#pushed

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side. ↗

— George Lucas

#before #brink #come #doing #give

The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#been #country #generation #higher #higher standard

I always felt that the Cubans were being pushed into the Soviet Bloc by American policy. ↗

— Lee Harvey Oswald

#american #american policy #being #bloc #cubans

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense. ↗

— Phaedrus

#cause #excess #keep #long #offense

Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially. ↗

— Dana Plato

#am #any #anything #because #developed

Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake. ↗

— Alain Prost

#better #chance #could #different #good

When the business interests... pushed through the first installment of civil service reform in 1883, they expected that they would be able to control both political parties equally. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#both #business #civil #civil service #control

I tend to be a lazy actress, unless I'm pushed. ↗

— Asia Argento

#i #lazy #pushed #tend #unless

Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#dawn #felt #glory #heart #hills

If something is good, it doesn't go out of style every six months. The fashion wheel of today doesn't have to go as quickly as it was pushed in the 80's. ↗

— Helmut Lang

#fashion #go #good #months #out