#impediment

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born. ↗

— Mary Cheney

#because #before #being #born #dad

Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#although #artistic #assistance #development #drawback

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

— Sheryl Sandberg

#home #impediment #now #succeeding #workforce

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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The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind. ↗

— Augustus Y. Napier

#conscious #conscious mind #greatest #impediments #intent

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

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#been #did #had #having #hoped

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