A lot of the qualities in ‘Killing and Dying’ is sort of a response to work I’d done previously. I wanted to push myself in some different directions.
Classic glam is beautiful and will never go out of style, but I like to try to push the envelope and create something new and inspiring.
The doughy-faced woman has been forced to sit on the sidelines of culture for too long, and it’s now time for us to stand up with our big round faces like the moon and say we have things to say, too. We have a round-faced agenda we want to push.
I had to push exposition through dialogue, which is really, really hard for an actor do.
The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
The great thing about living in New York is the constant change of things. It inspires me to keep moving, push forward, question ideas.
You have to learn to get comfortable being uncomfortable. You have to be willing to get out of your comfort zone and push your limits.
Every opportunity that you get in life to do something unique, that’s going to challenge you and push you, is an opportunity that I want to take, especially as a footballer.
You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
As algorithms push humans out of the job market, wealth and power might become concentrated in the hands of the tiny elite that owns the all-powerful algorithms, creating unprecedented social and political inequality. Alternatively, the algorithms might themselves become the owners.
I don’t know how to be comfortable. Comfort is uncomfortable to me so I push myself to new places.
My job is to inspire the people, to be on top of my game and push my culture forward.
Our soldiers fought in the Korean War to push back communism. As a result of their effort and the effort of our allies, South Korea is free today.
Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.
Most of the time in the 21st century, we dominate our surroundings: We tweak the thermostat, and the temperature falls one degree. We push a button, and Taylor Swift sings for us. It’s the opposite in the wilderness, which teaches us constantly that we are not lords of the universe but rather building blocks of it.
We think of our prison inmates as the dregs of society, and we scorn them and push them off to the side and forget about them. We have to remember that they are humans, and they have rights, and yes, they did wrong, but we all have one shot at doing wrong, you know?
God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.
Let’s push the Pentagon off the fiscal cliff.
Anytime you see Beyonce, Jay Z, Kanye West. Anytime a young black person’s doing good, that’s motivation for everybody else. Anytime, anytime, it’s motivation. Use that fuel to push you forward. That’s what I did.
Consumers now have a voice. And the fact that consumers can be creators, producers and distributors means they can push back against brands to punish them for their socially irresponsible behavior or reward them for their responsible behavior.
My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women’s economic empowerment and political participation.
You always have to be ready. When I’m washing dishes, I have to have a towel ready so I can dry my hands and push the record button on my phone.
I will continue to push for doubling the strength of the U.S. Border Patrol, and to make sure that every cargo container that enters this nation is screened for radiation and potential weapons of mass destruction.
With a Nine Inch Nails show, I’m building on a legacy that comes with a certain set of expectations. I have to push that forward, I have to reinvent myself, I have to feel current and valid.
I think Chappelle set the bar when he came out with his show. To be as great as him or greater you have to push it a little further – as long as there’s substance in terms of the material.
There are no figures in the Trump campaign who colluded with Russia – but there were at least five in the Obama administration who helped push the bogus narratives of collusion and obstruction, and they have plenty of questions to answer.
There is a big push that we all are engaged in, in wanting to have the newest in innovation – and I think that’s all really great. But I also feel that human beings need to be aware of, and grounded in, history.
I think it’s important to know what you want to do and push forth with it.
Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.
Sometimes the simplest tasks are so incredibly challenging but everyday I try and I make choices to push myself further than I could ever imagine.
Well, you know, in any novel you would hope that the hero has someone to push back against, and villains – I find the most interesting villains those who do the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons. Either one is interesting. I love the gray area between right and wrong.
The reality of split government puts a premium on creativity within the administration. President Obama needs to put the right people in charge of the agencies and then have them push the bounds of administrative power to change policy through those agencies. President Obama has a pretty good track record of this.
You can do anything if you set goals. You just have to push yourself.
There is the natural tendency that all of us are vulnerable to, to deny unpleasant realities and to look for any excuse to push them away and resolve to think about them another day long in the future.
I was never motivated by a contract. I was motivated by being the best. So I just compete against myself every day and push to get better.
Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal.
We are all fed from hundreds and thousands of hands. Often we do not know whose they are nor how they work. Only a few of us ever visualize the hands that grope in the coal mines or push levers in the mills or handle axes in the lumber camp.
Stand-your-ground laws are a favorite of the NRA gun lobby and their push to weaken our nation’s gun laws.
We can push Montana forward and we can do it with out raising taxes.
Humans are creatures of habit. If you quit when things get tough, it gets that much easier to quit the next time. On the other hand, if you force yourself to push through it, the grit begins to grow in you.
Growing up, I would have to watch the other children and learn from my mistakes. I would have to push myself to overcome the things most people don’t have to think about. Brushing my teeth was very difficult because of the noise of the brush.
We’re going to continue to focus on family comedies because that is something that our audience really comes to ABC for. But at the same time, we’re going to push the boundaries of what a family comedy actually means.
You know sometimes in life it just takes one little push to get you over the hill and from there it can be a beautiful ride.
I’m the worst employer I could wish for because I push myself hard.
If you’re too methodical, too fearful, you’re not going to win. But the clever thing is to make the calculation correctly about where and when to go over the top. You’ve got to know when to push it and when to come back.
When I need to push myself, I think of all those nicely polished trophies waiting to be lifted up by the winner – and how that winner might be me.
The songwriter mustn’t fall in love with his own song. If it doesn’t belong, he can’t push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it’ll fit in another show.
I didn’t let anyone push me into things I didn’t want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?
The thing is, if you’re a designer, then you want to constantly push yourself and your designs.
You can’t please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.
Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn’t come at the push of a button.
It’s the main reason why I continue to push myself and my career to do more and more as the amount that you’re able to raise for charity and to give to charity by my celebrity.
Love won’t be tampered with, love won’t go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.
The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.
If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don’t like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas.
There’s so many things that people do on a daily basis that they do as a way of defining who they are. But really, what defines who you are is when circumstances push you to the edge.
I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.
