#impediment

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat. ↗

— Sophocles

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But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf. ↗

— Stephanie Beacham

#as far as #being #concerned #deaf #far

I like to mumble when I act, 'cause I think it's more realistic. For some reason, the impediment has given me the accent of a Mexican gangster. ↗

— David Arquette

#act #cause #gangster #given #i

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. ↗

— Thomas Reid

#ambiguity #greater #impediment #knowledge #than

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#ease #good #good terms #greater #ill

The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home. ↗

— Sheryl Sandberg

#home #impediment #now #succeeding #workforce

From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can't say it myself. ↗

— Patrick Campbell

#days #earliest #enjoyed #i #impediment

Why would someone for whom talking was torture want to talk all the time before thousands of Athenians? Because otherwise he’d have drown himself at high tide. My sister- so shy, so sincere- once wanted to be an actress. The best jazz drummer I’ve ever heard had only one arm. We all choose a calling that’s the most radical contradiction of ourselves. ↗

— David Shields

#speech-impediments #stammar #stutter #stuttering #life

No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

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There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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