Pushovers Quotes

• I think when people see that you are shy, or even just calm, collected and reserved, they think you can be pushed around, made to do everything they want - but that's definitely not true of me. The people closest to me know that's not the case. They know I'm not a pushover.

  Leona Lewis

  Thinking, People, Shy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Balance for me now means seeing myself as a tree, being strong enough in my roots and trunk to not be a pushover, but being flexible enough in every circumstance not to break. I am continuing to expand, but not any faster than my roots can support me.

  Brenda Strong

  Strong, Mean, Roots

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• I don't take crap from anyone, so that makes people think I'm rebellious. I'm not. I'm just not a pushover.

  Kat Dennings

  Thinking, People, Rebellious

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Life's too short to be a pushover.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Too Short, Life's Too Short

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• I don't know if I'm a strict parent or a pushover.

  Liam Neeson

  Parent, Strict, Knows

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• I knew that if I wanted to stop being a pushover I had to get comfortable with small rejections myself. That took some work, but because of it I can now say no to other people with a clear conscience.

  Beth Ditto

  People, Rejection, Clear Conscience

  "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. August 2, 2007.

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• I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No pushover, me.

  Roger Ebert

  Wise, Heart, Cynical

  Roger Ebert (2012). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.133, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.

  Ben Elton

  Inspiring, Criticism, Easy

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• In my entire life growing up I've never heard my dad say an unkind word about anyone. My father has always taken the high road in life and to me he's a complete inspiration without being a pushover.

  Hugh Panaro

  Growing Up, Dad, Father

  Interview with Pati Buehler, www.broadwayworld.com. June 18, 2008.

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• I say yes to the hot bath and the sandwich - to getting ourselves into the best possible mental shape to identify and then fight the necessary fights from the best possible mind-state: calm, loving, affectionate, precise. Not pushovers but also not zealots. With the idea in mind that "our enemies" are not our enemies; they might seem like that in their present form but that form can morph. We really are large, and really do contain multitudes. But I think it all has to start with a kindly presence of mind, and the aspiration to affection for others.

  George Saunders

  Fighting, Thinking, Presence Of Mind

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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• Competitiveness is a personality thing and competitive people don't become pushovers the day they turn fifty.

  Hale Irwin

  People, Personality, Age

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• A city suffering from chronic poverty, out-of-control crime, a $76 million budget deficit and a 15 percent unemployment rate (nearly 50 percent for Oakland's youth) can hardly afford such social justice follies. But a pushover Democratic mayor and an overwhelmed police force have left what's left of gainfully employed Oakland taxpayers at the mercy of professional freeloaders and anti-capitalism saboteurs.

  Michelle Malkin

  Cities, Oakland, Justice

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• I got a dog with a Napoleon complex. I have a Napoleon complex. We're small. Anything big that we feel is threatening us, we want to fight. We're not a pushover.

  Kevin Hart

  Dog, Fighting, Threatening Us

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• I'm a real pushover for animals.

  Kevin Kline

  Real, Animal

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• I'm not strong-willed actually. I'm a complete pushover. I love to be told what to do.

  Helen Mirren

  Strong, Strong Willed, Not Strong

  "Q&A: Helen Mirren and Nicholas Hytner". Interview with David Cote, www.timeout.com. June 23, 2009.

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• I wouldn't want to date a pushover who would let me make all the plans and have all the control.

  Taylor Swift

  Want, Let Me, Plans

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• Yeah, and Mr. Cuddles is a jealous sort. He doesn’t share us well. (Geary) Does this mean I’ll have to fight him? (Arik) You’d never win. Mr. Cuddles cheats. You think he’s just a pushover teddy bear, but he’s vicious, I tell you. Vicious. (Geary)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Jealous, Mean, Fighting

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• I like to talk come fight night, that's how I do it, but I'm not a pushover.

  Andre Ward

  Motivation, Fighting, Night

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