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4. “I’d be churched to death, bridge-partied to death, called upon to give book reviews at the Amanuensis Club, expected to become a part of the community. It takes a lot of what I don’t have to be a member of this wedding.”
Harper Lee
Isolation, Independence, Rejection, Social Pressure, Conformity, Self-identity
6. “One of the things he told me was that my desire to be liked by everyone would hold me back. He said that when you want to change things, you can’t please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren’t making enough progress.” Sheryl Sandberg Personal Boundaries, Social Pressure, Leadership Growth, Change, Progress, Boundaries
10. “I remembered my mother’s insistence that I always wear clean underwear because I might get knocked down by a car on the way to or from school and I and the family would be disgraced even beyond the grave, presumably, if my underwear was dirty. And I began to worry, in fact, as the doctor sniffed and prodded, about the state of the shorts I was wearing. This made me want to laugh. But I could not breathe.” James Baldwin Family, Guilt, Social Pressure, Humor, Fear, Humanity
11. “I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.” Marilyn Monroe Adolescence, Friendship, Materialism, Self-Worth, Social Pressure
Social Pressure Quotes by Famous Authors
4. “I’d be churched to death, bridge-partied to death, called upon to give book reviews at the Amanuensis Club, expected to become a part of the community. It takes a lot of what I don’t have to be a member of this wedding.”
Harper Lee Isolation, Independence, Rejection, Social Pressure, Conformity, Self-identity
6. “One of the things he told me was that my desire to be liked by everyone would hold me back. He said that when you want to change things, you can’t please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren’t making enough progress.”
Sheryl Sandberg Personal Boundaries, Social Pressure, Leadership Growth, Change, Progress, Boundaries
10. “I remembered my mother’s insistence that I always wear clean underwear because I might get knocked down by a car on the way to or from school and I and the family would be disgraced even beyond the grave, presumably, if my underwear was dirty. And I began to worry, in fact, as the doctor sniffed and prodded, about the state of the shorts I was wearing. This made me want to laugh. But I could not breathe.”
James Baldwin Family, Guilt, Social Pressure, Humor, Fear, Humanity
11. “I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.”
Marilyn Monroe Adolescence, Friendship, Materialism, Self-Worth, Social Pressure
