Kris Kristofferson

Looking back, I'm surprised I had the nerve to do it, but I'm glad I did. Performing the songs and performing in film was just a part of my personality, just like football and boxing at one point in my life. I was able to lose myself in both of them, and that was a good feeling.

American Musician

Shannon Purser

I do think technology really has changed the way that we communicate with each other and texting can be the way to communicate and to kind of get up the nerve to say things that maybe you wouldn't say in real life, but that also comes with a price.

American Actress

Swami Vivekananda

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

Indian Clergyman

Jaya Prada

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life. Think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other thought. This is the way to success.

Indian Actress

Julen Lopetegui

Feeling a few nerves is necessary and positive. That tension is a good thing: it's a sign that you're doing something you like, that you're passionate about, and about which you have a great sense of responsibility and respect for.

Spanish Athlete

Jerry Garcia

If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.

American Singer

Maya Angelou

I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I'm a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself - all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve.

American Poet

Jessica Ennis-Hill

I love getting dressed up for red carpet events and having my hair and makeup done professionally - that definitely helps with nerves of going down the red carpet.

British Athlete

Etta James

And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn't have the nerve.

Katie Kitamura

I pretty much admire anybody who has the discipline and the will to make a career out of fighting. It takes buckets of nerve.

American Novelist

Used mainly in medical or biological discussions to describe the physical anatomy.

Medical Context

While nerves can be associated with pain, they also relate to all sensory experiences.

Not Always Painful

The word 'nerve' in medical context is often accompanied by specific terms like 'sensory' or 'motor'.

Technical Vocabulary

Implies a person is brave or bold, often in a situation where it is unexpected or frowned upon.

Contextually Bold

Frequently used in casual speech to show admiration or disapproval for someone's actions.

Colloquial Usage

When commenting on someone's audacity, it can imply that the person is being inappropriately bold or disrespectful.

Can Sound Rude

Used to emphasize that someone's behavior is becoming annoying or unsettling.

Expression of Irritation

The phrase often conveys a sense of reaching a tolerance limit for annoyance.

Emotional Impact

 which trigger two responses. First, the vagus nerve, which runs through the body into the brain, quickly transmits the information to the brain stem, passing near an important area of pain processing. Second, cytokines travel through the body to the hypothalamus, the part of the brain responsible for controlling temperature,

The surprising reason...

 especially those with diabetes, which affects the nerves that carry pain, a heart attack may be silent. If you think that someone might be having a heart attack, the most important thing is to respond quickly. If you have access to emergency medical services, call them. They're the fastest way to get to a hospital.

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 By the way, there's a shaft of nerves that joins the two halves of the brain, called the corpus callosum. It's thicker in women. Following off from Helen yesterday, this is probably why women are better at multitasking. Because you are, aren't you? There's a raft of research, but I know it from my personal life.

Do schools kill...

 consists mostly of hardened cells, called keratinocytes, and provides protection. Since its outer layer is constantly being shed and renewed, it's pretty easy to repair. But sometimes a wound penetrates into the dermis, which contains blood vessels and the various glands and nerve endings

How a wound heals itself...

 talk touched a nerve and thousands and thousands of strangers started reaching out and sharing their own stories of accepting their introversion for the first time and those stories changed the course of my life so I'm going to tell you all about that but first I want to

Blueprint for a quiet...

 Gradually, acid wears down a pathway for bacteria into the tooth's secondary layer called the dentin. Since blood vessels and nerves in our teeth are enclosed deep within, at this stage, the expanding cavity doesn't hurt. But if the damage extends beyond the dentin,

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 that include the pons, a mass of nerve fibers that carry sensory information; the midbrain, a region of fibers and structures that help control movement, along with auditory and visual processing; and the medulla oblongata, which creates motor and sensory pathways

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 This enables increased blood flow, which helpfully accelerates the body's immune response to this perceived threat. That explains the swelling, and it's the same reason pollen can make your eyes puff up. Histamine also activates the nerves involved in itching,

Why do we itch? - Emma...

 and the whiskers spring back again, the mouse doesn't have a chance. Far thicker and longer than normal hairs whiskers also sit three times deeper in the skin where they attach to nerve endings,

How Do Cats Use Their...

 It takes some nerve to wade in with no protective clothing. Sea snake venom can be ten times more powerful than a rattlesnake's.

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