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I'm not going to be anybody's punching bag. -- Tim Kaine
I just had to stay cool. Zen. No punching in the face. Punching would not be Zen. -- Ilona Andrews
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag. -- Ed Koch
I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching. -- Wesley Snipes
I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.' -- Les Dawson
Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together. -- Keanu Reeves
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world. -- Erykah Badu
And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action. -- Shelby Foote
That's pretty hot," he said. "Punching me in the eye?" "Well, no. Of course not. I meant the idea of getting rough with you is hot. I'm a big fan of full-contact sports." "I'm sure you are. -- Richelle Mead
They didn't train me to be in the ring for five and a half hours punching air. So, it was hard, I had to get some body contact in there somewhere, it was mostly body shots and stuff. I had no clue, really. -- Michelle Rodriguez
Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost. -- Donald Rumsfeld
When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fighting style was straight ahead. He took every shot thrown at him, and he kept punching back 'til he won. I honestly feel that's how I am. I take big shots from people. But I keep going. -- James Frey
I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself. -- Cameron Diaz
Talking like touching. Writing like punching somebody. -- Susan Sontag
Why stay with him, he uses you just like a human punching bag? -- Ray Davies
The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag. -- Criss Jami
The action pictures I've been typically involved with, when somebody gets punched, you really feel the punching, and when somebody gets shot, you really feel the shot. -- Lorenzo di Bonaventura
I love eating in it, brushing my teeth and swallowing the toothpaste in it. I love punching the ceiling with my fists when I'm lost or I can't find a parking space. -- Laura Kightlinger
Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people -- because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it -- I don't care how good you are. -- Bruce Lee
The reigning Miss Canada has been arrested for punching out another woman in a bar fight.Quite frankly, I think it's refreshing to finally find one beauty pageant winner who is against world peace. -- Jay Leno
Boxing is a science. You don't just walk into a gym and start punching. Fighters are born with differences in physical ability, but you also see a big difference in their skills. That's the trainers influence at work. -- Eddie Futch
The microwave oven is one of the modern objects that convey the most elemental feeling of power over the passing seconds ... If you suffer from hurry sickness in its most advanced stages, you may find yourself punching 88 seconds instead of 90 because it is faster to tap the same digit twice. -- James Gleick
It was mid-November 2008. There were pirates taking ships with impunity in African waters, terrorists punching holes in Indian security, China sinking towards depression because Americans were afraid to buy cheap goods for Christmas, and the richest nation in the history of the world was talking about how to keep a budget. -- Walter Mosley
Many Karate teachers teach a watered down style - no hip action and no depth of punching - so it is easy to say that these teachers have no depth to their knowledge. You are what your teacher is, and if he knows a lot, you should be able to demonstrate this knowledge. -- Higa Yuchoku
On the night Test faced the Great One, this is what he'll see... twelve sharpshooters stinging, eleven eyebrows raising, ten spines a'bustin, nine noggins knocking, eight kicks a'kicking, seven punches punching, six suplexes smashing, five seconds of the people chanting The Rock's name... four Rock Bottoms, three People's Elbows, on your two buckteeth, and an ass-kicking all over New Orleans! -- Dwayne Johnson
Monk was a gentle person, gentle and beautiful, but he was strong as an ox. And if I had ever said something about punching Monk out in front of his face - and I never did - then somebody should have just come and got me and taken me to the madhouse, because Monk could have just picked my little ass up and thrown me through a wall. -- Miles Davis
Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face. -- Tama Janowitz
Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot. -- Alexis Arguello
I love punching the ceiling with my fists when I'm lost or I can't find a parking space. -- Laura Kightlinger
Working a job I love is mentally less stressful than punching in a clock everyday, but it's a lot busier. -- Lee DeWyze
I always felt caged, closed in, like I was punching at things that weren't there. I always had too much energy for the room I was in. -- Angelina Jolie
We all have those days when you feel like you're against the world, every little thing goes wrong and your blood pressure is up. And you feel like punching somebody! -- Josh Turner
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In the early 2000s, I was introduced to the noble art of kickboxing, it thrilled me, and I loved it. I loved the honour and the discipline, and I also loved the punching. -- Nick Frost
We started with the basics of kicking and punching, then we moved on once we got proficient in that, we moved on to working with the weapons, and from then on working with the wires. -- Chiaki Kuriyama
My mom allowed me to take an old burlap bag and fill it with moss, corn stalks and rocks, then hang it from a tree and spend an hour a day punching my heavy bag. -- Joe Frazier
Those guys were made for me and Muhammad because they come straight in and don't back up but you had to watch out for his punching power but if we could have neutralized that then we would have been fine. -- Larry Holmes
They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I'm the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching until I got tired. But he was probably the most smart fighter I've ever gotten into the ring with. -- George Foreman
If you woke up, every day, and someone punched you in the face, for the first week, you'd go, 'Why is someone punching me in the face?' But, by the time you got through week two, you'd take it and just go on with the day. -- Dominic Monaghan
My father worked in the Post Office. A lot of double shifts. All his friends were in the same situation - truck drivers, taxi cab drivers, grocery clerks. Blue collar guys punching the clock and working long, hard hours. The thought that sustained them was the one at the center of the American dream. -- Gary David Goldberg
For most of my life I've liked to pretend I live in a starship. Punching in fake codes to get into doorways that obviously are not secure. I love that idea of living on a spaceship. Because essentially we are: a gigantic thing floating in some infinite darkness that's running on principles that we don't even understand. -- Reggie Watts
Yes!" said Fang, punching the air. "Freaks rule. -- James Patterson
Having a debate with a modern Christian is like punching a sponge. -- Richard Dawkins
You are not punching them; it is your going into kamae that punches them. -- Masaaki Hatsumi
Planned Parenthood is a gigantic bully, using Komen as its own personal punching bag, -- Karen Handel
It seems like the millennial generation is a little bit of a cultural punching bag. -- Audie Cornish
Writing is basically a job for people who like punching themselves in the face, I'm pretty sure. -- Warren Ellis
Moviemaking is so male-dominated now that they think they're being pro-feminine when they have women punching each other out. -- Pauline Kael
Punch me." "Don't be absurd." "Come on, punch me, Barrons." "I'm not punching you." "I said, punch--OW!" He decked me. -- Karen Marie Moning
If Atheists are lonely and downtrodden, we have only ourselves to blame. Numerically, we are strong. Let's start punching our weight. -- Tom Flynn
You...are...a...fridge...with wings,' Fang ground out, punching an Eraser hard with every word. 'We're...freaking...ballet...dancers. -- James Patterson
Have you tried talking to her?" "No. We've been punching her in the face repeatedly. What? You don't think that will work? -- Cassandra Clare
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching. -- George S. Patton
Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity -- Barney Kessel
Now aren't you glad I made you take a bath?" Bill asked. "One less bottle of eau de reekette punching holes in l'ozone. -- Lauren Kate
Every joke has its origin - the punching people in the face joke. It hurts like hell to get punched in the face. -- Dane Cook
Careful living and correct training methods aided me a great deal, but I would say straight punching was the foundation of all my success. -- Jack Johnson
And I got out of there without punching anyone, kicking anyone, or breaking down in tears. Some days the small victories are all you achieve. -- Molly Ringle
I'm on my feet, pacing around the room, punching a fist into my palm, which I stop doing when I realise how drama queen it feels. -- Eoin Colfer
I come from a martial arts background so kicking and punching and using your hands and your feet is more of the art that I was taught. -- Katheryn Winnick
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When I watch TV I can tell when someone is punching the joke and telling me when to laugh. I'll decide when to laugh, thank you very much. -- Nathan Fillion
I know Haye's a good fighter as well and he beat Mormeck but Mormeck is not Enzo Maccarinelli and does not have the speed, stamina or punching power. -- Joe Calzaghe
Oh, yes, that feels so good," I moaned, and instead of punching Ian, pulled him closer. Breath tickled my neck as he laughed. "I know. I'm truly gifted. -- Jeaniene Frost
Look at it this way: I might be saying you're fat, but at least I'm not punching you in the face.' Are those the only options?' Not always. Just sometimes. -- Sarah Dessen
I didn't like Army life. I didn't like taking orders. I didn't like discipline. I didn't like being yelled at. You'd get 10 years for punching a sergeant so I couldn't punch a sergeant. -- Jack Kirby
It hurts that, you know, the media's made me into sort of this like punching bag or cartoon character-they think that I don't have any feelings, and, you know, it hurts like anyone else. -- Paris Hilton
I have thought about punching people out. Sometimes, I've thought, 'Why don't I just act on that impulse?' But then, I've never hit anybody in anger. Hey! I've never hit anybody for fun. -- Alan Alda
I went to court-reporting school to study stenotyping. After awhile, whenever anybody spoke, in my mind my fingers would be punching it out. Even two years after I quit, my mind still did that. -- Michelle Pfeiffer
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