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Fiction shows the external effects of internal conditions. Be aware of the tension between internal and external movement. — Raymond Carver
To create tension, dialogue needs to be stretched out. That is, characters should not be immediately responsive. — Sol Stein
He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in the most effacious… — Max Euwe
The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in cafes… — Richard Reti
The joy of suddenly learning a former secret and the joy of suddenly discovering a hitherto unknown truth are the same to me - both… — Paul Halmos
Hence the tension, the anxiety, the anguish of humanity. The more you fight with death, the more anxiety-ridden you will become, you are bound to… — Rajneesh
Karma is the tension of the thread in the human tapestry. — Jeffery Taylor
Psychiatrists declare that most of our fatigue derives from our mental and emotional attitudes... What kinds of emotional factors tire the sedentary (or sitting) worker?… — Dale Carnegie
Tension is wonderful for making people laugh. — John Cleese
Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents… — Anne McCaffrey
I am very intense. I can't help it. That's the way I am. You can't be in this business without being intense. The pressure and… — Irene Cara
Almost everyone seems concerned with the need to relax tension. However, relaxation of tension, which everyone thinks is good, is not easily distinguished from relaxing… — Unknown Author
People want the tragedy. They need things to go wrong, they need the tension. In my characters there’s a core of trust and love that… — Joss Whedon
A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers. — Leonard Bernstein
The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting… — Bruce Lee
I'd take out a joint and light it. First, just faking it. Then I started lighting live joints, passing them around to the band, you… — Barbra Streisand
Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time. — Hattie McDaniel
Contrary to the claims of the supporters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the sponsors of H.Res. 676, the Civil Rights Act of… — Ron Paul
The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just busyness, But if… — Roger Ebert
I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself doing slasher movies. The… — Caity Lotz
Truly embracing the fragility and tensions of life...brings with it the possibility of true joy. — Peter Rollins
I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make belief… — Brian Evenson
Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension and not dispel… — Sol Stein
The way you create any outcome in your life is to hold the vision of your deepest desires. At the same time, though, you must… — David Emerald Womeldorff
I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would… — Samuel Johnson

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