“I have a condition called Menieres disease which is a problem with fluid retention in the inner ear. It has four symptoms: ringing in the ear, pressure in the ear, fluctuating hearing loss, and attacks of vertigo.” ProblemLossFourConditionsDiseaseEarsPressureHearingSymptomsFluidRetentionHearing LossVertigo Author:Katie Leclerc
“As we have come to understand the psychology of evil, we have realized that such transformations of human character are not as rare as we would like to believe. Historical inquiry and behavioral science have demonstrated the "banality of evil" -- that is, under certain conditions and social pressures, ordinary people can commit acts that would otherwise be unthinkable.” PeopleBelieveHumansCharacterCertainEvilSocialPsychologyConditionsOrdinaryTransformationPressureHistoricalCommitInquiryOrdinary PeopleUnthinkableBanalitySocial Pressure Author:Philip Zimbardo
“All you leave the world is what you've done. No one will ever know the conditions, the comments, the pressures. Only the work remains.” KnowsWorldDoneConditionsPressureRemainsComment Book:Arnold Friberg: the passion of a modern master Source: Arnold Friberg: the passion of a modern master
“I was born with this. It's a hereditary genetic condition. This is something you can go your whole life without really knowing that something's wrong. I had high blood pressure, and that was the first sign.” FirstsWholeBornKnowingBloodConditionsPressureWhole LifeHereditaryBlood PressureHigh Blood Pressure Author:Steven Cojocaru
“People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave.” PeopleIfsBloodConditionsStylePressureDiabetesBlood PressureLife StyleHigh Blood Pressure Author:Dick Gregory
“Think about the pressure to "pass" by lying about one's agethat familiar temptation to falsify a condition of one's birth oridentity and pretend to be part of a more favored group. Fair-skinned blacks invented "passing" as a term, Jews escaping anti-Semitism perfected the art, and the sexual closet continues the punishment, but pretending to be a younger age is probably the most encouraged form of "passing," with the least organized support for "coming out" as one's true generational self.” ThinkingArtSelfAgeFormLyingTermSupportGenerationsGroupsConditionsIdentityBirthFairsPressureJewPunishmentPassingFamiliarPassingsTemptationOrganizedPretendingComing OutClosetsEscapingAnti SemitismAgeism Author:Gloria Steinem
“My own emotional health issues were bullying me during the time I was drafting that poem. It was a pressure I couldn't pin down or diagnose. And like many, if not most, writers I had the self-consciousness to recognize it made great conditions for writing.” IfsWritingMadeSelfMy OwnConsciousnessIssuesConditionsEmotionalPressureBullyingPinsSelf ConsciousnessEmotional HealthHealth IssuesDrafting Author:Gregory Pardlo
“There are really exciting things happening in genetic and neurobiology right now, and really looking at the ways in which different not just illnesses, but social conditions and social pressures can actually lead to actual brain changes.” WayDifferentSocialBrainConditionsRight NowHappeningsExcitingPressureIllnessThings HappenExciting ThingsSocial ConditionsNeurobiologySocial Pressure Author:Jonathan Michel Metzl