Quotes About Pressure

The clapping got louder. Sweat ran down my ribs from my armpits. This was a lot scarier than going into sudden-death overtime in a crowded arena.

The dream is the liberation of the spirit from the pressure of external nature, a detachment of the soul from the fetters of matter.

Then, when the entire mass of these dream-thoughts is subject to the pressure of the dream-work, and the pieces are whirled about, broken up, and pushed up against one another, rather like ice-floes surging down a river, the question arises: what has become of the bonds of logic which had previously given the structure its form?

Sometimes you feel there's like a tidal wave of stuff that continues to come. You feel trapped.

His name was George F. Babbitt. He was forty-six years old now, in April, 1920, and he made nothing in particular, neither butter nor shoes nor poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.

I decided with this new awareness to dedicate my day to moving at my own natural, calm pace, and not pressuring myself to get going, get moving, or hurry up at all, something quite different from what I otherwise did.

Our whole family thrives under pressure. It's like our family motto or something. Apart from my brother Peter, of course. He had a nervous break down. But the rest of us.

Your job is obviously very pressured. I thrive under pressure, I explain. Which is true. I've known that about myself ever since... Well. Ever since my mother told me when I was about 8.

You keep saying 'I'm fine' to people when you're not fine. You think you should be fine. You keep saying to yourself: 'Why aren't I fine?

Toda mi familia se crece con la presión. Es como el lema familiar, o algo así. Con la excepción de mi hermano Peter, desde luego, que sufrió una crisis nerviosa. Pero a los demás nos sienta de maravilla, en serio.

Your job is obviously very pressured." "I thrive under pressure," I explain. Which is true. I've known that about myself ever since Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Well. Ever since my mother told me, when I was about eight. You thrive under pressure, Samantha. Our whole family thrives under pressure. It's like our family motto or something.

You keep saying "I'm fine" to people when you're not fine. You think you should be fine. You keep saying to yourself: "Why aren't I fine?

No one's life has to be perfect... Don't put so much pressure on yourself... Whoever started the rumor that life has to be perfect is a very wicked person, if you ask me. Of course it's not!

Suddenly, it's all too much. Bryn and the bump watch. Vanessa with my high school yearbook. The idea that nothing's sacred. Everything's fodder. That my life belongs to anyone but me.

I have lots of ideas and put pressure on myself to action them all. This can make life very busy so organisation can sometimes be crazy.

I think the pressure to be perfect generally in life has amped up massively in the last twenty years: especially for young people with the advent of social media.

The public life of every political figure is a continual struggle to rescue an element of choice from the pressure of circumstance.

Being famous hasn't made my life any easier. Every minute I'm dealing with the baby-sitters is one more minute I'm not training.

My life is too tight, he wanted to say. My skin is too tight. The walls are too tight.

Civilized life exacts its toll.

There was no press involvement, there was no pressure. Life was very pure and it became more complicated.

Being the leader means you have to make life or death decisions sometimes.

I never want to have that on my shoulders - I never want to be number one on the call sheet. That's a life that I don't want. I mean, I'm not ducking the responsibility.

Being thin created intense anxiety that I wouldn't be able to maintain that weight for life, and I couldn't.