An English family consists of a few persons, who, from youth to age, are found revolving within a few feet of each… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In our early youth we sit before the life that lies ahead of us like children sitting before the curtain in a… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
He lived at a little distance from his body, regarding his own acts with doubtful side-glances. He had an odd autobiographical habit… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense. — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
The body is consuming energy when tense, and restoring energy when it is relaxed. — Ronnie Lott Copy Share Image
A few doors away was the Baptist Church, and as I walked towards it I began to think that people didn't want… — Can Themba Copy Share Image
You can sit there, tense and worried, freezing the creative energies, or you can start writing something. It doesn't matter what. In… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
The condition of the theater is always an accurate measure of the cultural health of a nation. A play always exists in… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
“Her name wasn’t Jane. Not legally. But she wore it now like a uniform: plain, practical, invisible.” — D.L. Maddox Copy Share Image
While the foods were being prepared, I watched as men dragged a foot-operated grinding wheel into an open space, and the groom… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
“If you’re supposed to work with someone, I’d recommend not getting all hot and bothered with them the night before. The word… — Katherine McIntyre Copy Share Image
When you're angry, you can't fight rationally. Your body chemistry is all messed up. Your energy goes to all the wrong places.… — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
In pulp fiction it is a rigid convention that the hero's shoulders and the heroine's balcon constantly threaten to burst their bonds,… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
You can't improvise if you are tense. Or thinking too much. You have to really let it go. — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
You know, when I sit in meetings and things are very tense and people take things extremely seriously and they invest a… — Christine Lagarde Copy Share Image
Even the wisest man grows tense With some sort of violence Before he can accomplish fate, Know his work or choose his… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
There were definitely scenes I struggled with more than others: the car accident and the thunderstorm are two that come to mind.… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
In mauve sea-orchids as in her striking earlier book Guardians of the Secret, Lila Zemborain brings into relationship the viscera of the… — Forrest Gander Copy Share Image
I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
I don't like being on a horse. That's the only negative of doing a Western. I like the whole get up, and… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
