Quotes About Boundaries

I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre.

I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.

Just don't pull out your phone at all on the first date.

The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull back.

No one can insist me to wear skimpy costumes and to act in steamy scenes just for the sake of pulling more audience to cinema halls.

I've had girls that kissed me on the cheek. People get so pumped, and so excited, they don't see you as a person. Which is fair. Sometimes, I don't see people as people. But at the end of the day, you can't put your hands on me unless I hug you first.

Even though there will be times when I'll need to protect myself - there will definitely be times when I'll have to put up my guard just to monitor what comes in and out of my life - there's a grace there... no pun intended!

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

I don't want to be a punching bag.

In my family, my earliest memory of you get out of line is - BAM! It was a lot of corporal punishment. But you can't do that.

When we began Daft Punk, by the albums we made, by the interviews we did and by every opportunity we had we tried to break all the boundaries between musical genres.

I am too pure for you or anyone.

Americans have an interesting conundrum, a black and white line: You're on one side or the other of Puritanism or licentiousness. But that gray area where people abide, between their ears or on the Internet, needs to be fleshed out more in terms of permission granted.

'No means no' is puritanism.

First and foremost, I would like to start off by saying that just because my husband is an entertainer, that does not mean that our personal business is for everyone's entertainment purposes.

You can't always understand if someone's into you or not, so you should never really pursue something too far without gauging that first.

A chap can go too far in the pursuit of authenticity.

There are no ethical boundaries to Beijing's pursuit of power.

A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things.

You just don't want to push people into doing things that they really don't want to do. I don't think it's going to produce much.

We're going to continue to focus on family comedies because that is something that our audience really comes to ABC for. But at the same time, we're going to push the boundaries of what a family comedy actually means.

You can't push and force people to do what they don't want to do.

Making music can get so emotional that, if you don't set limits for yourself, it can push you or the person that you're making music with to a breaking point.

I feel my role is to push boundaries. I don't like things to be safe and sedentary. So controversy is the cross I have to bear.