instead of retreating from the roadblock or seeking a way around it, I will boldly punch a hole through it and continue toward my goal.

  Jerry Spinelli

  Goal, Achievement, Want

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• When you start writing, you have your characters on a metaphorical paved road, and as they go down it, all these other roads become available that they can go down. And a lot of writers have roadblocks in front of those roads: they won’t allow their characters to go down those roads... I’ve never put any roadblocks on any of these paths. My characters can go wherever they would naturally go, and I’ll follow them.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Writing, Character, Down And

  "Quentin Tarantino Talks Inglourious Basterds - RT Interview". Interview with Henri Sordeau, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. August 11, 2009.

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• Success is buried on the other side of rejection.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Frustration

  Twitter post from Feb 11, 2016

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• Some of the greatest discoveries...consist mainly in the clearing away of psychological roadblocks which obstruct the approach to reality; which is why,post factum they appear so obvious.

  Arthur Koestler

  Reality, Discovery, Psychological

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• The agenda of the roadblock is the philosophy of the stop sign.

  George W. Bush

  Philosophy, Agendas

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• A long list. From getting cut from the high school basketball team, to getting fired from jobs, getting credit cards rejected and cut up. Rejection has only been a distraction, not a roadblock. “Every no gets me closer to a yes,” was the saying I used to use.

  Mark Cuban

  Basketball, Jobs, Team

  "Interview: Mark Cuban, Businessman". Interview with Scott McKenzie, slushpile.net. March 9, 2006.

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• You've taxed too much, borrowed too much and are a roadblock to reform.

  David Cameron

  Reform, Too Much, Borrowed

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• Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Government, Law

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• The Internet has been a great outlet for storytelling. After all, there are web-based shows that have started online and have then gotten picked up. I think it's a great opportunity for artists to get through the network roadblock. It just allows us another venue to be creative in.

  Eva LaRue

  Opportunity, Thinking, Artist

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

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• Our military service members put their lives on the line to protect the rights and freedoms of all Americans - yet many still face substantial roadblocks as they attempt to cast their ballots...This legislation begins to right this national disgrace.

  John Cornyn

  Military, Rights, Lines

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• Grace is having a commitment to- or at least an acceptance of- being ineffective and foolish. That our bottled charm is the main roadblock to drinking that clear cool glass of love.

  Anne Lamott

  Drinking, Commitment, Acceptance

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• If you want to know what the biggest thing in your way to an improved standard of living, higher pay, a more rewarding career is: Barack Obama and the Democrat Party and their economic policies. They are the roadblock.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, Careers, Want

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• Christian Zionism has become the most powerful and destructive force at work in America today. Influential in shaping Western foreign policy on the Middle East, they are not only inciting hatred between Jews and Muslims but are also the greatest roadblock to lasting peace in the Middle East.

  Stephen Sizer

  Christian, Powerful, America

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• American Idol' has done a great job of defaming my name and throwing a lot of mud at me for the past two years, so that set up a lot of roadblocks for me.

  Corey Clark

  Jobs, Past, Years

  "Corey Clark Tells FOX: 'Idol' Defamed Me", www.foxnews.com. May 6, 2005.

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• Beliefs can be roadways or roadblocks. A variety of beliefs can make life interesting and colorful.

  James Van Praagh

  Interesting, Belief, Variety

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• Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace.

  George W. Bush

  Essentials, Maps, Achieve

  George W. Bush's Remarks with Prime Minister Abbas at The Rose Garden, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. July 25, 2003.

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• We need to understand enough of modern thought to identify the ways it blocks us from living out the Gospel the way God intends, both in terms of intellectual roadblocks and in terms of economic and structural changes that make it harder to live by Scriptural principles.

  Nancy Pearcey

  Block, Intellectual, Principles

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• Occasionally they came to villages, and at each village they encountered a roadblock of fallen trees. Having had centuries of experience with the smallpox virus, the village elders had instituted their own methods for controlling the virus, according to their received wisdom, which was to cut their villages off from the world, to protect their people from a raging plague. It was reverse quarantine, an ancient practice in Africa, where a village bars itself from strangers during a time of disease, and drives away outsiders who appear. (94)

  Richard Preston

  Cutting, Practice, People

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• Honor Yourself is more than just food for the soul-it is true healing for the heart. Patricia Spadaro provides an honest approach to self-love that will help us overcome the mental and emotional roadblocks that have created imbalances in our lives today. Taking a cue from ancient scriptures and healing traditions, she helps us understand the daily dance of give and take that makes up life's experiences. She is a new voice to be reckoned with as a pioneer in healing.

  Ann Louise Gittleman

  Healing, Heart, Emotional

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• Women have made enormous progress on the lower and middle rungs of the career ladder, but we are failing to make the leap into senior positions. Everyone jumps to the conclusion that it's motherhood that holds women back, but often the big roadblock is the lack of executive presence.

  Sylvia Ann Hewlett

  Senior, Motherhood, Careers

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• When your science runs into a policy roadblock, all of a sudden the science starts to disappear.

  Josh Fox

  Running, Disappear, Policy

  "Gasland Part II": The Fracking Empire Strikes Back". Interview with Brett Brownell, www.motherjones.com. July 8, 2013.

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