Pressure Quotes - Page 40

• Well television is grueling. The hours are grueling, it's hard work, and there's a lot of pressure to get it done without a lot of rehearsal time.

  Evan Peters

  Hard Work, Done, Television

  "Tribeca Exclusive Interview: Evan Peters Talks ‘American Horror Story’ And ‘Adult World’". Interview with Niki Cruz, www.inquisitr.com. April 21, 2013.

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• Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.

  Tony La Russa

  Tasks, Unprepared

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• It’s not about how much pressure you put on, it’s how good you are at taking it off.

  Buck Brannaman

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• I know that some girls look up to me for certain things, like dyslexia, and that way I know that they like me for me, so it adds no pressure.

  Bella Thorne

  Girl, Add, Looks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself.

  Oscar Pistorius

  Accomplish

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• Even if I weren't in Hollywood, I would feel pressure to look a certain way.

  Katharine McPhee

  Hollywood, Looks, Way

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• Lindsay Lohan was the 'It' girl from, like, 14. That's a lot of pressure.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Girl

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• I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.

  Thandie Newton

  Stars, Successful, Roles

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's not just women in film, 18-year-old girls feel pressure to do preventative injecting. I see someone's face, someone's body who has had children and I think, they're the song lines of your experience, and why would you want to eradicate that? I look at people sort of entombing themselves and all you see is their little pin holes of terror... and you think, just live your life, death is not going to be any easier just because your face can't move.

  Cate Blanchett

  Girl, Song, Children

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not someone who feels the pressure of someone else's expectations. That's a very young way to feel.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Expectations, Way, Young

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• I don't have this sort of checklist of things that have to be done, andif they're not checked, then I've failed some part of my feminism or my being a woman or my worth and my value as a woman because I haven't birthed a child. I've birthed a lot of things, and I feel like I've mothered many things. And I don't feel like it's fair to put that pressure on people.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Children, People, Feminism

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• When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.

  John Oliver

  Serious Subjects, Knows, Serious

  "A very funny Englishman in New York". Interview with Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2011.

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• I've been lucky, I've had movies that made a lot of money, so I don't feel like I have to kill every time out. I don't want that pressure. I don't need it.

  Bill Murray

  Lucky, Needs, Want

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• I'm trying to stay as healthy as possible but there's no pressure to be really skinny. No. That's just a bit wrong.

  Leona Lewis

  Healthy, Trying, Skinny

  "Is Leona Lewis too sweet to be a star?" by Liz Jones, www.dailymail.co.uk. March 1, 2008.

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• I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

  Timothy Dalton

  Stress, Writing, Guessing

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• I don't get sick of being naked, but the added pressure is staying in really good shape, because naked shape is a different kind of shape than just regular TV shape. Regular, having-your-clothes-on TV shape is intense, but naked TV shape is, I mean, you really have to watch what you eat.

  Sam Trammell

  Mean, Clothes, Sick

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• In this perfect world, there are certain imperfections that catch your eye. That's what works for me. I don't concentrate on being perfect, but instead put that effort behind my craft and being true to myself. I don't conform to pressures outside of me. I am confident about myself.

  Sonakshi Sinha

  Eye, Perfect, Effort

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• Theres such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.

  Miranda Otto

  Moving, Doors, People

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• I'm trying to cultivate a long-term career rather than get every job right this minute. That'd be putting too much pressure on myself. I'd go crazy if I thought like that.

  Tamsin Egerton

  Jobs, Crazy, Careers

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• You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

  John Galliano

  Lasts, Enormous, Collections

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• I've lived with pressure all my life. I enjoy it.

  Sergio Martinez

  Motivation, Fighter, Enjoy

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• Okay, you've convinced me. Now go out there and bring pressure on me.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Lobbyists, Lobbying, Okay

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• I counsel our children to do their critical studying in the early hours of the morning when they're fresh and alert, rather than to fight physical weariness and mental exhaustion at night. I've learned the power of the dictum, "Early to bed, early to rise." When I'm under pressure, you won't find me burning the midnight oil. I'd much rather be in bed early and getting up in the wee hours of the morning.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Morning, Children, Fighting

  Boyd K. Packer (1975). “Teach Ye Diligently”

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• Humor is essential to a full and happy life. It is a reliever and relaxer of pressure and tension, and the saving element in many situations.

  Richard L. Evans

  Family, Happy Life, Essentials

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• If we are to achieve long-range goals, we must learn to set up and accomplish short-range goals that will move us along the way. If we do not consciously select our goals, we may be controlled by goals not of our own choosing - goals imposed by outside pressures (such as the expectations of others) or by our habits (such as procrastination) or by our desire for the approval of the world.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Moving, Procrastination, Long

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