#pressure

Lumani had never managed a failed delivery because, in the end, no matter how skilled or how hard they fought back, pressure applied in the right places caused even the strongest men to fracture. But this one? He'd watched her. Studied her. Observed what maybe even Uncle, the reader of people, had missed. This one was already fractured, and the lines between her broken pieces were not fissures but scar material stronger than whatever had once filled those spaces. ↗

— Taylor Stevens

#damaged #fight-back #fissure #fracture #healing

Never ask while you are doing it if what you are doing is fun. Don't introduce even your most reliably witty acquaintance as someone who will set the table on a roar. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#fun #pressure #wit #witty

You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you. ↗

— Michael Arad

#back #desist #just #never #pressures

I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport. ↗

— Barry Bonds

#big #comes #expect #expectations #father

We've got a lot of pressure going. This is for my Latin counterpart. ↗

— Bobby Bonilla

#going #got #latin #lot #pressure

This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#argument #concern #heart #human #more

Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche. ↗

— Andrew Denton

#common #pressure #psyche #stress

People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#athlete #bring #competition #definitely #does

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

— Davey Havok

#eight #having #internal #matter #pressure

That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes away their childhood and puts untold pressure on children. ↗

— Dwayne Hickman

#add #away #both #child #child actor