It's so nerve-wracking to be on a set. They're the most stressful place in the world, because you're making something permanent, and… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
The trick is to smoke a cigarette to calm your nerves and then take a big swig of strong liquor to tone… — Lev Yashin Copy Share Image
Worpswede, Worpswede, I cannot get you out of my mind... Your magnificent pine trees! I call them my men--thick, gnarled, powerful, and… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
Acting can truly take a toll on your nerves. I mean we have to be larger than life. Worse, I've seen actors… — Preity Zinta Copy Share Image
The statistics reveal a failure of nerve on the part of many Christians. They seem to be simply unable to muster the… — Douglas Groothuis Copy Share Image
Men don't understand how their mannerisms can get on women's nerves so that you feel you just have to snap. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
It's much more painful to bomb in front of a group of yours peers than it is to not win. Tons of… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Most films and directors lose their nerve and want to indicate [emotions] a bit more, to show that their story is clear.… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I remember, when I have preached at different times in the country, and sometimes here, that my whole soul has agonized over… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Man is in a transition stage; he has 31 pairs of spinal nerves which keys him to the solar month, but the… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
It's pretty much a fact that our entire universe is a mental construct. We don't actually deal with reality directly. We simply… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Senseless is the breast and cold Which relenting love would fold; Bloodless are the veins and chill Which the pulse of pain… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I write in praise of the solitary act: of not feeling a trespassing tongue forced into one's mouth, one's breath smothered, nipples… — Fleur Adcock Copy Share Image
“We must not listen to those who advise us "being men to think human thoughts, and being mortal to think mortal thoughts,"… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Nothing is like being out there and playing and performing and winning - nothing. But to have an interest in the player?… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
If I'd had the nerve, I'd have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn't, I became a photographer. — Man Ray Copy Share Image
It's not bad to stand in front of 20,000 people and sing. It's nerve-racking, a huge adrenaline rush, but it's also very… — Lauren Hart Copy Share Image
Man is a fighting animal; his thoughts are his banners, and it is a failure of nerve in him if they are… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Where did I get the nerve to think I could handle American teenagers? Ignorance. That's where I got the nerve. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
You Republicans are the arsonists who burned down our national home. Now you have the nerve to criticize the 'architect' America just… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Would you consider what I call the “inner eye” which opens for some of us, though not always when we want it… — Penelope Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The programs constantly repeat themselves and one another. No one has yet had the nerve to say, 'As we have nothing sensible… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I love the experience of getting to direct because I can have all of the fun of helping shape the show, but… — Tom Lenk Copy Share Image
I wasn't born with nerves. You have to take yourself out of the equation and think about everyone else - you're the… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
For mightier far Than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway Of magic potent over sun and star, Is love, though… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
When a skater steps on the ice to compete, the nerves, the tension, and sheer suspense of that moment make for great… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
Stop being so...optimistic, its getting on my nerves." "No problem. Do you want me to be all gloom and doom or just… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
I have an unfortunate compulsion. I really would rather not do it, as it is very nerve-wracking and un-fun. But when it… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I have this system. I torture my husband and everyone around me with my nerves and anxiety. Then, when I get on… — Catherine Zeta-Jones Copy Share Image
In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
A great man represents a great ganglion in the nerves of society, or to vary the figure, a strategic point in the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
The dismissal of any of these people would send a useful signal to U.S. allies that the president has the nerve -… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Having nerves and feeling the pressure just gets you focused and gets your concentration level where it needs to be. I harness… — Tom Lehman Copy Share Image
I did Shakespeare in college and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.' — Kristoffer Polaha Copy Share Image
For those who can do it and who keep their nerve, writing for a living still beats most real, grown-up jobs hands… — Terence Blacker Copy Share Image
It has gotten worse as I'm becoming more successful. My nerves. Just because there's a bit more pressure, and people are expecting… — Adele Copy Share Image
I never thought people would buy the soundtrack [to Twilight]. So, it's a little more nerve-wracking now. I don't know. — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
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