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I wanted to do a naval film and I flirted with different ideas, most of which ended up being too intense. So when the idea of 'Battleship' was first suggested, I was instantly drawn to the challenge - could I invent a movie around the idea of five ships fighting five ships?

Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression

Your body begins to change when it burns and shakes... so when an exercise is challenging, I always think 'feel your body changing.

Instead of looking outside of ourselves and counting potential enemies, fasting summons us to turn our glance inward, and to take the measure of our greatest challenge: the self, the ego, in our own eyes and as others see us.

The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.

I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.

The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.

There was a strong focus on performance and respect for people. And one of the points that my father always made was that with all the challenges and obstacles and barriers, the one thing you can control is your performance. And that is one thing I have tried to adhere to throughout my career.

I guess I just like to challenge myself and push myself harder to do things that I dont think I can, to do things that other people do not think I can. It pushes me. I push my own personal limits.

You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge

I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges.

I look for material that both interest me and challenges me. If I am drawn to the material and I have to work hard at it, the characters and the plots reflect the hours and hours of research.

The Teen Challenge Training Center on Pennsylvania farmland houses over 200 men in rehab. Other farms and centers have been birthed out of this ministry all over the world.

Somebody who knows what they're doing, who has a good track record, they come across as very articulate, bright and looking for a challenge - that's absolutely my kind of hire.

Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress.

I guess it's a kind of a goal for any actor to be the lead of a movie. Not for ego reasons, but because it is creatively the biggest challenge.

Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.

I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.

A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real challenges in getting along with the Congress.

The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.

As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.

I see myself doing Harry Potter films as long as I'm enjoying it and as long as they are going to challenge me as an actor. I want to be an actor - it's my aspiration - so I want to do other films. I want to write something and I want to direct something!

Something that's fun for me is a challenge. When you have a challenge and you take on that challenge and succeed, that's the best feeling.

One of the most difficult parental challenges is to appropriately discipline children. Child rearing is so individualistic. Every child is different and unique. What works with one may not work with another.

I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.

You have to challenge yourself and your muscles. When you are really regimented, it's the same over and over and you start to get comfortable. Switching up the style of training works your muscles differently.

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.

The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.

Finding the right form of debate regarding Israeli policies will remain a challenge in Germany. Even with every conceivable and warranted criticism, the danger always arises that it will be exploited by those who consciously or unconsciously present anti-Semitism in a new guise.

Maybe, just maybe, we shall at last come to care for the most important, most challenging, surely the most satisfying of all architectural creations: building cities for people to live in.

Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.

I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.

I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges.

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

In Japan, usually, once you become prime minister, you do not have a second chance. Probably the reason why that was not the case this time is because Japan is facing an increasingly challenging situation.

I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time.

I love directing - it's always so involving, so challenging.

I'm going to leave WWII. I considered and rejected doing something on the Pacific. Fourteen years is enough. I'd like to take on a different challenge and probably a different era. But it will be another war. It's what I do.

To be an objective leader means aligning your models with the needs of the organization. There is no question anymore that collaboration, seeking out diverse perspectives and developing new ways to look at challenges and opportunities, is a key leadership competency.

What I would say is that vows and rings don't change anything: the challenges are the same. Every day is just a conscious commitment to making the next day better.

The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.

That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched and all of a sudden it'll be the biggest thing ever.

If you watch the evening news, Dr. Kissinger is very often brought on to sort of be the statesman of his age and to reflect dispassionately on world events. And so a film challenging his legacy, a film that assesses charges that are quite grave against him, is something that is touchy for the media to show.

I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to really make it a challenge. I don't know how to create by taking the easy routes. I've tried, you know, I've tried to let myself, but I always struggle to compensate.

For me, juggling mommyhood and work is a challenge, but each day I learn little tricks to make it all come together.

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.

After much soul searching I was able to renounce my past Islamist ideology, challenging everything I was once prepared to die for.

Going to the theater or having the honor of performing in theater reminds you of your humanity in a very different way. It's a real release and an incredible challenge. But the stage is a dangerous place. You gotta be trained. Plus, crowds like when things go wrong. I think that's part of the thrill. Anything can happen.

I would never knowingly go into a film that I wouldn't pay to see, or something that didn't challenge me.

There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.

So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But when you look at the core of goodness within yourself - at the optimism and hope - you realize it comes from the environment you grew up in.

To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.

We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.

Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.

The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.

I used to not back down from a challenge.

The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time.

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.

I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them

Our biggest challenge is to eliminate the popular perception that economists don't have anything useful to say.

I feel like my figure is a challenge because I'm quite flat chested but I've got a booty so I've got to look for the right things.

We might be too proud to admit it as guys, but we still need to learn how to manage responsibility, how to face our challenges.

I love a challenge and the last four years it has all come to fruition and it has been wonderful.

I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.

I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen.

Everyone in life has their challenges, mine have not been financial.

And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement

I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States.

It's a real uphill challenge to battle the white-guyness.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges.

If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write.

When I'm doing a one-on-one with somebody, I have to speak in a language that that person can understand, using a vocabulary that they instantly get, and I always have to feel my way around to figure that out. It's a lot of fun, and it's also really challenging - challenging in a different way from performing.

Most people don't like challenges at work. Actors love challenges at work.

As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.

Our single greatest challenge is the ability to move power to markets outside North Dakota.

I'd quite like to do a film but I'd also love to do more theatre. I want to keep challenging myself with good roles. It's harder for women because there aren't as many challenging roles.

I've never really been aware of what is said about me, whether it's positive or negative. I ignore it. I've always had the mind-set: 'No one can challenge me better than myself.'

My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.

The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.

It was a huge challenge to learn digital painting well enough so that computers don't pop into mind when one sees one.

Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge.

I will stay very focused on my responsibilities as Secretary of Commerce and the economy's doing well. I mean, you asked about some of the challenges that we have or what is going on in the world and you know I, I'm pleased to report that the economy is doing extremely well.

I think everyone shares a fear of failure - that you're only as good as your most recent collection. That's definitely a fear, but it's a fear that fuels me, that makes me want to work harder, that makes me take on more challenges.

Fitting a walk into a busy life can be challenging, so I suggest walking rather driving to work or to run errands as often as you can - in other words, think of walking as alternative transportation.

Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.

As a world leader, America must be prepared to confront any challenge.

I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music.

I enjoy what I do, but it's more challenging than people think.

When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.

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

I will continue to work in Washington to oppose any efforts to expand drilling off our Coasts and to challenge my colleagues to adopt responsible energy policies.

I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.

There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish.

In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film.