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My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.

— Sam Donaldson

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My father didn't push me.

— William Clay Ford, Jr.

When I happened to get into school, I felt like I could approach it as aggressively as things in the military.

— Adam Driver

I got really bad grades, so I'd hide my report card from my dad. My mom was in on it, too, because she knew he'd be furious. I probably would've gone to boot camp. Seriously.

— Daren Kagasoff

My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what.

— Mandy Moore

If my mother hadn't encouraged me, I would be nervous and feeling like I'm doing something wrong.

— Alek Wek

People think I must have pushy parents, but that's not the case.

— Troye Sivan

There was a time in my life that my mother told me that they didn't know whether they were going to send me to college or an institution, and it's rough to hear that... Childhood is tough.

— Ellen Greene

I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.

— Queen Latifah

✗Opposing Perspectives

My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric Theatre, then give me my bus fare and say she would see me later at home. She wasn't hanging around in the wings geeing me on. I had to do it on my own; it was up to me.

— Rachel Tucker

My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

— Sam Donaldson