Pressure Quotes - Page 17

• The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate, has altered under commercial pressure, perhaps, into a different kind of purpose, which is to divert and distract and entertain.

  Tom Stoppard

  Media, Might, Different

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• Yeah, all those things, responsibility, pressure. It's a bit stressful. I try and come to terms with it by not thinking about it.

  Joe Strummer

  Responsibility, Thinking, Trying

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• It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking.

  David Suzuki

  Earthquakes, Water, Might

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• As it becomes longer at No. 1, I feel more and more pressure. Everybody is trying to grab every piece of me.

  Yani Tseng

  Trying, Pieces, Feels

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• We all have those days when you feel like you're against the world, every little thing goes wrong and your blood pressure is up. And you feel like punching somebody!

  Josh Turner

  Blood, World, Littles

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• I had a great deal of pressure to move to LA after Romancing the Stone came out and I'd become very popular. But people came to me anyway.

  Kathleen Turner

  Moving, People, Stones

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• Great pressure is put on kids who don't have dads to get out and make money, and make life easier for everybody. It was always, 'Hurry up, grow up, make money, there's no man to do it for us.'

  Tracey Ullman

  Growing Up, Dad, Kids

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• Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.

  Gabrielle Union

  Drama, Home, Light

  "Gabrielle Union talks about The Honeymooners". movieweb.com. June 07, 2005.

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• Being in the limelight with Glee, I've definitely felt pressure to stay fit. But honestly, you have to ignore it.

  Jenna Ushkowitz

  Glee, Fit, Limelight

  "Jenna Ushkowitz is your Team Seventeen Captain!" by Jenna Ushkowitz, www.seventeen.com. January 3, 2012.

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• I think every artist subconsciously wants to evolve themselves. Sometimes they get stuck in ruts because of pop culture, peer pressure, stuff like that. But what excites me most is exploring my own musical insights and expanding upon them.

  Steve Vai

  Thinking, Artist, Musical

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.

  Bill Vaughan

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure.

  Ken Venturi

  Golf, Two, Brain

  "The Masters 2011 - the final day, as it happened" by Scott Murray, www.theguardian.com. April 10, 2011.

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• When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I always thought of myself as more of the goofy guy.

  Paul Walker

  Guy, Just Being, Goofy

  FaceBook post by Paul Walker from Jul 02, 2012

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• Dancers are kept in a perpetual state of pre-puberty, and for young girls in particular, that type of pressure breeds insecurities.

  Mia Wasikowska

  Girl, Dancer, Insecurity

  "Mia Wasikowska Talks Weight Obsession, Natalie Portman’s Ballet Dancing", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2011.

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• As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.

  J. C. Watts

  Oklahoma, Quarterback, Under Pressure

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• Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.

  Andrew Weil

  Agency, Priorities, Citizens

  "The Question No One Asks About Healthcare" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2009.

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• The most common objection that I hear to walking as exercise is that it's too easy, that only sweaty, strenuous activity offers real benefits. But there is abundant evidence that regular, brisk walking is associated with better health, including lower blood pressure, better moods and improved cholesterol ratios.

  Andrew Weil

  Real, Exercise, Blood

  "Walk Like An Australian, Lose 10 Pounds" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 29, 2012.

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• We need to put strong Democratic pressure on President Obama in the name of poor and working people.

  Cornel West

  Strong, Names, People

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• I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Insecure, Men, Thinking

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• I'm still trying to decide. It's a really difficult one because I really enjoy my time in the Air Force. And I'd love to continue it. But the pressures of my other life are building. And fighting them off or balancing the two of them has proven quite difficult.

  Prince William

  Fighting, Air, Two

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• If someone puts too much pressure on me, I will automatically rebel.

  Carnie Wilson

  Rebel, Too Much, Ifs

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• I'm a working mother... You try to pay the bills, you try to keep your life going and there's pressure.

  Carnie Wilson

  Mother, Trying, Pay

  "Carnie Wilson Has Weight Loss Surgery Again: Singer Undergoes Lap Band Surgery". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2012.

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• One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.

  Earl Wilson

  Climbing, Blood, Hiking

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• This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome.

  Robert Wyatt

  Records, Come Up, Constant

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• Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.

  Anurag Kashyap

  Want, Kind, Film

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