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My father was placid and easygoing. He owned a small shoe store where I helped out on Saturdays. I think he'd have been pleased if I'd made a career of working in the shoe store. But my mother was ambitious. She encouraged us to read books, and she pushed us toward a musical education. Alan W. Livingston

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My children have stolen my dreams in a very literal sense. I've lost months in the minutes and hours that Sabine and Zoey have needed me at night, their thin, butterfly-beating hearts pushed against me in the darkness. Alexi Zentner

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Mrs. Palin has neither pushed for creationism in Alaska schools nor moved to ban a single book in Wasilla. Andrew Breitbart

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I'm not going to allow myself to be pushed politically. Andrew Cuomo

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We were very young in Duran, and to get pushed in a corner can be very difficult to get out of. Andy Taylor

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I filmed seven movies in 2011 and I think that was a mistake. I pushed myself too hard and I want to be able to come to work each day and give 100 percent. I guess I found out what my boundaries are. Anna Kendrick

Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being told to look at 'proper' books, which means books without pictures. Anthony Browne

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Even George W. Bush, who as president pushed the boundaries of executive power, never proposed a statutory scheme to hold people indefinitely. Ari Melber

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I was too naive when I started out. It was hard to understand the workings of the industry. But rejection and ridicule pushed me to discover my individuality. I wanted success on my terms. Asha Bhosle

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

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Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing. Barry Eichengreen

I was pushed into trying Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig... and I absolutely hated it. It affected me deeply. Beanie Feldstein

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When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until that point, he pushed me to keep playing, and when I turned 13, I didn't want to do anything else. He was just there with me at the cage every day because I wanted him to go with me and throw to me and work on what I needed to work on. Billy Butler

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In terms of moments that pushed me toward becoming a writer... My parents, my wife, and my English teacher in the 8th grade were all hugely supportive at moments during my development as a writer that were critical, where I might have quit when things got too hard. Blake Crouch

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My dad demanded results. I wasn't expected just to be a student, I was supposed to get straight A's. My dad didn't want me just to play sports, he pushed me to win state championships in high school and national championships. Bobby Lashley

A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer! Brian Molko

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Wakanda was allowed to develop freely, specifically on its own. Wakanda pushed back all the invaders. So they maintained all their traditions; they maintained all their styles. Brian Stelfreeze

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Music is liquid. It's meant to be messed with and played with and stretched and pulled and pushed, I think. Brian Stokes Mitchell

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As a longtime fan of talk radio, I'm very worried about the low opinion that conservative hosts and callers have of the American artist. Art is portrayed as a scam, a rip-off and snow job pushed by snobbish elites. Camille Paglia

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