“People who don't quite fit society, they are often kind of either under an awful lot of pressure or otherwise not acceptable to the mainstream and that tells us a lot about who we are. The people that don't fit are a great way of reflecting on all of us.” PeopleWayKindFitPressureAwfulWho We AreAcceptableMainstreamReflecting Author:Lenny Abrahamson
“White people don't have that problem, they get to go through life never having to fit into a box, and it's really more so true for white men because even just being a woman, you sort of have to walk around other people's assumptions of you and it's so exhausting and there's a sense, especially among young people of wanting to just live your life, not having to wear the weight of that pressure - pressure that people of color feel, that gay people of color feel, that women of color feel.” PeopleMenFeelsProblemYoungWhiteWalksColorFitGayWeightPressureBoxesAssumptionJust BeingLive Your LifeWhite ManBeing A WomanExhaustingGay PeopleJust LiveJust Live Your Life Author:Justin Simien
“I've seen so many people in my life struggle tremendously to fit into those boxes or to live up to those expectations or pressures put upon them by whatever society's concept of 'normal' is. I get frustrated by rules and regulations. I'm frustrated by things that are exclusive to one particular life choice.” PeopleChoicesStruggleParticularFitNormalExpectationsConceptsPressureBoxesRegulationFrustratedExclusiveLife ChoicesLife StruggleRules And Regulations Author:Jennifer Westfeldt
“I try to stay fit and eat healthily, but I am not anxious to starve myself and become unnaturally thin. I don't find that look attractive on women and I don't want to become part of that trend. It's unhealthy and it puts too much pressure on women in general who are being fed this image of the ideal, which it is not.” WantTryingLooksToo MuchFitIdealsPressureAttractiveFedsTrendsAnxiousUnhealthy Author:Scarlett Johansson
“There's a certain pressure you put on yourself to use the comics page to full advantage that can focus your mind to a pinpoint, and when the juices are flowing, that's incredibly exciting. When you've managed to fit a complex set of actions or a complicated emotional passage into a single page there's the sense of satisfaction that I suspect a sculptor gets from chipping away at a piece of stone and ending up with a fully-realized work of art.” MindArtUseActionCertainFocusPiecesEmotionalFitPagesAdvantageStonesExcitingPressureComplexesSatisfactionComplicatedSuspectsWorks Of ArtPassagesJuiceSculptorsChipping Away Author:James Vance
“People when they're growing up they just want to fit in, there are a lot of social pressures on young people today to kind of have it all figured out and know what they want to do, know who they are straight away and I've always tried to embrace that sense of pressure, but I've got people around me that do as well.” PeopleKnowsWantWellsKindTodayYoungSocialGrowing UpGrowingFitPressureEmbraceSocial Pressure Author:Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi
“I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.” TryingDadFitPressureMy DadCopiesMold Author:Joel Osteen
“The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen.” NeedsTodayYoungStrongSocialTermGreaterPersonalityFitSkillsPressureCookingMarketingKitchenPlatesChefDeliveringSocial SkillsPhysically Fit Author:Gordon Ramsay
“Being in the limelight with Glee, I've definitely felt pressure to stay fit. But honestly, you have to ignore it.” FeltFitPressureHonestlyGleeLimelight Author:Jenna Ushkowitz
“As you get older it's more confusing. Suddenly, there's more pressure to fit in to your assigned gender.” FitPressureGenderConfusing Author:Chaz Bono
“I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!” FeelsTryingHomeKnowingFitPressureTrying To Fit In Author:John Oliver