I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on your cheek.
I like pressure. If I am not on the edge of failure, I'm not being sufficiently challenged.
Sometimes when I'm under pressure, if I think somebody is expecting stuff from me, I'll do better than if I was just left on my own. I can sit down - I'm a skilled writer, I've been doing it all my life - and I can get down to it.
Never give in to peer pressure, especially if the peer is not attractive.
Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
I don't use the word 'pressure. ' I use the word 'expectation. ' I have very high expectations of myself. It starts with me.
Thank you Mama for the nine months you carried me through…No one knows the pressure you bear a just only you.
The downfall of the industry is that there is a lot of pressure in it, a lot of rejection in it and a lot of competition in it. It's a whole mess.
I've never believed anyone could put more pressure on me than I put on myself. People expect great things from me. I expect great things from myself.
Most scientists know what needs to be done to save our Earth. But the politicians don't listen to them. They will listen to popular pressure; the people got to supply that.
Trees acquire strength by growing slowly and flexing with the pressures of nature. Us too.
It's what everyone is after, I mean they want success and when they get it it's an incredible pressure but what you have to do is try to keep the big picture in view.
When you look at movies, the lead girl is always gorgeous and thin. There is a stereotype that you need to look a certain way and when you get in the business you really feel the pressure.
I put real pressure on myself and I demand the best out of myself.
I think the media is very much like the inside-the-Beltway crowd. They're not average Americans themselves. They're under a lot of pressure from editors and publishers.
I never say never about a lot of things. Whatever you want, then more power to you. If someone feels they have to live up to a certain image, then I can kind of understand that pressure because I'm considered to be one of those images, and I know how unreal they are.
I mean we [The Beatles] had to go through humiliation upon humiliation with the middle classes and showbiz and Lord Mayors and all that. They were so condescending and stupid. Everybody trying to use us. It was a special humiliation for me because I could never keep my mouth shut and I'd always have to be drunk or pilled to counteract this pressure. It was really hell.
It's like sometimes, you can just lay back and it takes the pressure off of you.
It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on yourself to make everything that much harder.
It’s not really pressure, unless you’re not prepared.