Punching Bag Quotes

• You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

  Ed Koch

  Respect, Believe, Self

  "Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88". www.usatoday.com. February 1, 2013.

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• The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.

  Criss Jami

  Bags, Punching, Tough

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.20, Criss Jami

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• I'm not going to be anybody's punching bag.

  Tim Kaine

  Bags, Punching

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• The lifestyle is strenuous on the body, but it's stimulating to the senses and the mind. So there's a give and take. There are days the flights knock me out, where I feel like the human punching bag that is being on planes every other day. I think people sort of glorify it, like "Oh, you're at parties and there's booze and girls." But it's still work.

  A-Trak

  Girl, Party, Thinking

  Source: www.gq.com

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• It seems like the millennial generation is a little bit of a cultural punching bag.

  Audie Cornish

  Generations, Bags, Millennials

  "A Woman Launches A 'Search Party' For Someone Else ... And Herself". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, kaxe.org. November 21, 2016.

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• Now I'm a symbol of what to be and how hard to work. I have heads of major labels say, "I wish you could teach our artists how to do it." At one point I was the punching bag of what not to be, and now I'm the model of what to be.

  Kenny Chesney

  Artist, Wish, Bags

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• ...she waited until she and my grandfather Anthel were just home from their honeymoon, and then sat him down and told him this: "Honey, I know you like to take a drink, and that's all right, but be forewarned that I ain't your maid and I ain't your punching bag, and if you ever raise your hand to me you'd best kill me. Because otherwise I'll wait until you're asleep; sew you into the bed; and beat you to death with a frying pan." Until he died, I am told, my grandfather was a gentle man.

  Haven Kimmel

  Home, Men, Hands

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• First Lady Michelle Obama has posted an exercise video of her beating up a punching bag. But don't worry, Vice President Biden is going to be OK.

  Conan O'Brien

  Exercise, Worry, President

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• Everyone cares for disabled people, right? What they don't care for are genuine civil rights for disabled people. MARY JOHNSON tells the tortuous, enraging story of how Congress enacted a law that instead of protecting against discrimination has turned 'the disabled' into a political punching bag.

  William Greider

  Rights, Law, People

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• Planned Parenthood is a gigantic bully, using Komen as its own personal punching bag.

  Karen Handel

  Bully, Bags, Punching

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• It hurts that, you know, the media's made me into sort of this like punching bag or cartoon character-they think that I don't have any feelings, and, you know, it hurts like anyone else.

  Paris Hilton

  Hurt, Character, Thinking

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• Why stay with him, he uses you just like a human punching bag?

  Ray Davies

  Low Self Esteem, Bags, Use

  Song: A Little Bit of Abuse, Album: Give the People What They Want

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