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Pressure Quotes

As a competitor, you have to learn pretty quickly how to deal with pressure.

– Mitch Gaylord

Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so China. It was thwarted in its attempt to hold the 2000 Olympics, which, as a result of American-led pressure, was awarded to Sydney.

– Martin Jacques

When you’re kept by a patron you don’t have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that’s a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you.

– David Talbot

Being able to go forward has been good, you know? I’m lucky to have that ability, to pressure guys and make them falter and wilt.

– Daniel Cormier

I just write songs and hope that they do well. I’m sure there is some pressure from someone at the label, but I’d rather keep away from it.

– Gabrielle Aplin

Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you’re responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally – everything.

– Nick Carter

With ‘Suite Life,’ I had three years to sit a little bit on the back burner and learn with less pressure.

– Debby Ryan

The moment I wake up, I have to eat. If I don’t eat, I feel like my blood pressure is dropping. I get crabby if I have gone more than half an hour without eating.

– Esha Gupta

One of my favorite movies is Bette Davis in ‘All About Eve,’ and it is shocking there was no pressure on her to be likable.

– Melissa Rauch

For us, the pressure comes from internal matter of having recorded eight records.

– Davey Havok

Oh, you know, I think it was definitely a little pressure, to remake something like ‘Fame’.

– Naturi Naughton

We don’t feel pressure of, ‘Let’s make this really raunchy.’ It’s more about making a good story, which is 10 times harder. The raunchy stuff’s really easy for us.

– Matt Stone

To be a superstar is incredible pressure. And also in our country, I’m going to speak about this, America. We have a way of kind of making it hard on our superstars. I don’t sense it when I go to Europe or I go to Japan.

– Narada Michael Walden

Even if there were no illegal copying, the advent of digital distribution will put a lot of stress on the movie and music industry. When the distribution costs comes down, that puts more price pressure on the rest of the cost.

– Edward Felten

Courage is grace under pressure.

– Ernest Hemingway

I know what I am, and what I have to do in my profession, so I can handle the pressure. It’s the way I think.

– Michael Schumacher

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

– Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

I’ve played for Real Madrid, where the pressure is so huge because you have to go and really win absolutely every game.

– Mesut Ozil

It was a lot of pressure, but I loved working with Tim and I loved working with Adrian.

– Elizabeth Pena

I like pressure. Diamonds are made under pressure, and I definitely enjoy it.

– Caroline Buchanan

This is actually true of the overall fight against al-Qaeda and trans-national extremists, that as you put pressure on them in one location, they’ll seek safe haven sanctuaries in other areas. So you do have to continue to pursue them. But they have less capability.

– David Petraeus

To some degree it matters who’s in office, but it matters more how much pressure they’re under from the public.

– Noam Chomsky

Theater is not to make a living, so I don’t have the money pressure.

– Dianne Wiest

The Sandinistas are dedicated Communists, and if they are going to make a compromise with democracy, it’s going to be under pressure.

– Elliott Abrams

The major studios don’t differ very much from one another as they all operate under essentially the same principles and pressure.

– Douglas Wood

I opposed Clinton’s budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate.

– Dave Obey

I’ve always thrived under the pressure of the big games. I enjoy that, and there’s nothing I get afraid about.

– Dele Alli

I don’t feel pressure going into games.

– Michael Owen

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.

– Dennis Ross

When stress sets in, and pressure, I focus.

– David Hallberg

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