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• What I have in me... it's not hard, and it's not cold, and it's not fierce ambition, that's not what it is. It's a drive [for success], but it's not a drive...it's being driven, it's something I have no control over. It's something pushing me, I'm not pushing myself.

  Bette Midler

  Ambition, Cold, Fierce

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don`t allow themselves to get too comfortable. Entering a comfort zone is the fastest way to kill your drive and determination, at which point you begin to accept whatever you have as being "good enough." There is no self-esteem in accepting the status quo. There are tremendous emotional and psychological rewards that come with pushing yourself to break through past limits and, in the process, creating something of value for yourself and others.

  Tony Robbins

  Determination, Self Esteem, Emotional

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• I just stay healthy all year round. I try to feel good in my skin. For me, I have trained in ballet my whole life so my body really feels best when I feel strong and tight and toned, and I think that comes from years and years of constant training as a ballerina. Leading up to the show, getting out there in your underwear, you just want to feel your best mainly in your head than more anything else. Obviously you want to feel good physically too, so it's more just in your head, pushing yourself, approaching this challenge and taking the opportunity to push yourself a little further.

  Angelina Jolie

  Strong, Opportunity, Thinking

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• Every leap forward that I make is by reaching back and firmly getting a footing in the past, and pushing forward as hard as I can.

  Steve Earle

  Past, Pushing Forward, Reaching

  "Will Sheff Meets Steve Earle". Interview with Michael Tedder, www.spin.com. May 17, 2011.

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• I'm constantly looking for something that will be pushing the audience to new scares in horror movies.

  Roy Lee

  Scare, Horror, Audience

  "Producer Roy Lee Talks THE RING, POLTERGEIST, and THE GRUDGE Reboots, A Darker Ending for Spike Lee’s OLDBOY Remake, and More". Interview on the set, collider.com. November 28, 2011.

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• I love inventing interesting people and then pushing them to their absolute limits - and usually those absolute limits involve homicidal faeries, werewolves, or some other paranormal menace.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  People, Interesting, Limits

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• People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.

  Andrew Vachss

  People, Fabric

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• You can only dance for so long, but you can act until you're dead, so... I fell in love with it and I want to keep doing it and pushing myself.

  Kenny Wormald

  Long, Want

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• Sometimes you're pushing and what you want to do is not coming with ease; doors are not opening. A lot of times we're pushing against resistance. If one looks closely, there is often a message in that resistance: "Wait a minute, maybe it's not what you're supposed to be doing."

  Farrah Gray

  Doors, Waiting, Looks

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• I really try hard to keep a good bead on the pulse of the team. Am I pushing the right buttons? When do I need to be harder on them? When do I need to have a little more fun with them? It's all about timing. The more I can do that the better chance we have for these guys to be hitting on all cylinders and reach their potential.

  Pete Lembo

  Fun, Team, Guy

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I'm making out with a dead girl in my dreams. I'm screwing women I have no business screwing. I'm pushing away the one person who actually gives a damn about me. It's like the Bermuda Triangle of heartache and I'm sinking fast.

  Faith Sullivan

  Girl, Dream, Heartache

  Faith Sullivan (2013). “Come What May”, p.74, Faith Sullivan

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• The White House is apparently pushing to create more Latino-themed landmarks. Now that's in addition to our current Latino-themed landmark, California.

  Jimmy Fallon

  California, White, House

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• I read Pushing the Limit and Dare You To by Katie McGarry. Fantastic stuff. I had never read young adult before, but now Im a believer.

  Lori Foster

  Stuff, Limits, Adults

  "Interview: Lori Foster, 'Bare It All'". Interview with Joyce Lamb, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. May 1, 2013.

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• In the end all that matters is climbing and pushing your personal limits. No matter the grade, if you climb something that was hard for you, then that's sick.

  Jimmy Webb

  Climbing, Sick, Matter

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• The clock struck half past two. In the little office at the back of Mr. McKechnie's bookshop, Gordon--Gordon Comstock, last member of the Comstock family, aged twenty-nine and rather moth-eaten already--lounged across the table, pushing a fourpenny packet of Player's Weights open and shut with his thumb.

  George Orwell

  Book, Past, Player

  George Orwell (1987). “The complete works of George Orwell”

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• Isn't success ridiculously easy, once it begins to succeed? ... after the strain and sweat and pushing until the very groins of your being shrieked protest, something like momentum happened. It took your wits and your concentration and your continued willing sweat, of course, to keep it going, but the success of success had ball bearings.

  Fannie Hurst

  Success, Sweat, Momentum

  Fannie Hurst (1959). “Imitation of Life”, New York : Permabooks

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• We must look deeply into the nature of our volition to see whether it is pushing us in the direction of liberation from suffering and toward peace and compassion, or in the direction of affliction and misery. What is it that we really want deep in our heart? Is it money, fame, power? Or is it finding inner peace, being able to live life fully and enjoy the present moment?

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Live Life, Heart

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• I think when people say they dread going into work on Monday morning, it's because they know they are leaving a piece of themselves at home. Why not see what happens when you challenge your employees to bring all of their talents to their job and reward them not for doing it just like everyone else, but for pushing the envelope, being adventurous, creative, and open-minded, and trying new things?

  Tony Hsieh

  Motivational, Monday, Morning

  Tony Hsieh (2010). “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose”, p.116, Hachette UK

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• The American Colossus was fiercely intent on appropriating and exploiting the riches of all continents - grasping with both hands, reaping where he had not sown, wasting what he thought would last forever. New railroads were opening new territory. The exploiters were pushing farther and farther into the wilderness. The man who could get his hands on the biggest slice of natural resources was the best citizen. Wealth and virtue were supposed to trot in double harness.

  Gifford Pinchot

  Men, Hands, Land

  Gifford Pinchot (1998). “Breaking New Ground”, p.23, Island Press

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• Boredom has an important function, because pushing through it can unleash creativity.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Creativity, Pushing Through

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• You can't be too comfortable. I have to keep pushing myself to be a better fighter every step of the way.

  Alexander Gustafsson

  Mma, Way, Steps

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• To me, pain means you're pushing your body to give you everything its got.

  Jason Ellis

  Pain, Mean, Mma

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• Nothing good ever comes from worrying or sitting there feeling sorry for yourself... Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good.

  Conor McGregor

  Sorry, Mma, Worry

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• The field of artificial intelligence is pushing new boundaries.

  Judy Woodruff

  Fields, Boundaries, Artificial Intelligence

  "How smart is today’s artificial intelligence?". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. May 8, 2015.

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• I'm always in the elements, it seems like it's pouring rain on me a lot and there's crowds of people pushing me around, and it feels very real. Which is great as a actor, you don't have to come up with too much of it. I'm always amazed.

  Charlie Day

  Real, Rain, People

  Source: collider.com

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