My family gets incredibly tense and stressed out around traveling. There's something really beautiful in that vulnerability. — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
Paintings exist in the present tense, yet somehow, because of how it's structured, it can move backwards through time as well. — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
...I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense,… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
The skin of the coward changes color all the time, he can't get a grip on himself, he can't sit still, he… — Homer Copy Share Image
The bowed head, the buried face. She is silent, she will never speak, never forgive, never reach a hand, never leave this… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
“What is the nature of your emergency?” “I was assaulted in the street,” Krissa responds. “What is the location of the assault?”… — Stephen Alder Copy Share Image
As Kylie buried her head on the camp leader's shoulder, she heard Burnett scold, "I thought I told you to wait at… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
….he grabs my wrists and pins my arms up above my head, locking them in one hand. "Are you mine?" he asks… — Katy Evans Copy Share Image
I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
If you want to learn to trust your vibes, you must maintain a peaceful and relatively calm attitude. When you're tense, nervous,… — Sonia Choquette Copy Share Image
What do you really want? Sit down and write it out on a piece of paper, write it in the present tense.… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
Past tense offers authority, distance, and present tense offers emotional immediacy. — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the present tense. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
Try to relax, and you will find out that you feel more tense than ever. Try harder and you will feel more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us practice valor;… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Trust perfected is prayer perfected. Trust looks to receive the thing asked for and gets it. Trust is not a belief that… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
The DNA of the novel - which, if I begin to write nonfiction, I will write about this - is that: the… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved… — Erich von Stroheim Copy Share Image
One of the things that adds tension to our lives is small frustrations. Losing car keys can give you a panic attack.… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
Buddhism is the most active one! The whole time, we're dealing with the mind and how to tame it, and how to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I had an older brother, an older sister and a younger brother, and though I look back fondly on my childhood, I… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
Inject laughter into tense situations to save the day; laughter calms tempers and soothes jangled nerves. — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
