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Quotes About Pressure

Sono l'unica persona al mondo ad essere convinta che la causa del numero crescente di fatti di cronaca in cui persone all'apparenza assolutamente normali cominciano a sparare con pistole automatiche nei centri commerciali, nelle agenzie di assicurazione, nelle cliniche private e nei McDonald's dipende anche dal fatto che posti del genere sono ben noti vivai di propagazione del Sorriso Professionale?
~ David Foster Wallace
and this is what really seemed to drive them right over the edge, out there in the lot) until Further Notice. Apeshit has rarely enjoyed so literal a denotation.
~ David Foster Wallace
Because Tavis had been the one to take the lion's share of the heat when it turned out that Blue Jays' spectators in the stands
~ David Foster Wallace
potential may be worse than none, Jim.
~ David Foster Wallace
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
~ William Shakespeare
All I can say is, 'Damn the exam!
~ William Shawcross
Lutar com dureza na negocição de questões substantivas aumenta a pressão para que se encontre uma solução eficaz. Apoiar os seres humanos do outro lado tende a melhorar o seu relacionamento e aumentar as chances de se chegar a um entendimento. É a combinação de apoio e ataque que funciona; uma coisa sem a outra será insuficiente.
~ William Ury
The drastic application of economic sanctions in July 1941 brought to a head the internal crisis in Japanese politics.
~ Winston S. Churchill
The following French defence has been made, and it cannot be lightly dismissed. If Czechoslovakia had refused to submit, and war had resulted, France would have fulfilled her obligations; but if the Czechs chose to give in under whatever pressures were administered French honour was saved. We must leave this to the judgment of history.
~ Winston S. Churchill
War is a business of terrible pressures, and persons who take part in it must fail if they are not strong enough to withstand them.
~ Winston S. Churchill
Sometimes life has a habit of flooding over you and rushing you along in its overwhelming tide.
~ Unknown
this furtive childhood, this concealed degradation is ready to explode your systems sooner or later.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
I must say, it amazed me how many in my profession caved in like dominoes.
~ Woody Allen
I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful.
~ Yann Martel
I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful.
~ Yann Martel
I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful. I
~ Yann Martel
Anatoly Karpov, his by-the-book opponent, was too conservative to pressure Kasparov early in the game, so Kasparov put the pressure on himself with a Queen's Gambit—and won.
~ Christopher McDougall
error. It was Saturday evening, February 25, 2006, and I had twenty-four hours
~ Christopher McDougall
For the last 10 years, I've felt increasing pressure to stop shooting film and start shooting video, but I've never understood why. It's cheaper to work on film, it's far better looking, it's the technology that's been known and understood for a hundred years, and it's extremely reliable.
~ Christopher Nolan
People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards.
~ Christy Turlington
The pressure of past tragedies drove him forward - the need to escape reminders of his losses, and the desire to be somewhere other than where he'd been. That, and a smoldering desire for revenge.
~ Cinda Williams Chima
Halloweenies: People who break up around Halloween because it's the last stop before the family-filled, gift-mandated, high pressure holidays: Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year's.
~ Cindy Chupack
Imperial children are necessary, but they're not exactly wanted. In
~ Cintra Wilson
But what if scrambling to pay the bills takes every minute of your day, every ounce of your creativity? What if you can't afford an au pair? What if you can't even afford an ordinary babysitter?
~ Claire Cook