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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. -- Viktor E. Frankl
I'm fine with being beat-up and pushed around, but I'm really scared of heights and scared of ledges. -- John Cena
I hope people remember me as a guy who brought magic to the people. You know, pushed the boundaries of wonder. -- David Blaine
Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart. -- Edwin Markham
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning. -- Winston Churchill
I'd like to say to all my fans out there, thanks for the support. And to all my doubters, thank you very much because you guys have also pushed me. -- Usain Bolt
People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts. But it's worth it, and it's a great thing. -- Sugar Ray Leonard
There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around. -- Chuck Close
I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than life's daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient. -- Mikhail Baryshnikov
I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do. -- Joan Jett
I don't like kids that are pushed into things by stage mums, but when I can see they are having a good time, they're excited and enjoying the process, then I think it's wrong to discriminate. -- Simon Cowell
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. -- Ben Stein
The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side. -- George Lucas
As a longtime fan of talk radio, I'm very worried about the low opinion that conservative hosts and callers have of the American artist. Art is portrayed as a scam, a rip-off and snow job pushed by snobbish elites. -- Camille Paglia
I'm learning that human pressure on wildlife is becoming increasingly dangerous. You've got to be more alert because more animals have been pushed around, wounded, subjected to human harassment, ambushed, all kinds of stress. When they attack, it's totally predictable. -- Peter Beard
I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me. -- Naguib Mahfouz
Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport. -- Saina Nehwal
My parents were very open about what kind of talent I had. They never pushed me to become an accountant because they knew that would be just absolutely ridiculous. So they were encouraging in what I am able to do with some success. -- Grace Slick
The reason laziness is rarely pushed as a lifestyle option is down to one simple reason: money. There are fortunes to be made out of active lifestyles. Gyms charge fees. But no one is going to make money out of sleep. It is free. -- Tom Hodgkinson
We see evidence that lakes and forests and wetlands can have different equilibria - so you have a savanna system that may be stable and thriving, but it can also tip over and become an arid steppe if pushed too far by warming, land degradation, and biodiversity loss. -- Johan Rockstrom
As far as the Animals breaking up - it was my fault. I wanted out. We took it to the max, as far as we could take it. Our reunion tour in 1983 went pretty good until we left America. Then we pushed it too hard and it fell apart. -- Eric Burdon
I've realized that my... let me call it 'destiny' or some force that has pushed me to identify looking for your comfort zone as a kind of limitation. And everybody has a tendency to fall into the comfort zone. I did that in the early stage of my career. -- Irrfan Khan
If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all. -- Jack Dee
I always wanted to be that guy who pushed the envelope in all kind of ways and tried something new. When I keep that rule going, it always takes me to a new place. There are times when I fail miserably, but I always find myself knowing one more thing better, doing one more thing that I never did before. -- Terry Crews
I was always pushed to do that much more, and in the long run that made me more of an MMA fighter. My mom always told me that if I let it go to the judges, I'd lost. There was no way I was going to win a decision, so I had to find ways to finish the fight fast. -- Ronda Rousey
When I'm pushed, I shove. -- James Garner
Communism didn't fall. It was pushed. -- George H. W. Bush
In politics, nothing moves unless it's pushed. -- Morton Blackwell
I'd much rather resign than be pushed. -- Ian Blair
I have pushed virtue to outright brutality. -- Jean Racine
I refuse to be pushed around anymore. -- Loretta Lynn
I can be pushed just so far. -- Harry Leon Wilson
My mom pushed me to take drama class. -- Michael Steger
When you're pushed killing is as easy as breathing -- Sylvester Stallone
I love being pushed out of my comfort zone. -- Karen Traviss
My wonder button is being pushed all the time. -- Carl Sagan
I like being moved. I don't like being pushed. -- John Cage
Ladies and gentlemen, communism didn't fall. It was pushed. -- Jack Kemp
Men fearing their innate power, pushed woman back into slavery. -- Frederick Lenz
Nothing ever happens by chance; everything is pushed from behind. -- Emily Murphy
Women have been systematically pushed out of spirituality by men. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship. -- Leo Tolstoy
America will not tolerate being pushed around by anybody, anyplace. -- Richard M. Nixon
I tend to be a lazy actress, unless I'm pushed. -- Asia Argento
I had been pushed as far as I could stand -- Rosa Parks
People are always fighting reality until it's pushed down their throats. -- Agnes Denes
Not wanting to disappoint is what pushed me to be successful. -- Jerry Rice
Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events. -- E. W. Howe
War is an act of violence pushed to its utmost limits. -- Carl von Clausewitz
if you are going to be pushed you had better jump -- Henry James
This guy [Donald Trump] is not going to get pushed around. -- Rudy Giuliani
Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed. -- O. J. Simpson
We are pushed by pain until we are pulled by vision. -- Michael Beckwith
What sort of God would it be, who only pushed from without. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Has someone or something pushed your anxiety button? Answer it with prayer! -- Evinda Lepins
I needed to be pushed as an artist and as a person. -- Kenny Chesney
It's what I've learned over the years that has pushed me beyond limits. -- Dwayne Johnson
They finally pushed me out, It's cool though cos I hae a dog. -- Pete Wentz
At electric speed, all forms are pushed to the limits of their potential. -- Marshall McLuhan
It's nice to be pushed, when you're being pushed in the right direction. -- Kent Allen
It hurts to much to be close to you, but continually pushed away. -- Jeaniene Frost
Edie Sedgwick had a cool style; she pushed the envelope for the time. -- Taylor Momsen
There's no such thing as boundaries only limits that get pushed further and further. -- Travis Pastrana
Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me. -- Jessie Ware
Life is pulled by goals and pushed by drive. Make sure you have both! -- Denise Austin
All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away. -- Sri Aurobindo
In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes. -- Rick Perlstein
It doesn't count if your swing is going the highest if you're getting pushed. -- Cynthia Lewis
Women are often pushed into the idea that they write softer, more character-driven jokes. -- Allison Silverman
When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
My behavior last night was poor.Poor? Agatha coughed. You pushed me through a window! -- Soman Chainani
I can be approached, but never pushed; befriended but never coerced; killed, but never shamed. -- Yi Sun-sin
Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears. -- P. W. Botha
Raising children pushed me to walk the walk and practice life as I preach it. -- Candace Cameron
I love to be pushed so I can prove myself, because once again, I will. -- Kid Rock
They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top. -- Tyler Hamilton
I've pushed several women in front of violent situations. My rule is save myself first. -- Kevin Hart
Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child. -- Yoko Ono
I like extreme situations: people pushed out of their comfort zones; the civil veneer stripped off. -- Sarah Hall
Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI. They realized they couldn't beat us. -- Tom Clancy
It was Jacques Chirac and Schroeder both, who pushed us into a conflict to remove Milosevic. -- Curt Weldon
It was really a pleasure to play someone who's literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly. -- Jeri Ryan
Janeane Garofalo ended up, in a sense, being pushed by the media into becoming a pundit. -- Lewis Black
He'd pushed her. He'd scared her. He'd besieged her. He'd vowed he wouldn't, and he did. -- Ann Brashares
In the beginning I pushed toward perfection, but it takes time to get to certain places. -- Alexander Wang
Art is art. Television has elevated itself, in certain ways, but it's always pushed people's consciousness. -- Reese Witherspoon
I always felt that the Cubans were being pushed into the Soviet Bloc by American policy. -- Lee Harvey Oswald
Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else. -- Jeffrey Sachs
My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted. -- Jim Carrey
It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish. -- Michael Jordan
I always pushed myself. Whenever I felt I needed to stop, I made myself run faster. -- Cecelia Ahern
Venom were the first thrash band i heard on record-it really pushed me to the best! -- Kerry King
Even if I was a Republican, George Bush would have pushed me out of that party. -- Tucker Max
I am a fallen woman, but I assure you: I did not fall. I was pushed. -- Michel Faber
No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, Iâ??m going to come right back up. -- Doris Day
Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often. -- Catherine Deneuve
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered !My life is my own. -- Patrick McGoohan
I pushed my ragged mouth against the mirror. A thousand crushed bleeding lips pushed back at me... -- Laurie Halse Anderson
I have bad reflexes. I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys. -- Woody Allen
Success in the movies has pushed me to places I didn't know I was allowed to go. -- Ian Mckellen
I think this whole Billy Bush thing just pushed women over the edge because it's so visceral. -- Kathleen Hanna
I hope by the time I am president that we will have pushed ISIS out of Iraq. -- Hillary Clinton
After 'Urinetown,' 'Avenue Q' and now 'Mormon,' is there an envelope remaining to be pushed? -- Rich Sommer
To say that my dad pushed me is an understatement. I was never naturally drawn to football. -- Thierry Henry
When you get pushed down, you pick yourself up and move on. I've never been a victim. -- Sharon Osbourne
The world is not real for me until it has been pushed through the mesh of language. -- John Banville
I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them. -- Harvey Pekar
Music has always pushed ahead social movements and can do much more than just dumb down a populace. -- Saul Williams
I very much regret that our administration has pushed the whole issue of Kosovo to the back burner. -- Eliot Engel
I can be very passionate but I also have a bit of a hot temper - when pushed. -- Rachel Stevens
I have not been so much pushed by winds as pulled forward by the force of my decisions. -- Jean Kwok
Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly. -- Nick Cave
Strong and independent? I'm neither. I'm just being pushed along by reality, whether I like it or not. -- Haruki Murakami
When I heard, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, I thought, Did he fall or was he pushed? -- P. D. James
My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do. -- Gwen Stefani
Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger. -- Julianna Baggott

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