Howard Schultz

What I would say to young entrepreneurs is there's so many moments in your life where you have these dreams, and people are trying to protect you, and they say, perhaps, friends, family, parents sometimes, they don't agree with it, they think, 'This is just too high of a hurdle.' And I don't agree with that.

American Businessman

Nina Turner

A government reflects the views of those who select it, and if people are unable to cast their ballot because the voting hours aren't convenient for them or because other hurdles have been raised too high we get a less representative government as a result.

American Politician

Glenn Murray

That's something that drives me on - wanting to prove people wrong. Because the amount of people who have told me, 'no, you're not good enough.' A lot of people fall at that hurdle. But I just kept getting up and looking for that one person who said yes.

English Athlete

Neil deGrasse Tyson

What you need, above all else, is a love for your subject, whatever it is. You've got to be so deeply in love with your subject that when curve balls are thrown, when hurdles are put in place, you've got the energy to overcome them.

American Scientist

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The biggest hurdle that our communities have is cynicism - saying it's a done deal, who cares; there's no point to voting. If we can get somebody to care, it's a huge victory for the movement and the causes we're trying to advance.

Kate Middleton

Every child deserves to grow up knowing their potential and feeling confident that they won't fall at the first hurdle - that they cope with life's setbacks.

English Royalty

Gillian Anderson

I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.

American Actress

Jeff Kober

Racing thoughts was the biggest hurdle to consistent meditation for me. I could sit down, but then I was left with this interior world of thoughts.

American Actor

Gary Cahill

In football you go from hurdle to hurdle, there's always something to motivate you, always something you want to get.

Pauline Hanson

Governments must give to all those who have hit life's hurdles the chance to rebuild and have a future.

Australian Politician

Used to describe abstract challenges, not just physical barriers.

Metaphoric Use

'Hurdle' implies the challenge can be overcome with effort or skill.

Not Always Negative

'Hurdle' in sports refers to track events where runners jump over barriers.

Track Events

As a sports term, it represents a physical barrier to be jumped over.

Physical Object

As a verb, it means to physically jump over something in an athletic manner.

Action Descriptor

It suggests a vigorous and determined action, rather than a casual step.

Energetic Movement

When used figuratively, it implies a significant effort to overcome an issue.

Figurative Leap

Using 'hurdle' suggests confidence in overcoming challenges successfully.

Positive Outcome

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 it's the extreme nature of these hurdles that really makes a difference that's what pushes us that's what drives the research that's what makes us think list of all the kinds of things that happen that we have to do whether you talk about having much better energy supplies being able to understand the microbiome

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 That's not a recipe for a happy life. These people -- in my, symbol-obsessed, twelve year-old imagination -- these people who are strangling themselves as one of the first things they do each morning, they can't possibly be happy. Why would I want to jump over all of these hurdles and have that be the end?

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 And this research can help parents and the general public understand that teens aren't just willfully ignoring warnings or simply defying parents by engaging in increasingly more dangerous behavior. The biggest hurdle they're facing is their habituation to

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 And I said, "So why don't you just stimulate the clitoris of the pig? Why don't you have the farmers do that? That's not one of your five steps." I have to read you what she said, because I love it. She said, "It was a big hurdle

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 would be needed to power humanity at our present usage levels. So why don't we build that? Because there are other hurdles in the way, like efficiency and energy transportation. To maximize efficiency,

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 They’ve passed every test, cleared every hurdle, jumped through every hoop. Now, all that remains is to unleash them on the world.

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 one last hurdle and they're back on terra firma this island is actually the only solid

Hurdle

An obstacle or difficulty.

Often appears as...

A barrier used in racing.

Often appears as...

To jump over something.

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To overcome a problem or obstacle.

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Metaphoric Use

Not Always Negative

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