
Vain Fortune, Chapter 2.
As quoted in "Nate Diaz discusses win over Conor McGregor" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg6NkqFPOyY (5 March 2016), UFC on FOX, FOX
Vain Fortune, Chapter 2.
On Bill Gate's philanthropic activities, from " Bill Gates is continuing the work of Monsanto, Vandana Shiva tells France24 https://www.france24.com/en/20191023-bill-gates-is-continuing-the-work-of-monsanto-vandana-shiva-tells-france-24-1" France24 (23 October 2019)
1910s, The New Nationalism (1910)
Context: The right to regulate the use of wealth in the public interest is universally admitted. Let us admit also the right to regulate the terms and conditions of labor, which is the chief element of wealth, directly in the interest of the common good. The fundamental thing to do for every man is to give him a chance to reach a place in which he will make the greatest possible contribution to the public welfare. Understand what I say there. Give him a chance, not push him up if he will not be pushed. Help any man who stumbles; if he lies down, it is a poor job to try to carry him; but if he is a worthy man, try your best to see that he gets a chance to show the worth that is in him.
“Even if he was a thief, he was my thief. I could not push him away anymore.”
Source: Dragonswood
“Well, let’s call his age as pushing sixty and not mention from which direction he was pushing it.”
The Ring of Hans Carvel (p. 637)
Short fiction, From These Ashes (2000)
“How did he get away with pushing a book like this? How is it anyone ever believed him?”
Gordon shrugged. “It was called ‘the Big Lie’ technique, Johnny. Just sound like you know what you’re talking about—as if you’re reciting facts. Talk very fast. Weave your lies into the shape of a conspiracy theory and repeat your assertions over and over again. Those who want an excuse to hate or blame—those with big but weak egos—will leap at a simple, neat explanation for the way the world is. Those types will never call you on the facts.”
Source: The Postman (1985), Section 3, “Cincinnatus”, Chapter 13 (p. 255)
“Music challenged him and he pushed its boundaries.”
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passes away, 25 January 2011, 29 November 2013, Times of India http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-25/pune/28360943_1_kirana-gharana-maestro-pandit-bhimsen-joshi-sawai-gandharva,
On his response to misstatements by Donald Trump during COVID-19 press briefings, in Jon Cohen, " ‘I’m going to keep pushing.’ Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/i-m-going-keep-pushing-anthony-fauci-tries-make-white-house-listen-facts-pandemic", Science (March 22, 2020).