In film producing, there is an inherent tension between the director, the money and the producer, and that's what keeps it flowing… — Christine Vachon Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving without tension is like a Thanksgiving without turkey. It can be done, but it is not the norm. — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
Perhaps all human progress stems from the tension between two basic drives: to have just what everyone else has and to have… — Judith Stone Copy Share Image
I've become more relaxed. When I was younger, I had more erratic, nervous tension when I was working. — John Singleton Copy Share Image
The tension between Stephen's atheistic stance and my faith always existed, but neither of us tried to convert the other. I am… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
The great tension in media has always been that freedom and quality are conflicting goals. — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it's consummated, the tension's over. — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
If I stage things too much and nothing changes in the act of photographing, then I might as well have not taken… — Justine Kurland Copy Share Image
The family gives you ambition, and ambition is one of the hindrances for enlightenment. It gives you desires, it gives you a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When Gimme Shelter was recorded, early '69 or something, it was a time of war and tension, so that's reflected in this… — Mick Jagger 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
There's a huge number of things that are occurring with the ice works which fascinate me enormously, but it's driven by this… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Temperamentally, the writer exists on happenings, on contacts, conflicts, action and reaction, speed, pressure, tension. Were he acontemplative purely, he would not… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Obama is now fighting for his life. He's fighting for a federal government. I believe in a federal government. I hope it… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
I have never heard about any perfect marriage. They say perfect marriages are made in heaven. Nobody comes back from there so… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I think frustration unfortunately, reflects a real breakdown in the political parties themselves, which is fascinating because our constitution did not anticipate… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
Tension means hurry, fear, doubt. Tension means a constant effort to protect, to be secure, to be safe. Tension means preparing for… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“She'd stutter all the reasons why she shouldn't, shaking her head adamantly. But her body..her body would grow hot with excitement. She'd… — S.L. Jennings Copy Share Image
The individuals inside are frequently fighting that their individual voices be heard, while the walls of the place, which are the mask,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why is so much sex needed? Because you are tense, sex becomes a release. Your tensions are released through it - you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Millennials are an easy group to identify in terms of their appearance and are therefore highly subject to being stereotyped. When a… — Chip Espinoza Copy Share Image
We like to keep the sexual tension underplayed, especially between the Smoking Man and me. Once we thought he was my father… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Fasting gives your body time to heal itself. It relieves nervousness and tension and gives your digestive system a rest. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
“. . . Most falls aren't free -- there is always the tension, it seems to me, between what you are falling… — Peter Pouncey Copy Share Image
The show is not a history lesson or intellectual exploration. It is entertainment based on tension, irony and storytelling that is closely… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
No painting can exist without the tension of what it figures and what it concretely consists of. The pleasure of what it… — Marlene Dumas Copy Share Image
But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension. — Jacky Ickx Copy Share Image
It's got to do with the contention between content and form. Invariably that's what's responsible for its energies, its tensions, its being… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
Washington's adventuristic policy, whipping up international tension to the utmost, is pushing mankind towards nuclear catastrophe. — Konstantin Chernenko Copy Share Image
Most of conflicts and tensions are due to language. Don't pay so much attention to the words. In love’s country, language doesn't… — Shams Tabrizi Copy Share Image
The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension… — Sol Stein Copy Share Image
A just government maintains a healthy tension between the claims of authority and the claims of liberty. — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Infinite Love is who we really are and who we refuse to be. This refusal is our most essential tension. — David Deida Copy Share Image
Life lived amidst tension and busyness needs leisure. Leisure that recreates and renews. Leisure should be a time to think new thoughts,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain…The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
