My job in Congress is to identify projects with federal or some other public component and then to push developers to provide employment opportunities to neighborhood residents. – Hakeem Jeffries
Repression in the human psyche is tightly bundled. When it has been pulled out of the sprung package so often it is perhaps difficult to push it back in the box. – Graham Joyce
I want to try everything I can; I want to push my boundaries and experiment with characters and genres that I have yet to try. – Georgia Groome
You always have to be ready. When I’m washing dishes, I have to have a towel ready so I can dry my hands and push the record button on my phone. – Gretchen Parlato
With ‘Insidious 2,’ I wanted to push a potential franchise in the direction I thought it should go in. – James Wan
A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things. – Jeff Dunham
I feel my role is to push boundaries. I don’t like things to be safe and sedentary. So controversy is the cross I have to bear. – Jeremy Scott
I’ve always been DJing; it’s just I’m making more of a push for it, making it more public. – Idris Elba
Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The ‘Saw’ sequels went in a direction I wouldn’t have gone in. With ‘Insidious 2,’ I wanted to push a potential franchise in the direction I thought it should go in. – James Wan
Am I pushy? Yep. Do I like taking ‘no’ for an answer when ‘no’ means New Yorkers aren’t going to get something they need? No. Do I push back and crack some eggs? Absolutely. – Christine Quinn
I come from a line of great Sicilian women, and their mentality is to endure and push through to the other side. – Cyndi Lauper
Obama lost his ability to push his agenda through Congress when he received what he himself called a ‘shellacking’ in the November 2010 elections. That shellacking was primarily the result of massive policy overreach when he had a Democratic Congress in his pocket. – John Podhoretz
My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later. – Alanis Morissette
We need the next generation to be motivated and to push technological boundaries, to seek out new innovations. – Buzz Aldrin
Triathletes can push themselves quite hard, and I have seen people collapse on a barrier or pass out on a bike. – Alistair Brownlee
That’s how I like to do it with actors, have them really go for it and I’ll tell them when it’s too much. It’s always easier to bring it back then to push it further. – Alexander Payne
One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let’s say it this way: I’m really late. – Aaron McGruder
I take issue with those who criticize ‘The Biggest Loser’ for pushing contestants too hard. The whole point is to push them hard. Otherwise, there’s no change. – Alison Sweeney
