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  • Putting something in a movie because it's in the news doesn't make it political to me. If you're not going outside the same old, same old, if you're not pushing the envelope, then you're not doing anything. A good movie is a political thing.

  • If I begin writing a poem that means I'm intrigued in some way by whatever it's about and that if I'm not trying to find something new and pushing the envelope in the poem I can't expect my reader to be particularly excited about it either.

    Writing   Mean   Trying  
    Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. November 19, 2009.
  • The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.

    Fun   Envelopes   Comedy  
  • So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration

  • Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.

    Men   Years   Female  
    "Adam Lambert Says Censorship of American Music Awards Song Would Be 'Discrimination'" by Daniel Kreps, www.rollingstone.com. November 23, 2009.
  • I think when people say they dread going into work on Monday morning, it's because they know they are leaving a piece of themselves at home. Why not see what happens when you challenge your employees to bring all of their talents to their job and reward them not for doing it just like everyone else, but for pushing the envelope, being adventurous, creative, and open-minded, and trying new things?

    Tony Hsieh (2010). “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose”, p.116, Hachette UK
  • If you watch the award shows, you'll see variations of the hammer pants. It's always cool to see that and then every now and then, you'll see an artist who's pushing the envelope and it may not be all the way there but you can see where it's coming from. I'm always appreciative of seeing my influence.

    Source: www.ebony.com
  • As long as bands are still out there slaving away in the garage and putting out their own records and just pushing the envelope for how songs should be written or how they should be played, punk will never die.

    Song   Long   Records  
    Source: vandalamagazine.com
  • I don't want to get locked into any one type of genre. I just want to constantly be working with amazing directors and amazing actors, and just always pushing the envelope on what I can do, as an actor.

    Directors   Actors   Want  
    Source: collider.com
  • [Amy Ray and I] both have this part of our brain that makes us think that everybody should and will be nice and friendly and forthcoming. And then we're completely disillusioned. We have all these grand plans. One of them is the Rolling Thunder Pussy Revue. There's all these women's festivals going on this summer, and we don't think they're as adventurous as they could be. Lilith Fair-right away, by the name, you know they aren't pushing the envelope hard enough.

    Summer   Nice   Thinking  
  • See your life as a giant adventure. Keep pushing the envelope, and remember that every dream starts off small.

    FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Dec 06, 2014
  • Edie Sedgwick had a cool style; she pushed the envelope for the time.

  • I love Katy Perry and Lady GaGa. I think GaGa's pushing the envelope every day and I really like that.

  • If anybody asks me what I attribute the longevity of my career to, then I say it's because I was never satisfied with being a cowboy in the plains of Spain and later I was never satisfied with just playing a detective in San Francisco, and constantly just pushing the envelope.

    Interview with Michael Parkinson, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2003.
  • My style during the day is very casual - boyfriend jeans, T-shirts, Converse, Uggs, whatever. At night, I love heels and thigh-highs, I like something fresh and new, and I'm not afraid to push the envelope.

    Night   Jeans   Uggs  
    "Katie Cassidy Dishes on Gossip Girl". Interview with Dan Koday, www.seventeen.com. October 20, 2010.
  • I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here's a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.

    People   Rolling   Stones  
  • I like pushing the envelope. But I don't like to do it just for the sake of doing it.

    Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
  • The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and courage is what we all need to create a better world.

    Art   Creativity   Doors  
  • The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Everyone's got skeletons in their closet, and I've got a million in mine, believe me. I tested the envelope; I pushed it. Whenever somebody in authority told me not to do something, I did it just to find out why they said not to do it.

  • I like pushing the envelope. I like pushing myself and the audience, whether it's a TV show or live. I like to throw people over the edge of the cliff and scare the wits out of them, but then pull them back and make them safe.

    Tv Shows   People   Scare  
  • We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

  • I don't want to push the envelope. Let the envelope stay in the middle of the table. I'll just make you laugh.

    Laughing   Tables   Want  
  • Univa developing and supporting Grid Engine is welcome news for the GE community. This move by Univa brings with it a new competitive spirit and sense of innovation to a market that continuously benefits from pushing the envelope.

  • I like people who push the envelope.

    "Norman Reedus: Lady GaGa is a machine!". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. May 6, 2011.
  • I put all of my resources into pushing the evolution in an industry that is notoriously backwards and I enjoy pushing that envelope,.

  • I'm a performer. I push the envelope, I work in a very uncontrolled manner onstage. I do a lot of free association, it's spontaneous, I go into character.

  • I love the 3D revolution. I love the technology today that continues to push the envelope, continues break the new ground, and continues to raise the bar.

    "FASTER THE CHRONICLES: Dwayne Johnson – Exclusive Interview that Covers FASTER, FAST FIVE, THE OTHER GUYS, 3D, More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. November 15, 2010.
  • Pushing the envelope' sort of implies that you're inside the envelope with everyone else, and you're trying to find the edges on the outsides.

    "Louis C.K. on Twitter and Tracy Morgan". Interview with Austin L. Ray, www.cnn.com. June 21, 2011.
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