Overstepping Quotes

I'm always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it's a director's medium, and if they don't want to hear from me I just step back.

Matt Damon

The End Of The Day, Directors, Want

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Working with family is probably one of the hardest things in business, but it can also be one of the most rewarding. You have to be very, very careful that you don't overstep the boundaries that you wouldn't with anyone else. Sometimes, we think that the unconditional love they have for us makes overstepping boundaries alright. It's really not. You have to work harder to not damage the family dynamic. That lasts forever.

Paula Deen

Hard Work, Unconditional Love, Thinking

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...these are the problems of the modern U.S. combat soldier, the constant worry about overstepping the mark and an American media that delights in trying to knock us down. Which we have done nothing to deserve. Except, perhaps, love our country and everything it stands for.

Marcus Luttrell

Country, Media, Perhaps Love

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At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.

Confucius

Heart, Heaven, Desire

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We cannot afford to walk down that dangerous path of government overstepping its boundaries into the most personal parts of our lives.

Tulsi Gabbard

Government, Path, Boundaries

"Iraq veteran would be first Hindu in Congress" by Kim Geiger, www.stripes.com. September 5, 2012.

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Asil has appointed himself my guardian?" asked Charles softly. Asil was overstepping himself. "He was bored, he told me," said his father. He gave Charles a small smile. "I have given him a job so he doesn’t get bored again.

Patricia Briggs

Jobs, Father, Bored

Patricia Briggs (2012). “Fair Game”, p.36, Penguin

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In overstepping our limitations, in touching the extreme boundaries of man's world, we have come to know something of its true splendor.

Maurice Herzog

Men, Touching, World

Maurice Herzog (2011). “Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak”, p.9, Open Road Media

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To prevent wars, people must criticize, in their own country, the abuses that occur in their own country. The role taboos play in the preparation for war. The number of shameful secrets keeps growing incessantly, boundlessly. How meaningless all censorship taboos become, and how meaningless the consequences for overstepping them, when your life is in danger.

Christa Wolf

Country, War, Play

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