#pushed

A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than recommended by his military commanders. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#commanders #congress #debt #deeper #economy

It was a wonderful experience to work with Sylvia. She pushed me to be more powerful with my acting, and she told me scores of the most incredible stories I've ever heard. She is amazing. ↗

— Lukas Haas

#amazing #ever #experience #heard #i

There were a coupla times when I had had it. And when I'm pushed to the limit, I scream. ↗

— Marg Helgenberger

#had #i #limit #pushed #scream

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#assertions #being #contradicted #extremes #fear

There is a bit of me if I'm pushed in one way I might bounce back and go the opposite. ↗

— Joseph Fiennes

#bit #bounce #go #i #me

My mom was so people-friendly. She was incredible. She'd go to the mall, and she'd talk to everyone. Give people a kiss on the cheek. I think if I wasn't pushed around a lot, I'd be great with people. Maybe I still can be. ↗

— Fred Couples

#cheek #everyone #give #go #great

I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the Renata Tebaldi mode. I reject that. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#classical #constantly #european #i #ideal

I pushed the process forward by saying, 'We should do this, this, and this right now. Please find the budget for me to find a structural engineer, a mechanical engineer, a civil engineer, so we can do the preliminary work.' ↗

— Michael Arad

#civil #engineer #find #forward #i

There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#around #been #empathy #foreigners #natural

The two hot issues are the gay issue and the abortion issue. These are the two defining issues in the evangelical community these days. I'm sure that these hot buttons will be pushed, time and time again. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#again #buttons #community #days #defining