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"Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle." »Ken Hakuta
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"1. At the rise of the hand of the policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him or otherwise disrespect him.
2. If pedestrian obstacle your path, tootle horn melodiously. If he continue to obstacle, tootle horn vigorously and utter vocal warning such as "Hi, Hi."
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5. Beware of greasy corner where lurk skid demon. Cease step on, approach slowly, round cautiously, resume step on gradually." »from an official Japanese guide for English-speaking drivers, 1936
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"Every obstacle yields to stern resolve." »Leonardo DaVinci
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"Life is full of obstacle illusions." »Grant Frazier
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"The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn." »Marcus Tullius Cicero
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"In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid." »Simone de Beauvoir
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"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge." »Daniel J. Boorstin
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"Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive." »Scott Adams
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"obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind." »Leonardo DaVinci
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"Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment." »Eric Butterworth
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"A feverish display of over-zeal, At the first outset, is an obstacle To all success; water, however cold, Will penetrate the ground by slow degrees." »The Hitopadesa
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"The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool the truest heroism is, to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed." »Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race." »Don Marquis
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"A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness." »Fontenelle
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"A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness." »Euripides
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