When we were growing up, some of those Amblin films, those Spielberg movies, led to the creation of the PG-13 rating because he was pushing it so dark and he upset a lot of parents. I liked that, though.
I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
Taserface is loud. Taserface is the defensive lineman on your high school football team. He’s a very loud individual who enjoys pushing people around.
The only people I have seen who have been truly pushing for the truth are the family members.
When I’m stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I’m eating a sandwich, it’s an unsettled sandwich. If I’m in the shower, it’s an incorrect shower. It’s profoundly uncomfortable. But it’s what keeps me pushing.
I think Roger Rasheed is helping me to be more serious. Also, he can convey his passion for tennis. He loves the game. Also he’s enthusiastic about everything, about tactics, about what is happening on the court, and also physically he’s really pushing me. He wants me to do my best every day.
When I first went to Israel, I saw soldiers pushing Palestinians around and thought, ‘I can’t stand this’. Then I’d meet somebody in a bar saying what wonderful people the Palestinians are and what mamzers the Jews are, and I’d think, ‘Hang on’. It should be hard to make up your mind on any serious subject.
Acting’s such a good job in that you’re stimulating and pushing yourself constantly. I’d never want to do anything comfortable.
I want completing the single market to be our driving mission. I want us to be at the forefront of transformative trade deals with the US, Japan and India as part of the drive towards global free trade. And I want us to be pushing to exempt Europe’s smallest entrepreneurial companies from more EU directives.
I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don’t want to make.
Ueli Steck, I’m absolutely certain, had a very strong inner drive to keep pushing. He set very high standards for himself.
It became apparent to me near the end of the album cycle for ‘House Of Gold & Bones’ that it had basically run its course. But the band kept pushing for more dates, and I was just, like, ‘It’s time to stop!’
Being a trial lawyer sounds like glamorous work, but most of your time is spent pushing paper and arguing.
When things don’t come so naturally to you, you want to persevere, you want to keep pushing yourself to overcome obstacles that prevent you from having the kind of life that you want to have.
I’m definitely not pushing to find who can I write with or produce with, but of course I’m open to something if it comes up.
As a community, we create a lot of space for fighting and pushing back, but not enough for connecting and healing.
I work a couple of hours a day with a guitar or pushing words around, so over time I have a lot of material, so I don’t get into this feast-or-famine situation.
He started pushing to make birdies and you don’t do that when you’re down.
I’m a triathlete. Running is when I do my best living and my best thinking. I love the discipline, pushing yourself to suffer as much as you can, because it leads to a form of redemption.
There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
You cannot get bogged down by failure – you have to keep pushing.
Whenever I’m near a body of water, I love to rent a kayak. It’s easy to use, and you not only get a cardio workout but also do a vigorous upper-body workout, pushing and pulling your paddle through the water.
I prefer to create friction. Because if you’re not pushing buttons, you’re just making something pleasant; it’s probably been done before, and it’s not making anyone feel anything.
I don’t want to force the peacekeeping nations to feel like I’m pushing them out.
You’ve got to keep pushing, keep driving, because in this business, you’re going to hear ‘no’ a lot more than you hear ‘yes.’
From an early age I didn’t buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.
I think one of the big things with Jonathan and me is that, you know, we love to compete, but it’s not a matter of competition to knock each other down. It’s a matter of pushing each other to do better. And we’ve always been like that our whole life.
Putting something in a movie because it’s in the news doesn’t make it political to me. If you’re not going outside the same old, same old, if you’re not pushing the envelope, then you’re not doing anything. A good movie is a political thing.
I doubt I’ll ever retire, but if I do, I see myself as the little old Parisian lady pushing her trolley from the supermarket to her apartment. Everyone needs a pipe dream.
The real reason Democrats are pushing for universal mail-in balloting has nothing to do with the global pandemic which originated in China; they simply believe it will help them win elections.
If you shut down 4chan, shut down 8chan, you’re just pushing it under the rug. Underground, it’s just gonna get worse.
On ‘The Mick’ we want to make the funniest family show possible, but maybe pushing the boundaries of which family members you want to be watching – some kids will be too young for it.
Analytics is not about sitting behind a computer and pushing enter and having it produce an answer.
If you have the right kind of guys who are pushing each other and at the same time supporting each other, it’s pretty cool.
When people are pushing me against the cage, in the past I was more susceptible to allowing it to happen because I had that jiu-jitsu mentality that I’m not going to grind back.
Don’t hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.
Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory.
I’ve always been a stroller guy. I love pushing them.
I would be honest when I say that the adventure element in my life was introduced by Abhinav. He really enjoys pushing his limits when it comes to adventure sports.
I like pushing myself.
I just really strongly promote pushing against this culture of perfection. I mean, I’m sorry, for me, Spanx don’t feel good. I’ve tried one of those waist-trainer things on – that hurt like the bejesus.
In life, that is how you advance – by pushing the limits.
I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.
Obviously I’d love to work with any of these great directors because every time I’ve worked with them I’ve gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.
I know when I need to be pushing it full speed; I know when I got to probe and allow the flow to open up, because, at the end of the day, on the basketball court, something’s going to open up.
Hopefully with each thing that you do you’re learning something, you’re growing, and you’re pushing yourself a little harder in some way or another. So I think you’d be in real trouble if each new thing that you create didn’t feel like ‘Oh, wow. I feel like I’m doing something a little different this time.’
Rahman sir keeps pushing himself. He keeps trying new things, whether it is his craft, music or sound… he is always learning. He looks for opportunities to learn, even from children.
I’m not getting penalised for pushing, I’m penalised for going over the limit of what’s legal and what’s within the rules.
We decided to have the baby at home because we wanted it to be a natural birth, and it turns out that it was 30 hours of natural. Eight hours of pushing – that’s the part that men don’t understand. Women go, ‘Oh, dear, oh, dear God, eight hours of pushing?’ And the men are like, ‘Okay, eight hours of pushing.’
I love seeing other people swim quickly, it gives you a bit more motivation to keep pushing and get the best out of yourself.
As members of society, we should always be pushing our girls to strive to be the best and to speak up and out about issues we see.
As creators and as readers, we need to always be pushing it – by looking for the books, looking for the artists and people and stories to support what we feel to be a better representation of all women. Of real women.
I’m constantly pushing myself to evolve and be a better person and the best that I can be and that pushes me in my fighting career and personal life.
It’s so easy to fall into a comfortable groove in life where you do the things that you like, and because of that, often times, we don’t grow or change because we’re not pushing ourselves.
The one thing the blues don’t get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people’s throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.
When I was young, there were bars called the ‘Hungry Hole,’ and in those same neighbourhoods are now gay people pushing baby carriages.
