Nervous Quotes

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You can always tell a great painting, because when you get close there are all these nervous marks. — Damien Hirst
My nervous system is very much weakened - nothing but painting in oil can keep me going. — Paul Cezanne
I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day- to- day take on things. The bare facts of life are utterly terrifying.… — Alain de Botton
I never work with an audience - I can't do this. The process depends on the highest degree of nervous concentration. — Frank Auerbach
Time is the nervous system of narration, whether factual or fictive. If it gets confused some of the minutiae of human nature are certain not… — Glenway Wescott
The boarding-school experience in Paris was very hard, I didn't put up with it very well. I was sick all the time, or in any… — Jacques Derrida
People tend to think astronauts have the courage of a superhero - or maybe the emotional range of a robot. But in order to stay… — Chris Hadfield
External reality is sort of an affectation of the nervous system. — Jaron Lanier
I'm always nervous before I go on stage, but once I'm out there everything is great and it's my favorite place to be. — Christina Aguilera
I was never nervous. That's not me, ... Nervousness, scariness, that's not even in our vocabulary. — Vince Young
Coaches do get very nervous. — Urban Meyer
I never get nervous. Baseball consists of two things: hitting and pitching, and we've got both. — Carl Pohlad
America has become so tense and nervous it has been years since I have seen anyone sleep in church - and that is a sad… — Norman Vincent Peale
Yosemite Park is a place of rest, a refuge from the roar and dust and weary, nervous, wasting work of the lowlands, in which one… — John Muir
I'd get very nervous and uncomfortable in social situations and the only way I could feel at all normal was, well, to drink my guts… — Johnny Depp
I'm nervous... but I'm not going to fear what I'm about to do, I'm going to take it head on and I'm going to conquer… — Rory MacDonald
A strong person will not be nervous and not express aggression towards his opponent... he will face the fight calm and balanced. — Fedor Emelianenko
A fighter, a real strong fighter should always look dignified and calm and I believe that any expression of aggression is an expression of weakness.… — Fedor Emelianenko
Nervous and scared is a good thing, it's your friend. You feel more on the edge, you feel like you're about to fall down the… — Georges St-Pierre
People think athleticism is just physical, but it's not. It's connected to the brain and how the brain can learn to execute and see a… — Georges St-Pierre
Am I nervous? Yeah. Am I scared? Sure. But I do this because I love it. — Cat Zingano
You're nervous because you're afraid of the outcome. Accept the worst outcome... You'll be free & fight like you're able to. — Randy Couture
You do feel kind of nervous about any film you take on. — Guy Pearce
The text moves like a small crustacean with compound eye and complex nervous system; throbbing, involuted, it becomes a parasite on a different body, animal,… — Nicole Brossard
I was very, very nervous about the naked scenes. I'm very shy and reserved. But it was Bertolucci and I have seen Last Tango. It's… — Eva Green

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