- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pressure Quotes
For when everything is riding on it.
Several of these quotes come from people who built entire careers under pressure, describing repertory theatre as training for exactly that, a feeling explored further in the feel collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Speed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pressure hulls collapse at the speed of sound. Once that starts, you're inside your own little imploding atomic bomb, and you're gone.
- Perfection
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you cook under pressure you trade perfection.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who's kicked a ball with their mates and played for their local club knows the buzz of being part of a team, playing without fear or pressure.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The tech industry's love for scrappy, accessible founders adds to the pressure. You're expected to lead by example, to roll up your sleeves, to know everything going on.
- Diplomats
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- Nov 07, 2020
For even the most seasoned diplomats and foreign policymakers, the Israel-Palestinian conflict is a pressure cooker assignment that can cause angst of an existential nature.
- Being Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pressure to being a comedian is being funny, but I've given that up, so there is no pressure whatsoever.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you can constantly just put pressure on all four quadrants, it gives you a little more leverage to be able to fill the zone up with breaking balls and fastball counts - or with breaking balls when guys are maybe sitting on the fastball that you've established.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
The dark outside world of Paris under German occupation exerted a strong containing pressure.
- Large
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to change the refereeing system. The pressure that is put on an official in a match is too large.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have broken down under the pressure of an increasingly abnormal Republican Party.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Walmart's period of explosive growth coincided with decades of wage stagnation and deindustrialization. By applying relentless downward pressure on prices and wages, the company came to dominate both consumer spending and employment in small towns and rural areas across the middle of the country.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reformocons court right-wing censure simply by acknowledging that the middle class is under pressure and that government has a role to play beyond cutting taxes.
- Exactly The Same
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- Nov 07, 2020
How is it we could have a system where schools could remain lousy for 50 years and yet you do exactly the same thing this year that they did 50 years ago when it didn't work then, and no one feels any pressure to change?
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.
- Nov 07, 2020