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• Begin each day with the blueprint of my deepest values FIRMLY in mind then when challenges come, make decisions BASED on those values.

  Stephen Covey

  Decision, Mind, Vision

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• Here we are then, I was thinking, in a war to the finish between everything I love and everything I hate. Fine. We will win and they will lose. A pity that we let them pick the time and place of the challenge, but we can and we will make up for that.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Hate, War, Winning

  Simon Cottee, Thomas Cushman, Christopher Hitchens (2008). “Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left”, p.5204, NYU Press

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• When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how itcomes out.

  Dan Brown

  Doubt, Overcoming, Matter

  Dan Brown (2006). “Deception Point”, p.251, Simon and Schuster

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• The thing is, some girls think they can actually change guys. And what’s funny is that if they actually did change them, they’d get bored. They’d have no challenge left. You just have to give girls some time to think of a new way of doing things, that’s all. Some of them will figure it out here. Some later. Some never. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Girl, Thinking, Giving

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• A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.

  Rick Riordan

  Hero, Long, Nerves

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• The individual's duty is to do what he wants to do, to think whatever he likes, to be accountable to no one but himself, to challenge every idea and every person.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Thinking, Ideas, Want

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• Our social tools are not an improvement to modern society, they are a challenge to it.

  Clay Shirky

  Tools, Improvement, Modern

  Clay Shirky (2009). “Here Comes Everybody: How Change Happens when People Come Together”, p.97, Penguin UK

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• None of us makes it through this life without problems and challenges — and sometimes tragedies and misfortunes. After all, in large part we are here to learn and grow from such events in our lives. We know that there are times when we will suffer, when we will grieve, and when we will be saddened. However, we are told, “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.” How might we have joy in our lives, despite all that we may face? Again from the scriptures: “Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you."

  Thomas S. Monson

  Cheer, Men, Grieving

  "Be of Good Cheer". Talk by Thomas S. Monson, www.lds.org. April 2009.

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• No, whoever was out there didn't want to take her in. But his sights were on her, gun sights, steady. Clear. She stared into them, and with a mocking smile, mouthed the words, I dare you!" (Cassie Sinclair) *** He smiled at the challenge. One day, she just might dare him too far, but he doubted it would be a bullet he'd penetrate her with. (Unknown Breed)

  Lora Leigh

  Gun, Sight, One Day

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• Where are the leaders?' Sapphique asked. 'In the fortresses,' the swan replied. 'And the poets?' 'Lost in dreams of other worlds.' 'And the craftsmen?' 'Forging machines to challenge the darkness.' 'And the Wise, who made the world?' The swan lowered its black neck sadly. 'Dwindled to crones and sorcerers in towers.

  Catherine Fisher

  Wise, Dream, Swans

  Catherine Fisher (2011). “Incarceron”, p.205, Penguin

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• Feminist effort to end patriarchal domination should be of primary concern precisely because it insists on the eradication of exploitation and oppression in the family context and in all other intimate relationships. It is that political movement which most radically addresses the person – the personal – citing the need for the transformation of self, of relationships, so that we might be better able to act in a revolutionary manner, challenging and resisting domination, transforming the world outside the self.

  Bell Hooks

  Intimate Relationships, Self, Feminist

  bell hooks (2014). “Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black”, p.34, Routledge

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• No matter how difficult something you or a loved one faces, it should not take over your life and be the center of all your interest. Challenges are growth experiences,temporary scenes to be played out on the background of a pleasant life. Don’t become so absorbed in a single event that you can’t think of anything else or care for yourself or for those who depend upon you. Remember, much like the mending of the body, the healing of some spiritual and emotional challenges takes time.

  Richard G. Scott

  Spiritual, Healing, Emotional

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• It's fairly easy to break hearts, Miss Duvall. The more interesting challenge is how to keep someone's love, not to lose it.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Heart, Interesting, Missing

  Lisa Kleypas (2009). “Someone to Watch over Me”, p.20, Harper Collins

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• When you trust in the Lord, when you are willing to let your heart and your mind be centered in His will, when you ask to be led by the Spirit to do His will, you are assured of the greatest happiness along the way and the most fulfilling attainment from this mortal experience. If you question everything you are asked to do, or dig in your heels at every unpleasant challenge, you make it harder for the Lord to bless you.

  Richard G. Scott

  Heart, Mind, Way

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• I don’t understand all the nuances of the women’s movement. But I do understand that there are feminists who want to challenge the dominant paradigm, not only of patriarchy, but of where the original wealth came from and the relationship of that wealth to other peoples and the earth. That is the only way that that I think you can really get to the depth of the problem.

  Winona LaDuke

  Thinking, Feminist, Depth

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• I love the sound of words, the feel of them, the flow of them. I love the challenge of finding just that perfect combination of words to describe a curl of the lip, a tilt of the chin, a change in the atmosphere. Done well, novel-writing can combine lyricism with practicality in a way that makes one think of grand tapestries, both functional and beautiful. Fifty years from now, I imagine I’ll still be questing after just that right combination of words.

  Lauren Willig

  Beautiful, Writing, Thinking

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• Don't worry, Beth; there's nothing I love more than a challenge.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Worry, Beth

  Alexandra Adornetto (2010). “Halo”, p.206, Macmillan

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• How can love be worthy of its name if one selects solely the pretty things and leaves out the hardships? It is easy to enjoy the good and dislike the bad. Anybody can do that. The real challenge is to love the good and the bad together, not because you need to take the rough with the smooth but because you need to go beyond such descriptions and accept love in its entirety.

  Elif Safak

  Real, Love Is, Names

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• To bring the sublime into the mundane is the greatest challenge there is.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Sublime, Wonder, Mundane

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• An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.

  Seth Godin

  Art, Business, Creativity

  Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.81, Penguin

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• Death is not such a bad thing. What would be a bad thing would be living without challenges. Without knowing defeat, we cannot know what victory is. There is no life without death.

  Patricia Briggs

  Life, Knowing, Victory

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• Saba: "You want this one to guide you?" Leia: "If you would consider it." Saba: "This one?" Leia: "Yes. I want someone who will challenge me in unexpected ways. I want someone who will teach me what I don't know.

  Troy Denning

  Want, Way, Unexpected

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• Down in the national news section, there's an article on a new pill, the 'Valium' they're calling it, 'to help women cope with everyday challenges.' God, I could use about ten of those little pills right now.

  Kathryn Stockett

  Everyday, Pills, News

  Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.245, Penguin

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• He ought to buy her a new dress. She would never accept it, of course, but maybe if her current garments were accidentally burned... ...But how could he manage to burn her dress? She'd have to not be wearing it, and that posed a certain challenge in and of itself.

  Julia Quinn

  Dresses, Accepting, Garments

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• …a cheerful black shadow reared up behind him as he spoke, thundering a happy challenge to my Dark Passenger, which slid forward and bellowed back.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Dark, Black, Shadow

  Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.285, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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