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Issues with gaining access to [ the Building Safety Fund ], created by Government, have been, and remain, the fundamental roadblock to progress. – Grey GR	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The modern artist is very good at engineering solutions to problems, i can't tell you how many times I got to a roadblock and I bounce it off John... he'd come up with something that I didn't think of and just took us to the next level. – Guy Riefler	Found on CNN 1 year ago
What we're actually talking about is clearing the path for legislation that's going to support the needs of working people throughout our country, and the filibuster is a roadblock to doing that. – Morgan Harper	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Either you’re going to find your true strength, or you’re going to prove to me why you want to be here, there’s moments on your journey when you have to ... stay on your path. If there’s a roadblock in your path, you’ve got to find a way to overcome that roadblock. – Ben Wallace	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You don't see a whole lot of African Americans in law enforcement, so, I'm trying to overcome that roadblock of taking a non-traditional career path and affect change within my community. – Sheriff Appelhans	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The rules are just not that important to me. What is important to me is getting stuff done so if we were to get a majority. There is a lot of stuff that I want to get done and if trying to get the minimum wage increased for example, if Republicans throw up an artificial roadblock in my way, I am inclined to say,' Wait, it is what people want, it is what we promised,' i am not going to elevate an artificial rule over the substance of what I am here for, but I also don't come into this saying we have to change a rule to change a rule. – Tim Kaine	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Trout Unlimited's a significant roadblock for the Pebble mine to overcome. – Chris Wood	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Changing your password will just add one more roadblock to a potential hacker getting into your system. – Aaron Brantly	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Washington will no longer be a roadblock to progress. Washington will now be your partner. – President Trump	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
They (the Couches) have done everything that they can so far to avoid being accountable, or avoid being brought to justice. Any roadblock they can put in the way, any hurdle, I fully expect that. – Tarrant County	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The NRA represents the gun industry. They're the roadblock. They're the problem. – Martina Leinz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
When you come to a roadblock, take a detour. – Mary Kay Ash	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The agenda of the roadblock is the philosophy of the stop sign. – George W. Bush, Speech (2005)	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around it, crawl under it. – Kitty Kelley	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Issues with gaining access to [ the Building Safety Fund ], created by Government, have been, and remain, the fundamental roadblock to progress.

– Grey GR

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The modern artist is very good at engineering solutions to problems, i can't tell you how many times I got to a roadblock and I bounce it off John... he'd come up with something that I didn't think of and just took us to the next level.

– Guy Riefler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What we're actually talking about is clearing the path for legislation that's going to support the needs of working people throughout our country, and the filibuster is a roadblock to doing that.

– Morgan Harper

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Either you’re going to find your true strength, or you’re going to prove to me why you want to be here, there’s moments on your journey when you have to ... stay on your path. If there’s a roadblock in your path, you’ve got to find a way to overcome that roadblock.

– Ben Wallace

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You don't see a whole lot of African Americans in law enforcement, so, I'm trying to overcome that roadblock of taking a non-traditional career path and affect change within my community.

– Sheriff Appelhans

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The rules are just not that important to me. What is important to me is getting stuff done so if we were to get a majority. There is a lot of stuff that I want to get done and if trying to get the minimum wage increased for example, if Republicans throw up an artificial roadblock in my way, I am inclined to say,' Wait, it is what people want, it is what we promised,' i am not going to elevate an artificial rule over the substance of what I am here for, but I also don't come into this saying we have to change a rule to change a rule.

– Tim Kaine

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Trout Unlimited's a significant roadblock for the Pebble mine to overcome.

– Chris Wood

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Changing your password will just add one more roadblock to a potential hacker getting into your system.

– Aaron Brantly

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Washington will no longer be a roadblock to progress. Washington will now be your partner.

– President Trump

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

They (the Couches) have done everything that they can so far to avoid being accountable, or avoid being brought to justice. Any roadblock they can put in the way, any hurdle, I fully expect that.

– Tarrant County

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The NRA represents the gun industry. They're the roadblock. They're the problem.

– Martina Leinz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

– Mary Kay Ash

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The agenda of the roadblock is the philosophy of the stop sign.

– George W. Bush, Speech (2005)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around it, crawl under it.

– Kitty Kelley

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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