Bill Bonner Quotes
Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t handle. That’s when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.
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To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language.
Octavio Paz
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The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency.
Sally Ride
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I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.
Finn Jones
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Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.
Imran Khan
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There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of '92 to look at his version.
Madeleine Stowe
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I don't put myself under pressure.
Usain Bolt
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A lot of people put pressure on me, but I don't think I feel that type of pressure. It is more of a good thing that people are trying to do that.
Adam Peaty
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Oh, you know, I think it was definitely a little pressure, to remake something like 'Fame'.
Naturi Naughton 3LW
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Anyone who says there isn't pressure to look good as an actor in L.A. is lying.
Camilla Luddington
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I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
Wally Lamb
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There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.
Dan O'Brien
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Peer pressure plays a huge role in people's desire to get married.
Adam Levine Maroon 5
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
J. Cole
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I love a good fight and I think a bad fight can ruin a movie. I really do.
Garret Dillahunt
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By legitimizing Iran's nuclear program, removing the pressure of economic sanctions, and allowing it to obtain conventional weapons and ballistic missiles, this agreement makes the prospect for war more likely, not less.
J. B. Pritzker
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There's a lot of pressure putting an album out all over the world and hoping people everywhere like it.
Taylor Swift
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I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
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I'd like to be a geneticist to be honest, but there are limits to what I can do now. For my dream to come true I'd have to be 20 years old again, heading off to a blue chip university.
Adam Faith
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I don't think there's hardly a comic out there that does clean material all the way around. There's a couple of guys that are clean, but I'm not one of them.
Drew Carey
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I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that.
Jack Nicholson
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Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t handle. That’s when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.
Bill Bonner