Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for them. So, to whatever extent I can, I like to push those to give me a little more time, and make it so that they’re as uncomfortable as I am.
Abject poverty, political instability, torture, and other abuses push thousands across our border. There is not a deterrent imaginable that equals the conditions that force their migration.
In this era of globalisation, I believe that the only way to push the Philippines forward is to focus our energy on improving English, mathematics, science, and technology.
When you are on a climb, you always pick out people’s words of encouragement, and it can push us on, without doubt.
We don’t want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.
That’s how I like to do it with actors, have them really go for it and I’ll tell them when it’s too much. It’s always easier to bring it back then to push it further.
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends, rain and pain mature into triumph or surrender. That’s one reason the race-day crowds matter, the friends who come to cheer and stomp and flap their signs and push the runners on.
I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not like?
I eye ‘Modern Love’ warily between that second and third cup of coffee on Sunday mornings, calculating how much of a push I need to get through the day’s unhurriedly earnest saga of heartbreak and recovery.
Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.
As a fair skinned blonde, I disappeared into the background. I’ve always been a loner, so I suppose dyeing my hair red was a way to say, ‘I’m here, I exist, I’m a human being and you can’t just push me aside.’
We push experience aside and forget about people far too quickly.
I am just so thankful that my mom was a fantastic mom. She wasn’t a stage mother; she didn’t push me. She was happy if I was happy. We are so different. I was very shy; my mom did all the talking. She was my strength. She never expected that I would be this ballerina.
You set your goals to a point where they’re attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
I never knew you were supposed to push off of your feet when you walked. And I tried it, and I walked much faster.
Being veterans of the struggle to push back against fundamentalist Christians, American liberals are well acquainted with the pitfalls of the neoconservative flirtation with the religious-right.
The kind of music I’m dealing with is more a long-term music. Sometimes a little discourage runs along on your thought, but I am here to push it back. Discourage is a sign of weakness, and I don’t like to be weak.
There’s a hunger and a fervor that I have, but there’s no person I’m going to push to the side to get where I’m going. I want to create my own road.
I want to push myself.
It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don’t try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.
I support women, men, anybody who is in a place that’s not their strongest and who is ready to push forward.
Did Google need to make robot cars in order to make Streetview work? Absolutely not. It’s the equivalent of saying you need a walking robot in order to push an upright vacuum cleaner. It’s gratuitous robotics!
Doctors are fantastic, but they err on the side of caution. But you can push yourself. You’re not going to die from pain.
It’s my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it starts with craft. It starts with an understanding of materials. It starts with an understanding of where foods are grown.
God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.
I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor – all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.
The idea of harnessing the intelligence of the readership has been lost in the quest for Facebook likes. For many, readers have become synonymous with hateful commenters. It’s time for a renewed push to realize some of the original dreams of the web.
Being a mother is more exhausting than working, and sometimes I push myself too hard and burn myself out. I can appreciate how exhausting it must be for women who have to do everything themselves all the time.
Amazing how the White House, celebrities and gun control groups happen to repeatedly push for new initiatives in an organized fashion at the same time.
You don’t have to change who you are for anyone: if you are your regular, authentic, confident self, then you can push to do whatever you want.
I have to write people who feel honest but also push our cultural ball forward.
Criticism can be devastating. When push comes to shove, we are all very sensitive.
I would really like to do a really cool one-hour show, maybe on, like, HBO or something like that; or something that I’ve spent a couple of years developing so it would be exactly the character and exactly in with a huge push behind it; or I would maybe want to do a sitcom; something light and funny.
These are the sort of things that push you on in music – the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
I guess I’ve always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor.
As a director, I have the greatest job in the world, but if I don’t push the boundaries, then what’s the point of having it?
I am very ambitious and have set goals for myself. I really don’t keep a tab on what my contemporaries are doing. I want to push myself as an actress and don’t want to get into the rat race. With every film, I want to grow as a person and an actress. The character I play needs to change me in real life.
You don’t have to do everything by the time you’re 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It’s what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
Nothing is ever for sure, but when something in love doesn’t work from the beginning, it’s never going to work. Don’t push it.
We have to defeat ISIS. We have to make certain that we destroy them and that we push them back.
The push for ‘Meatless Mondays’ in our military is misguided at best and goes against dietary guidelines. Our men and women in uniform should have the option to consume the protein they need, including meat, on a daily basis.
I love to see how far you’re able to go, both in skills but also emotionally how far I can push myself.
The Philippines must ensure that it adopts, as much as possible, an equi-balancing strategy towards both China and America. To push back against Chinese adventurism by deepening Philippine dependence on another power runs counter to the very logic of protecting its national sovereignty.
If you never budge, don’t expect a push.
I’ve done a couple of songs which are not up to the mark. So, mentally, I’ve set a goal that I should be more dynamic and try and push myself as much as I can.
To the extent we push meat a little bit to the side and move vegetables to the center of our diet, we’re also going to be a lot healthier.
I tend to walk through life sort of looking through a pair of binoculars, and I focus on certain things and push out the rest.
I always want to push myself as far as possible; I always want to be up there and recognised as a good goalie and have people appreciate what you do.
I can’t bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I’d rather die quickly.
I’m really hands-on. My team brings in elements, but, every season, it’s kind of a personal struggle to find the balance and to see how far I want to push the elements.
The stronger you stand on your principles, the easier it is to fight. The first time, it’s tough, but the second time, it’s always easier. You just have to push for your rights.
I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you’re just afraid to put yourself out there, and it’s uncomfortable because it’s working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.
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.
The United States must also continue to push the United Nations Security Council for strong action to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions. In the meantime, it is our job to take meaningful steps to eliminate the threats posed by Iran.
Nobody has ever gotten a bigger push than Bill Clinton gave to Obama.
