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I am competitive by nature, and I am confident that's my strength. I apologize if anyone ever mistook my competitive spirit for arrogance, but I will never apologize for being too competitive and confident because that's what pushes me to not fail. I'd rather be criticized for my ambition than regret not giving my all. It's not about being better than others, as the truth is there is always someone better than you. But, as I said, it's about proving to myself that I am capable. By confronting my fears and failures, I learn to fail to succeed. I admit that at times I can be very tough, but don't ever think it's because of you. My toughness is a reflection of the high standards I set for myself. It's a personal journey of growth, where resilience and determination fuel my relentless pursuit of self-improvement . I have learned that in the arena of life, I aim not just to participate but to conquer.

Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
1 month ago

But in seriousness, you know, this is a month that really pushes you to forge community. It’s very easy when you’re in the 24/7 grind to lose a sense of the people that surround us and strengthen us. This is an opportunity to reach out to them. It’s really a month that’s oriented towards service.

Ali Zaidi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You definitely have your caffeine withdrawal period, but in seriousness, you know, this is a month that really pushes you to forge community. It’s very easy when you’re in the 24/7 grind to lose a sense of the people that surround us and strengthen us. This is an opportunity to reach out to them. It’s really a month that’s oriented towards service.

Ali Zaidi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If we follow methods and techniques which is what we focus on in education, then what it does is it pushes aside any bias that a person could have, if there is bad behavior then we need to let the investigations go through and take care of that.

Joshua Walitt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While it’s encouraging, it’s great, the long-term trend here has been continued drought and water shortages, but there’s a chance even with a good water year that it just kind of pushes the curve out a few months and we have to continue our planning process accordingly.

Tommy Beaudreau

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He is open-minded, and never wants to push his agenda on students; he pushes students to be critical thinkers and open-minded. That was my experience.

Lauren Carleton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Whether or not your child appears to be listening to you, let alone taking your advice, they’re taking in everything you say and filing it away for future use, it may be counterintuitive, but if your child pushes back and argues with you, it’s typically because they respect you, value your opinion and want to figure out what you’re thinking and how they can make you proud.

Phyllis Fagell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's significant because it considerably pushes back our species' knowledge about surgery and complex medicine.

Maxime Aubert

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's almost like a perfect storm if William Frey will, births are way down, Covid pushes deaths way up, and then immigration is quite slow, too, so it is no wonder that the population growth rate is so low when William Frey bring all those factors together at the same time.

Ken Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

i want to hold her to me, take away her pain, fear, make her believe someone gives a shit. i want to stroke the nape of her soft downy neck, cover her eyes with my hand, feel her cheeks quiver beneath -- i want to know her, but like one wounded she won’t let them close. she’s afraid to live life at times she feels a feeling similar to one she had as a child but when it appears she pushes the plunger and it disappears.

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
1 year ago

Iran will be a party in this conflict, and Sadr is aware that Iran could be what pushes the Coordination Framework to try to inflate its influence in the political scene in Iraq.

Ihsan Al-Shammari

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Patriotism was not something that we thought about a lot in my home country, loving your country is the fuel that pushes the country forward.

Fox News

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

You serve on the board of a school that teaches kindergartners — 5-year-old children — that they can choose their gender and teaches them about so-called white privilege, this school has hosted an organization called 'Woke Kindergarten' and pushes an anti-racist education program for white families.

Marsha Blackburn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I do feel this burden a bit, this pressure, because this is my first season among adult skaters, i believe that I'm coping with this pressure, and sometimes it even pushes me forward. It helps me.

Kamila Valieva

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's truly unfortunate because a lot of Americans listen to what they listen to every day, and they're only hearing what that particular source of information wants them to hear. And it really, really swings the overall mentality of the voters and I think further divides us as a nation, if we could fix that problem, I think we would be fixing a lot of the division that we experience today in the country because people are being spoon-fed information that pushes them even further in the direction that they tend to lean already.

Alabama Senate

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

For me, faith is so important because without God’s presence, without that godly work, it's empty, my faith is what pushes me into action. It's what causes me to love people.

Corey Brooks

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When you're on top of a surge where you're already at 90 %, 95 % capacity, those extra... preventable Covid patients coming in are the thing that pushes the system to the brink. And that's what we're seeing here in Minnesota.

Marc Gorelick

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Of course, sometimes fear pushes you away from the struggle. But when that happens, you feel alone, abandoned, and then you look at the fight that other people have begun, people that have been murdered, and their murder has become inspiration for younger generations to rise, so you join and fight up again.

Nora Taquinas

Found on CNN
2 years ago

a successful collaboration pushes margins of both partners

Reima Rahkamo

added by grazzy.brabs
2 years ago

This week, inflation is overriding pretty much everything else, because that pushes Fed expectations one way or the other and that’s just so dominant, this earnings season is also critical because in the previous one, earnings especially in the U.S., were very strong, partly because of the base effect. The third quarter may be a little more standard.

Stefan Hofer

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

This is not how government should work, much less how' laws' are written, if the CDC pushes forward, the courts must swiftly shut down the agency's lawless actions.

Caleb Kruckenberg

Found on CNN
2 years ago

An old dream is dead but a new one is being born, as a tree that pushes through the solid ground to recede. A new strength, born of pain and suffering, is pulsating in the veins and a new empathy and understanding is being born of past suffering.

Alexis karpouzos

added by invisible_t
2 years ago

Thirty percent of the time it should be a goal that( people) don't achieve, and that pushes you to try to make it.

Timothy Baghurst

Found on CNN
2 years ago

She definitely pushes me.

Dalilah Muhammad

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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