Quotes About Pressure

The people back home, they didn't even know anyone else who had ridden in an airplane before. So they expected everything from him. 'Ah, Barack, you are a big shot now. You should give me something. You should help me.' Always these pressures from family. And he couldn't say no, he was so generous. You

there is a certain liberation that comes from realizing that no matter what you do, someone will be angry at you

What does he think I'm supposed to do?" I growled at Rahm after hearing of Carville's broadside. "Put on my fucking Aquaman gear and swim down there myself with a wrench?

You've been cursed with people's high expectations, he said, shaking my hand. Because it means they are also easily disappointed. It's something I'm familiar with. I fear it can be a trap. p351

Michelle backstage, beautiful in white, squeezing my hand, gazing lovingly into my eyes, and telling me "Just don't screw it up, buddy!

But apparently you don't need dot-com wealth to ruin an area for its low-income residents. The Pioneer Press quotes Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo ruing the cruel irony that prosperity is shrinking the stock of affordable housing nationwide: The stronger the economy, the stronger the upward pressure on rents.

El pensamiento positivo parece obligatorio en este mundo del cáncer de pecho, hasta el punto de que si alguien es infeliz tiene casi que disculparse

A mother's unfulfilled ambitions lie heaviest on her daughters.

She made it plain that her fondest wish was to have a grandbaby. Whenever fat Irene would pick up the baby, which was not too often, Mrs. Hoge would declare, Irene, you don't know how becoming that looks. As if someone ought to have a kid because it looked good on them.

here where we pay soothsayers and acrobats to help lose our weight

Dalam keadaan tertekan, wanita berbicara tanpa berpikir, sedangkan laki-laki bertindak tanpa berpikir. Tak heran 90% penghuni penjara sedangkan laki-laki dan 90% pengunjung terapis adalah perempuan.

She'd always assumed that what she kept buried down deep was imperceptible to the people around her. But she hadn't ever pressure checked the notion the way it might be pressure checked now.

The illusion that each person can have the body that he or she wants is especially painful for women, and especially in societies, like ours, in which the "ideal" body is extremely thin.

There was an ocean above us, held in by a thin sac that might rupture and let down a flood at any second.

The back of the seat in front of Richards was a revelation in itself. There was a pocket with a safety handbook in it. In case of air turbulence, fasten your belt. If the cabin loses pressure, pull down the air mask directly over your head. In case of engine trouble, the stewardess will give you further instructions. In case of sudden explosive death, hope you have enough dental fillings to insure identification.

As Allende was trying to withstand the American campaign, he also faced intense pressure from groups of workers and peasants whose revolutionary passion he had helped to awaken.

Many families are managed on the basis of crises, moods, quick fixes, and instant gratification—not on sound principles. Symptoms surface whenever stress and pressure mount: people become cynical, critical, or silent or they start yelling and overreacting. Children who observe these kinds of behavior grow up thinking the only way to solve problems is flight or fight.

the pressures of circumstance

There's so much to do. And there's never enough time. I feel pressured and hassled all day, every day, seven days a week. I've attended time management seminars and I've tried half a dozen different planning systems. They've helped some, but I still don't feel I'm living the happy, productive, peaceful life I want to live.

So we worked on visualising relaxation in the middle of the big pressure circumstance. We discovered that the nature of the visualisation is very important. If you visualise the wrong thing, you'll produce the wrong thing.

We used to try to do more with less; now many of us are trying on our own to do everything at once.

Miedo omnipresente. La recesión económica provoca una recesión psicológica. Hay miedo a perder el empleo, los ahorros para la jubilación e incluso la casa. La presión se acumula y acaba pasando factura. Precisamente cuando más centrados y comprometidos necesita a los suyos, más descentrados y menos comprometidos están.

working with people in business, university, and marriage and family settings, I have come in contact with many individuals who have achieved an incredible degree of outward success, but have found themselves struggling

When inadequate men assumed huge burdens, the outcome could only serve Despite.