Pushing The Envelope Quotes

• I like people who push the envelope.

  Norman Reedus

  People, Envelopes

  "Norman Reedus: Lady GaGa is a machine!". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. May 6, 2011.

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• We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

  Lisa Guerrero

  Humor, Expectations, Personality

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• I put all of my resources into pushing the evolution in an industry that is notoriously backwards and I enjoy pushing that envelope,.

  George Lucas

  Envelopes, Pushing, Evolution

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• The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.

  Vicki Lawrence

  Fun, Envelopes, Comedy

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• Everyone's got skeletons in their closet, and I've got a million in mine, believe me. I tested the envelope; I pushed it. Whenever somebody in authority told me not to do something, I did it just to find out why they said not to do it.

  Denis Leary

  Believe, Skeletons, Envelopes

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• Edie Sedgwick had a cool style; she pushed the envelope for the time.

  Taylor Momsen

  Style, Envelopes

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• I don't want to push the envelope. Let the envelope stay in the middle of the table. I'll just make you laugh.

  Rita Rudner

  Laughing, Tables, Want

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• I love the 3D revolution. I love the technology today that continues to push the envelope, continues break the new ground, and continues to raise the bar.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Technology, Bars, Envelopes

  "FASTER THE CHRONICLES: Dwayne Johnson – Exclusive Interview that Covers FASTER, FAST FIVE, THE OTHER GUYS, 3D, More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. November 15, 2010.

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• I'm a performer. I push the envelope, I work in a very uncontrolled manner onstage. I do a lot of free association, it's spontaneous, I go into character.

  Michael Richards

  Character, Association, Envelopes

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• My style during the day is very casual - boyfriend jeans, T-shirts, Converse, Uggs, whatever. At night, I love heels and thigh-highs, I like something fresh and new, and I'm not afraid to push the envelope.

  Katie Cassidy

  Night, Jeans, Uggs

  "Katie Cassidy Dishes on Gossip Girl". Interview with Dan Koday, www.seventeen.com. October 20, 2010.

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• The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

  George R. R. Martin

  Risk, Envelopes, Makers

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

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• See your life as a giant adventure. Keep pushing the envelope, and remember that every dream starts off small.

  Robin Sharma

  Dream, Adventure, Giants

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Dec 06, 2014

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• Pushing the envelope' sort of implies that you're inside the envelope with everyone else, and you're trying to find the edges on the outsides.

  Louis C. K.

  Trying, Envelopes, Pushing

  "Louis C.K. on Twitter and Tracy Morgan". Interview with Austin L. Ray, www.cnn.com. June 21, 2011.

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• I like pushing the envelope. But I don't like to do it just for the sake of doing it.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Envelopes, Sake, Pushing

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• If anybody asks me what I attribute the longevity of my career to, then I say it's because I was never satisfied with being a cowboy in the plains of Spain and later I was never satisfied with just playing a detective in San Francisco, and constantly just pushing the envelope.

  Clint Eastwood

  Cowboy, San Francisco, Careers

  Interview with Michael Parkinson, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2003.

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• I love Katy Perry and Lady GaGa. I think GaGa's pushing the envelope every day and I really like that.

  Pat Benatar

  Thinking, Envelopes, Pushing

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• As long as bands are still out there slaving away in the garage and putting out their own records and just pushing the envelope for how songs should be written or how they should be played, punk will never die.

  Milo Aukerman

  Song, Long, Records

  Source: vandalamagazine.com

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• The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and courage is what we all need to create a better world.

  Wayne Shorter

  Art, Creativity, Doors

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• Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.

  Adam Lambert

  Men, Years, Female

  "Adam Lambert Says Censorship of American Music Awards Song Would Be 'Discrimination'" by Daniel Kreps, www.rollingstone.com. November 23, 2009.

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• If you watch the award shows, you'll see variations of the hammer pants. It's always cool to see that and then every now and then, you'll see an artist who's pushing the envelope and it may not be all the way there but you can see where it's coming from. I'm always appreciative of seeing my influence.

  MC Hammer

  Artist, Awards, Variation

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• 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.

  Sean Penn

  Political, Good Movie, News

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• [Amy Ray and I] both have this part of our brain that makes us think that everybody should and will be nice and friendly and forthcoming. And then we're completely disillusioned. We have all these grand plans. One of them is the Rolling Thunder Pussy Revue. There's all these women's festivals going on this summer, and we don't think they're as adventurous as they could be. Lilith Fair-right away, by the name, you know they aren't pushing the envelope hard enough.

  Ani DiFranco

  Summer, Nice, Thinking

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• I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here's a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.

  Billy Joel

  People, Rolling, Stones

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• Univa developing and supporting Grid Engine is welcome news for the GE community. This move by Univa brings with it a new competitive spirit and sense of innovation to a market that continuously benefits from pushing the envelope.

  Ian Foster

  Moving, Community, Innovation

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• If I begin writing a poem that means I'm intrigued in some way by whatever it's about and that if I'm not trying to find something new and pushing the envelope in the poem I can't expect my reader to be particularly excited about it either.

  Rita Dove

  Writing, Mean, Trying

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. November 19, 2009.

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