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• There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

  Alfred Adler

  Talent

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• It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Music

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.409, Princeton University Press

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• You're playing a game, whether it's Little League or Game 7 of the Word Series. It's impossible to do well unless you're having a good time. People talk about pressure. Yeah, there's pressure. But I just look at it as fun.

  Derek Jeter

  Success, Fun, Winning

  "Derek Jeter: In his own words". Sports Illustrated interview, www.si.com. November 30, 2009.

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• He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age

  Plato

  Optimism, Age, Calm

  Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.211, Xist Publishing

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• There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third.

  Jose Mourinho

  Thirds, No Pressure

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• Pressure bursts pipes. I thank God for giving me peace of mind to overcome pressure. The difference between winning and losing is when pressure hits.

  Evander Holyfield

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.

  Dale Carnegie

  Hate, Sleep, Blood

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• One of the big no-nos in cyberspace is that you do not go into a social activity, a chat group or something like that, and start advertising or selling things. This etiquette rule is an attempt to separate one's social life, which should be pure enjoyment and relaxation, from the pressures of work.

  Judith Martin

  Selling Things, Relaxation, Groups

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• I put a lot of pressure on myself, more than anyone else.

  Mats Sundin

  Sports

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• What is the biggest obstacle facing the family right now? It is over-commitment; time pressure. There is nothing that will destroy family life more insidiously than hectic schedules and busy lives, where spouses are too exhausted to communicate, too worn out to have sex, too fatigued to talk to the kids. That frantic lifestyle is just as destructive as one involving outbroken sin. If Satan can't make you sin, he'll make you busy, and that's just about the same thing.

  James Dobson

  Sex, Stress, Kids

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• Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket.

  Lee Trevino

  Sports, Pockets, Dollars

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• Nature tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers. The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower blood pressure.

  Patch Adams

  Nature, Stress, Moving

  Patch Adams, M.D. (1998). “Gesundheit!: Bringing Good Health to You, the Medical System, and Society through Physician Service, Complementary Therapies, Humor, and Joy”, p.93, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

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• All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.

  Noam Chomsky

  Inspirational, Media, People

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• I'm careful not to give into theatrics when times are tough, I don't like it when somebody gives into outside pressure and puts on a show for others.

  Tony La Russa

  Giving, Tough, Careful

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• Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Family

  Vince Lombardi (2000). “What it Takes to be #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• I would ban sweets from school - but this pressure to bring in healthy food is too much.

  Boris Johnson

  Sweet, School, Healthy

  "Boris in row over Jamie remarks". news.bbc.co.uk. October 3, 2006.

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• No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Paris, Grace, Stories

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• I'm lucky because I don't feel too much pressure - it's only in the last hour before the race, and even then it's good, positive pressure.

  Valentino Rossi

  Race, Lucky, Too Much

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• In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.

  Peter Ustinov

  Freedom, America, Choices

  Peter Ustinov (1969). “The wit of Peter Ustinov”

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• Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure.

  Al Franken

  People, Comedian, Comedy

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, progressive.org. July 2, 2009.

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• Peer pressure is not a monolithic force that presses adolescents into the same mold. . . . Adolescents generally choose friend whose values, attitudes, tastes, and families are similar to their own. In short, good kids rarely go bad because of their friends.

  Laurence Steinberg

  Attitude, Kids, Mold

  Laurence Steinberg (2011). “You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.

  Madisen Beaty

  School, Thinking, Decision

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• I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures.

  Charles Kuralt

  Thinking, Reputation, Hard Worker

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• Hermits have no peer pressure.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Solitude

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• The people in the popular group say there is no peer pressure because they are at the top of the food chain. Really what they are doing is just eating away at everybody else.

  Lauren Greenfield

  Pressure Groups, People, Peer Pressure

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