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Quotes About Tension

Time goes by slowly when you spend it waiting.
~ Jessi Kirby
Making scary movies and creating tension is very technical and it require a lot of coverage. It requires the stretching of time.
~ Franck Khalfoun
At the same time as we clearly condemn actions of violence by groups in Palestinian against Israel.
~ Jane Harman
Kevin Garnett did the classic hold me back but fall away at the same time.
~ Jemele Hill
New York was something like a circus performer walking a tightrope an juggling at the same time....It could barely maintain its position, but an movement would tip the whole balance.
~ John Lindsay
I'm worried about everything at all times.
~ Odeya Rush
When you go into extra time, we're talking about drama. But when we reach the penalty shootout, it's a tragedy.
~ Sepp Blatter
Every time I see you, I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to fall. I feel uncomfortable every time I see you, and every time we talk, my throat tickles.
~ Yoon Joon-soo
There come times when we have to fight for peace.
~ Billy Graham
But things are so bad, I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't do something.
~ Margaret Peterson Haddix
The cruelest form of torture one can inflict on a kender is to lock him up. Of course, it is also widely believed that the cruelest form of torture one can inflict on any other species is to lock them up with a kender. After three days of Tasslehoff's incessant chatter, pranks, and practical jokes, the companions would have willingly traded the kender for a peaceful hour of being stretched on the rack—at least that's what Flint said.
~ Margaret Weis
homeland." "Not even Sturm?" he couldn't help asking wryly, nettled by her stinging tone. But he was not prepared for the answer. Alhana twisted to face him, whipping around so fast her long black hair flailed his skin. Her face was so pale with anger, it seemed translucent and he could see the veins pulse beneath her skin.
~ Margaret Weis
Suddenly, out of nowhere, some random old guy grabs me on the arm and starts dragging me into a side corridor. "You must come with me," he says in an urgent voice.
~ Mari Mancusi
Nothing will be resolved here. Nothing is ever resolved without war. It is the way of the universe.
~ Marianne Curley
Justo cuando el amor parece ser el tema de moda, el odio hace sonar su trompeta.
~ Marianne Williamson
In fact, ambitious tension actually limits our ability to succeed because it keeps us in a state of contraction emotionally and physically. It seems to give us energy but doesn't really.  Like the white sugar of mental health, there's a short high followed by a crash.  The cultivation of mental rest or surrender is like eating healthy food.  It doesn't give us an immediate rush, but over time it provides a lot more energy.
~ Marianne Williamson
The people who were downstairs drinking ran upstairs for a better view of the upcoming fight.
~ Marie-Elena John
Sylvie was pretty, but she was prettiest when something had just startled her into feeling that the world had to be dealt with in some way, and then she undertook the most ordinary things with an arch, tense, tentative good will that made them seem difficult and remarkable, and she was delighted by even partial successes.
~ Marilynne Robinson
Usted me odia y no puede disimularlo, dijo Roger Casement. El sheriff, después de un momento de sorpresa, asintió, con una mueca que por un instante descompuso su cara abotargada
~ Mario Vargas Llosa
All worthwhile tales possess some element of violence.
~ Marisha Pessl
War always takes you by surprise.
~ Marjane Satrapi
In any case as long as there is oil in the middle east they will never have peace
~ Marjane Satrapi
De todas formas, mientras haya petróleo en oriente medio, no conoceremos la paz.
~ Marjane Satrapi
Bagaimanapun, selama ada minyak di Timur Tengah kita takkan pernah damai.
~ Marjane Satrapi