#pressure

I feel that I, and the people under my command, tried to use all the traditional methods of recruiting agents which were also used by other intelligence services; adopting also means like pressure, money, sex - but that did not characterize my service. ↗

— Markus Wolf

#agents #also #characterize #command #did

We will not reform the yuan until the time is right even if there is external pressure. ↗

— Wu Yi

#external #pressure #reform #right #time

She was having a violent reaction against beautiful clothes and the slavery they impose on one, her experience being that the instant one had got them they took one in hand and gave one no peace till they had been everywhere and been seen by everybody. You didn't take your clothes to parties; they took you. It was quite a mistake to think think that a woman, a really well-dressed woman wore out her clothes; it was the clothes that wore out the woman- dragging her about at all hours of the day and night. ↗

— Elizabeth von Arnim

#social-pressure #women #beauty

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

We worked under a lot of pressure... three days to do an episode, sometimes two in a week, 39 episodes a year. ↗

— Lloyd Bridges

#episode #episodes #lot #pressure #sometimes

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure. ↗

— Al Franken

#been #being #comedian #comedy #communicating

For me, it seems to help me take the pressure off if I don't pay attention to what other people are telling me. ↗

— Missy Franklin

#help #i #me #off #other

I have been under considerable pressure to buy at least a laptop computer. I have always turned the suggestions down for the reason that I have never done creative work on a typewriter. There is to me a lack of empathy. ↗

— Winston Graham

#been #buy #computer #considerable #creative

There have been many cases in which stars have come to us first to break the news because they knew the pressure was on. They wanted to have it on the air so that they could give their honest evaluation of the situation. ↗

— Mary Hart

#because #been #break #cases #come