Quotes About Expectations

The players who play have to perform. If they don't, then they will be replaced. That has always been the case.

That - 2012 - was definitely my best year, and sometimes it's hard to replicate that.

You can never replicate the pressure you're under in a game.

You can't expect that because you find a story and report it out that your newspaper and broadcasting company is going to want to publish and broadcast it - and you're going to be a hero.

I suddenly became an unprofessional tantrum queen but people tend to forget that we associate these terms only with actresses. So many times, actors report late to the sets or don't even show up. But most women will tell you how we don't even have the luxury to be five minutes late.

I covered Congress, and everyone always wanted me to be a political reporter.

It is fair to say there is a lot of pressure placed on female reporters.

In campaign reporting more than any other kind of press coverage, reporters aren't just covering a story, they're a part of it - influencing outcomes, setting expectations, framing candidates - and despite what they tell themselves, it's impossible to both be a part of the action and report on it objectively.

There were reports that my elder daughter Ashwami was in 'Dabangg 3,' but she is a chef, and never wanted to be an actor.

After 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' I had a bit of an identity crisis as far as where I wanted to place myself in the business. When it's all new and fresh, there is a lot of pressure to know what you represent, and I didn't really get that.

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

I don't think that's a fair representation of life, that you have to go to college and do well to get anywhere.

When it comes to representation and agent meetings, a lot of times actors go into the meeting with the idea that they need the agent to pick them - but it's a partnership.

People approach politicians with lot of hopes, particularly if they are elected representatives.

I think it's important to maintain this momentum and especially when you are representing your country, you have a lot of pressure of people around you and you have to be at your best behaviour.

Some days, I do feel that pressure of, 'What do I mean as a black woman? What am I representing?' It honestly just gives me anxiety.

There is always a pressure if you play every game and especially when you are representing your country.

Why can't a woman be a little cooler in her emotions and a little quieter and more repressed without it being a huge thing? I've actually always quite enjoyed that, to tell you the truth.

I think I have started to take life as it comes and quite uninhibitedly, without being repressed by the expectations of the society.

Most of the time when people work with an artist, they don't give them what they need for the future, they give them what their last album sounded like. So it's like, 'Oh, One Republic needs a song, why don't we send them 10 that sound like 'Apologize?'

I've always considered myself a Libertarian. While I was running for governor of New Mexico, the Republicans were totally inclusive of me; the party was open-armed, but they never thought I'd win. I delivered in a really big way; I exceeded their expectations and think I'm still highly regarded by the GOP in New Mexico.

I really don't want to be a hunk.

I never considered myself as a favourite in any hurdles event. I never took anything for granted.

The basic problem with young people entering show business is that they are in a hurry.