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«When you're out there in the big league pressure cooker, a pitcher's attitude -- his utter confidence that he has an advantage of will and luck and guts over the hitter -- is almost as important as his stuff.»
«Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.»
«Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.»
«When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure»
«Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations -- wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.»
«Without pressure, the work doesn't get done at all.»
Author: William Saroyan (Writer) | Keywords: pressure
«The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. They come to be accepted by degrees, by dint of constant pressure on one side and constant retreat on the other - until one day when they are suddenly declared to be the country's official ideology.»
«The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to that little being's mental and physical health, is a responsibility which most of us, including me, avoid most of the time because it's too hard.»
«The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.»
Author: Seneca | About: Adversity | Keywords: affect, external, pressure

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