Raghuram Rajan

Politicians know that structural reforms - to increase competition, foster innovation, and drive institutional change - are the way to tackle structural impediments to growth. But they know that while the pain from reform is immediate, gains are typically delayed and their beneficiaries uncertain.

Indian Economist

Amanda Gorman

Most of my life I was particularly terrified of speaking up, because I had a speech impediment, which made it difficult to pronounce certain letters, sounds, and I felt like I was fine writing on the page, but once I got on stage, I was worried my words might jumble and stumble.

American Poet

Henry James Sumner Maine

It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world.

English Historian

Homer Hickam

Rather than being an impediment, NASA can and should be the driver of commerce, the provider of the technology necessary to make some big money in space. The truth is that private enterprise already has a huge presence up there.

American Author

John Philip Sousa

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.

American Musician

Nadya Suleman

Had I not gone through the struggles and the obstacles I had, I would not be as strong as I am today. I believe those impediments have forged, shaped, and strengthened my character.

American Celebrity

Herschel Walker

P.E. was my life in school. Without it, I wouldn't be standing here. It gave me confidence when I was an overweight kid with a speech impediment.

American Athlete

N. R. Narayana Murthy

The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change.

Indian Businessman

Patrick M. Byrne

A major impediment to economic advancement around the world is the fact that the vast majority of humans are unbanked.

American Businessman

Thomas Reid

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

Scottish Philosopher

Often found in discussions about projects, ambitions, or goals where challenges exist.

Common Contexts

Can express frustration or concern when facing difficulties.

Emotional Weight

Sometimes paired with words like 'overcome' to highlight success in facing challenges.

Positive Spin

Refers to difficulties in speech, not general communication issues.

Specific Nature

Can range from minor lisps to more serious conditions affecting speech.

Degrees of Difficulty

Often mentioned in narratives of personal growth or triumph over adversity.

Personal Journey

Used in legal contexts, may be less familiar to non-specialists.

Legal Jargon

Implies a serious obstacle in legal proceedings or policy implementation.

Legal Connotation

 and you're trying to drop an object, a bomb, towards some stationary target in the face of all kinds of winds and cloud cover and all kinds of other impediments. And all sorts of people, moving up to the First World War and between the wars, tried to solve this problem,

Malcolm Gladwell: The...

 fragile this this transition and indeed just two days ago the outgoing president his party actually impediment basically stripped away some of the rights to elect local mayors and regional leaders how's it playing out it kind of contradicts what you just said it does

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 um i know i'm on stage and i have my heels i look all glam but i'm horrified um and the way in which i kind of strengthen myself is by having this mantra most of my life i was particularly terrified of speaking up because i had a speech impediment

Amanda Gorman: Using...

 of death that life mattered less than the moments of being alive and had Mallory overcome the impediment of the second step there was nothing that would have kept him from reaching the heights of Everest and in many ways whether he

Wade Davis: Into the...

 social consequences but it also had deleterious health consequences to people so what we've been on the move we're so clever we can overcome all of these these seeming biological impediments will often we're unaware of

Breaking the illusion of...

 are also used for aid, trade and investment purposes. Another major impediment to the flow of remittances reaching the family is the large and exorbitant and illegal cost of recruitment,

Dilip Ratha: The hidden...

 especially the young people, can believe in, own, work to actualize, and which they can actively fight to protect. The pathway to power and leadership can be littered with impediments,

A vision for the future...

 Now, I know law is not a cure-all. Right? It's a blunt instrument. And we've got to use it wisely. It also has some practical impediments.

How deepfakes undermine...

 So, even though I'm somewhat happy about the wonderful developments that are happening in the world, still, I feel a sense of impediment,

His Holiness the...

 And I'm an adult woman who spends her life as a performer, with a speech impediment. So, I might as well come clean about it.

Impediment

A thing that blocks progress or makes it harder to achieve something.

Often appears as...

A physical problem that makes speaking difficult.

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A legal hurdle in a process.

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