Pushed Away Quotes

• Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.

  Richard Dawkins

  Simple, Difficult, Science And Religion

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• There's more than one way to be a girl

  Lauren Faust

  Girl, Censorship In Books, Censoring Books

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• But it seems there is more than one way to poison a person's heart, and it doesn't require a meal.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Heart, Meals, Poison

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Poison Study”, p.179, Harlequin

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• There is more than one way to burn a book.

  Ray Bradbury

  Book, Way, Censorship

  Ray Bradbury (2012). “Fahrenheit 451: A Novel”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

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• You can find Calcutta anywhere in the world. You only need two eyes to see. Everywhere in the world there are people that are not loved, people that are not wanted nor desired, people that no one will help, people that are pushed away or forgotten. And this is the greatest poverty.

  Mother Teresa

  Eye, Two, People

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• We seek absolute neutrality in Buddhism. We don't want to be drawn into anything in particular. We don't want to be pushed away from anything in particular.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Neutrality, Want

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• One time I was singing along with a boy that looked like me in the crowd and he pushed away the mic and started making out with me and accidently bit my lip and I had to get stitches.

  Davey Havok

  Boys, Singing, Crowds

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• They [American Muslim community] need to have close working cooperation with law enforcement in these communities, not be alienated and pushed away as some of Donald's [Trump] rhetoric, unfortunately, has led to.

  Hillary Clinton

  Law, Community, Needs

  Source: time.com

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• All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Attachment, Desire, Conventions

  Source: overmanfoundation.wordpress.com

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• Mr. Bush has squandered the hard-built paternity of 40 years. But so has the party, and so have its leaders. If they had pushed away for serious reasons, they could have separated the party's fortunes from the president's. This would have left a painfully broken party, but they wouldn't be left with a ruined brand,- as they all say, speaking the language of marketing. And they speak that language because they are marketers, not thinkers. Not serious about policy. Not serious about ideas. And not serious about leadership, only followership.

  Peggy Noonan

  Party, Years, Ideas

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• Sometimes we set boundaries for ourselves in life, or even worse, we allow others to do so. In many cases, these boundaries are just in our mind and need to be pushed away.

  Lewis Pugh

  Mind, Needs, Sometimes

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• He pushed away from her and raised his arm, forcing his stump into her face. "A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister. Don't ask me to rule.

  George R. R. Martin

  Hands, Arms, Faces

  George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.53, Bantam

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• Then I realised that I was the god on this occasion. I had tried to help the bluebottle, but it wouldn't let me. And then I felt sorry for God because I understood his frustration. Sometimes when people offer a helping hand, it gets pushed away. People always want to help themselves first.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Sorry, Frustration, Hands

  Cecelia Ahern (2009). “The Book of Tomorrow”, p.15, HarperCollins UK

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• Memories, so sweet and bitter.. they had both nourished and devoured him for so many years. Until a time came when they began to fade, turning faint and blurred, only an ache to be quickly pushed away because it went to your heart. For what was the use of remembering all you had lost?

  Cornelia Funke

  Sweet, Memories, Heart

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkspell”, p.76, Scholastic Inc.

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• Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being told to look at proper books, which means books without pictures.

  Anthony Browne

  Children, Book, Mean

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• You can’t go back. Can’t fix what broke. But you can go forward. And every step matters. Every one makes a difference.” She pushed away from the desk, cupped his face in her hands. “From where I’m standing, you’re the best step I ever took.

  Nora Roberts

  Hands, Differences, Making A Difference

  J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts (2011). “J.D. Robb The IN DEATH Collection”, p.1333, Penguin

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• It is not just that it is profoundly offensive to the leaders and people of a democratic Germany to paint Hitler on the wall (or on the remnants of the Wall). It is also consummately counterproductive. Such sauce does not make the meat of substantive criticism more interesting. It means that the whole dish is pushed away. It does not mean that Britain's voice is listened to more attentively in the councils of Europe. It means that it is listened to even less.

  Timothy Garton Ash

  Wall, Mean, Europe

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• It is important for a father who feels pushed away [by the mom] to say, in effect, When you do that, I feel unwanted as a father, or I feel my rough-housing is not bad parenting; it's my contribution to helping our child take risks. Women cannot hear what men do not say.

  Warren Farrell

  Mom, Children, Father

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• Young people often serve as scapegoats for the challenges communities face. At the same time, they are routinely pushed away from connecting to their communities as serious problem-solvers capable of changing the world.

  Adam Fletcher

  People, Community, Challenges

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• They're headed for some place called the Great Barrier." "A place that doesn't exist." Liv was shaking her head, checking the rotating dials on her wrist. Link pushed away his plate, still covered with food. "So let me get this straight. We're gonna go down into the Tunnels and find this moon outta time with Liv's fancy watch?" "Selenometer." Liv didn't look up from copying numbers from the dials into her red notebook.

  Kami Garcia

  Notebook, Moon, Tunnels

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• What you notice is the loneliness. Daniel started to isolate himself, because it hurt less than being pushed away.

  Jodi Picoult

  Hurt, Loneliness, It Hurts

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.632, Simon and Schuster

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• First of all, I'm not buff enough. I got pushed away from the basket. And even when I didn't, I couldn't get anyone to throw me a pass.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Firsts, Enough

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• It hurts to much to be close to you, but continually pushed away.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Hurt, It Hurts

  Jeaniene Frost (2013). “Twice Tempted: A Night Prince Novel”, p.20, Harper Collins

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• Anything else you want to tell me?” I asked Valek as we stopped a few feet short of the castle’s south entrance. “Did Ari and Janco set me up for Nix’s attack? Do you have another test of loyalty for me up your sleeve? Maybe the next time, I’ll actually fail. A prospect that seems appealing!” I pushed away Valek’s supporting arm. “When you warned me that you would test me from time to time, I thought you meant spiking my food. But it seems there is more than one way to poison a person’s heart, and it doesn’t even require a meal.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Loyalty, Heart, Feet

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Poison Study”, p.179, Harlequin

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• I suspect the reason is that most people [...] have a residue of feeling that Darwinian evolution isn't quite big enough to explain everything about life. All I can say as a biologist is that the feeling disappears progressively the more you read about and study what is known about life and evolution. I want to add one thing more. The more you understand the significance of evolution, the more you are pushed away from the agnostic position and towards atheism. Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.

  Richard Dawkins

  Simple, People, Feelings

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