Miles Davis
Musician
"If you're not nervous then you're not paying attention."
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Nervous
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Aleister Crowley
Occultist, Writer
"My observation of the Universe convinces me that there are beings of intelligence and power of a far higher quality than anything we can conceive of as human; that they are not necessarily based on the cerebral and nervous structures that we know, and that the one and only chance for mankind to advance as a whole is for individuals to make contact with such beings."
Veronica Roth
Author
"Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially"
Mary Wells Lawrence
Businesswoman, Author
"The best advertising should make you nervous about what you're not buying."
Michael Jordan
Professional Basketball Player
"Being nervous isn't bad. It just means something important is happening."
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"Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom."
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"Are you nervous about no longer being a big fish in a small pond?"
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"The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown."
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"I was a really nervous kid. I was extremely sensitive. Incredibly perceptive."
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"I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid."
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"I like the performing part, it gives me a huge rush but it still makes me nervous. Being in front of large crowds is intimidating to me and I feel myself withdrawing."
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"Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system."
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"I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show."
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"Like a human being, a company has to have an internal communication mechanism, a "nervous system", to coordinate its actions."
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"Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can."
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"Financial institutions make us nervous when they're trying to do well."
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"I'm never nervous when I go to meet heads of state. I feel they should be nervous, because they are the ones who'll be held accountable for the lives their decisions will impact the most."
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"He's too nervous to kill himself. He wears his seat belt in a drive-in movie."
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"What I absolutely can't do is just sit around, that drives me crazy. I go nuts! I'm far too nervous, too high strung to sit around. It's not my thing; I can't deal with it!"
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"Even though I'm a believer, I still find it really hard to be around other believers. They make me nervous, they make me twitch. I sorta watch my back."
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"English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing."
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"I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nervous."
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"I get nervous when a picture goes beyond two hours."
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"I was born with a nervous breakdown."
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"If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous."
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