“We're now in one of those periods when the reality of intense pressure on the middle class diverges from long-held assumptions of how the American bargain should work” ShouldLongRealityClassMiddlePeriodsPressureIntenseAssumptionMiddle ClassBargains Author:James Fallows
“The dark comes before dawn. The financial markets are under great pressure because of the lack of leadership during the transition period.” DarkPeriodsPressureFinancialDawnTransitionFinancial MarketsLack Of Leadership Author:George Soros
“There is always a bit of pressure to do a good album - to do good work, period. I really put a lot of pressure on myself, more so than other people. But I try not to let that overwhelm me to the point where I can't even do good work. I just put it aside and do the best that I know that I can.” PeopleKnowsTryingI CanBitsWorkPeriodsPressureAlbumsGood WorkDo The Best Author:Aaliyah
“It takes uncommon guts to stick to one style in the face of all the pressures to 'come up with something new' every six months. It is tragically easy to be stampeded into change. But golden rewards await the advertiser who has the brains to create a coherent image, and the stability to stick with it over a long period.” LongFacesEasyBrainStyleMonthsPeriodsSixPressureSticksRewardsCome UpGoldenGutsSomething NewStabilitySix MonthsUncommonAdvertisers Author:David Ogilvy
“I think we've come to a kind of splinter period in poetry. These tiny little bright fragments of observation - and not produced under sufficient pressure - some of it's very skillful, but I don't think there's anywhere a discernible major poet in the process of emerging; or if he is, I ain't seen him.” IfsThinkingKindLittlesProcessPoetPeriodsMajorsPressureTinyObservationSufficientFragmentsEmergingSkillfulSplinters Author:Conrad Aiken