A good joke provides tension, and then, release of that tension. You build the tension by saying things that are controversial. The… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Exercise stimulates your circulation, massages your internal organs, stretches and strengthens your muscles, and energizes you. Exercise is also a great way… — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
Only to a magician is the world forever fluid, infinitely mutable and eternally new. Only he knows the secret of change, only… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If… — Peter Farrelly Copy Share Image
There's always a tension in me between my urge to destroy and my will to live... Every morning I wake up with… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
“Johnathan had known he wouldn't be able to simply shut off his thoughts and go to sleep. His entire body - everything… — Lyn Ducoty Copy Share Image
Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
A short story relies on those values that make poetry and jazz what they are: tension, rhythms, inner beat, into unforeseen within… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at… — C.J. Sansom Copy Share Image
War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think there's a real tension between capitalism and morality. That's not to say these systems aren't powerful and useful, but to… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Sports allow men to build up situations of emergency. What he then demands of himself is unnecessary achievement - and unnecessary sacrifice.… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one's being. — Donald Curtis Copy Share Image
In an effort to create safety and self-reliance in your life and relationships, you may have built walls around your heart and… — David Deida Copy Share Image
Over the years I've grown more comfortable with making people uncomfortable because that is when growth can happen. You need a little… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension. — Joshua L. Liebman Copy Share Image
Awkwardness is where tension is, and tension is where the story is. It's also where the comedy is, which I'm interested in;… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Lord James did not know whether to feel proud of his daughter or throttle her. He had managed to collar her quietly… — Candace L. Talmadge Copy Share Image
Humor can prove to be the conversational lubricant you need to remove the tension from the most unpleasant management- and accountability-related conversations. — Clay Clark Copy Share Image
I'm as anxious as any viewer would be to see what Temple is going to do next. All I know is that… — Sean Patrick Thomas Copy Share Image
People are weird. We do live on all levels at the same time and you can be fighting and flirting, and there… — Alice Eve Copy Share Image
