Quotes About Barriers

Art should not be bound by barriers or language. The Hindi film industry is a testament to that. We speak only Hindi, but we premiere in Germany and Japan. Our films do phenomenally well there. We transcend the barriers of language and culture. We welcome you in. I think that's what art should be, and I hope America reaches that place.

I'm not from a milieu where high-register language or philosophical ideas were welcome.

The world of fine dining can be frightening, if it's not what you grew up in. I think when the doors are just thrown open, and you're given the confidence to step into that world without any barriers at all, and you're made to feel very welcome in it, that you belong, then it's no longer as frightening.

As class barriers tumbled and Britain became a more meritocratic society, young, well-educated Scots were best placed to exploit the new social mobility.

Roads are not practical in Africa.

Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe.

Prejudice hasn't changed to this day, not in golf. Maybe in other sports.

It's difficult for an Asian to play in the Premier League.

We all pay too much for health care. Far too many do not go to the doctor or fill a prescription because it simply costs too much.

I have loads of issues with the way classical music is presented. It has been too reverential, too 'high art' - if you're not in the club, they're not going to let you join. It's like The Turin Shroud: don't touch it because it might fall apart.

Many obstacles to the expansion of good will have presented themselves.

I definitely carry a little bit of a burden with me, being a gay athlete going to the Olympics. I think that there's pressure on me... It presents an amazing opportunity, and I think that it kind of gives us a chance to shed people's misconceptions and just kind of, like, break down barriers.

I want to be the defensive player to break the MVP barrier. I want to break barriers. I want to do things when people tell me I can't.

Talk to families in poverty and ask them what they need, instead of prescribing it for them. Ask what the barriers are. Ask what would help. And then deliver it.

You have to say - and I do - that anything that blocks that cheapest possible point-of-care delivery of health is wrong.

Changing the dialogue and behaviors around race and equality in sports starts with removing barriers and creating opportunities.

By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every day.

In order for me to get through all the red tape and just allow people to just get at my talent, I've got to set the record straight. And you can't set half the record straight; when you tell it, you've got to tell it all.

We have to cut the red tape, eliminate barriers, and reduce bureaucracy - for all housing, for everyone.

It's not so much that art is difficult to make; it's that the structures and the kind of prejudices that the art world constructs make it seem like creating art is this insurmountable task.

The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This needs to change.

I know, given my own life challenges, that there are many non-academic barriers that get in the way of the scholastic and life success of our children and that complicate teaching.

You aren't afraid of throwing yourself in the path of danger, but you're terrified of letting anyone in.

Tangled in one another's arms and nine times out of ten the things you think about a person make it impossible to touch them.