"You never really know yourself until you see yourself under pressure."
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"Okay, you've convinced me. Now go out there and bring pressure on me."
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"Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity."
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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."
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"I should consent to breed under pressure, if I were convinced in any way of the reasonableness of reproducing the species. But my nerves and the nerves of any woman I could live with three months, would produce only a victim... lacking in impulse, a mere bundle of discriminations. If I were wealthy I might subsidize a stud of young peasants, or a tribal group in Tahiti."
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"Honestly, I don't feel pressure to live up to anything I've done because I tend to not listen to my work once a year passes."
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"When you have a valid opinion around, it takes a lot of the pressure off."
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"I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make."
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"Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top."
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"What is the definition of guts? Grace under pressure."
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"The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up."
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"Under pressure, the mouth speaks when the brain is disengaged, and, sometimes unwittingly, the gearshift is in reverse when it should be in neutral."
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"I just didn't wanna put the pressure on myself to be in there [Def Jam South] to work as an artist and to have the hat as the executive with other projects."
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"Herd pressure is to be judged by two things: first, its intensity, and second, its direction."
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"Economic distress, political pressure, and social obloquy already drive us from our homes and from our graves. The Jews are already constantly shifting from place to place."
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"It is difficult to retain your standards with the pressure of trying to make money, which always has its rules...It's hard to walk the tightrope of doing what you think is your best and making money at it."
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"Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help."
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"Fasting lowers your blood pressure and can lower your cholesterol."
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"Nobody works better under pressure. They just work faster."
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"The pressure performing is something you have to get used to, really really quick."
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