#nervous

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf. ↗

— William James

#behalf #caution #certain #errors #excessive

I'm always very nervous about the word 'dancer' next to my name because anyone who's really trained in dance will go, 'This guy's fudging so badly.' ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#always #anyone #badly #because #dance

I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy. ↗

— Bruce Jenner

#enthusiasm #flunked #grade #i #just

I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession. ↗

— Nafisa Joseph

#book #closed #eyes #focused #gandhi

Olivia Newton-John was our first choice to play Sandy, but she was nervous about acting, whether she would feel comfortable with us and could pull it off at all. ↗

— Randal Kleiser

#acting #choice #comfortable #could #feel

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#belief #breakdown #important #nervous #nervous breakdown

I think it makes people in the Pentagon kind of nervous to know that chemical agents and environmental factors could cause so much damage in terms of what may happen in the future. ↗

— Bernard Sanders

#cause #chemical #could #damage #environmental

I love dressing up, but I do find the red carpet thing quite stressful. When I went to Venice Film Festival last month to promote 'Wuthering Heights,' I told my boyfriend beforehand 'I will be a nightmare, I will cry, I will be nervous.' Actually once I was there, it was fine. ↗

— Kaya Scodelario

#beforehand #boyfriend #carpet #cry #dressing

There's always something about the Tonight Show that makes me a little bit anxious, nervous, excited. But it's good. It's good. It's been real good for me. It always has helped my career and Jay and all the people here have always been great. ↗

— Jon Secada

#always #anxious #been #bit #career

Because I've always been a fairly nervous person. ↗

— David Sedaris

#because #been #fairly #i #nervous