Word: uptightness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Bridget describes Darcy’s alma mater, Eton, as “one of those fascist institutions where they stick a poker up your arse which you’re not allowed to take out for the rest of your life.” She takes on the uptight lawyers at one of Darcy’s work functions, railing against their tiresome Tory belief systems but oblivious to their increasingly shocked facial expressions...
Payne, though, insists that his films are about more than just uptight men and their various hurts. They’re characterized by one thing above all: humanity...
...reasons we can play so well as a team is that we get along so well,” Maasdorp said. “You play best when you just relax and stop being uptight...
...order to stay in touch with more than 400 people on five continents in a meaningful way, one has to have a certain natural exuberance. "An uptight guy would not succeed at this job," says Pistons president Joe Dumars. "Tony will try every single food and drink. He'll smile. He'll laugh. He's easy to like." Ronzone was born bubbly, though he didn't take his act abroad until his college basketball career at Long Beach State ended, in 1988. At 6 ft. 2 in., he was too short to be an NBA prospect, so Ronzone played...
...read that 75% of Americans are now anxious and depressed, and I thought, Well, I'm a little ahead of my time, aren't I? The fact is that I have been on a state of high alert since high school. I didn't need 9/11. I was uptight on 9/10...