Quotes About Tension

The Lakota warrior Iron Hawk later explained why he had pounded a trooper's head into jelly. "These white men wanted it, they called for it, and I let them have it."16

We should feel free to see a tension in Paul's thinking, a paradox as I mentioned earlier: what God has done in Jesus is deeply connected to Israel's story while at the same time breaking out of the confines of that story. As soon as we try to resolve that paradox in Paul we will misunderstand him.

Wisdom teaches us to embrace both the adequacy and the limitations of our God-talk, to keep the two in tension. Perhaps accepting that paradox is true faith.

war is the result of total irrationality combined with conflict of interest.

Now, let me tell you what's going to happen," Castillito said, righting her chair. "If I don't walk out of here within another two hours, details of your Eliter heritage will be anonymously delivered to Gorlan and your precious Stonal.

Okay, people," Kiera announced, with a grossly stressed American twang. "This is a stickup. Don't nobody move, and shove your valuables in this here sack.

Joey almost smiled at how the spy chief's jaw muscles were working hard to keep his expression neutral.

Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.

2. El drama pone en marcha su historia

Hay que introducir tensión entre la expectativa y la incertidumbre.

las historias en ese campo se cuentan mejor si activan el conflicto entre el miedo y el deseo.

Y esa tensión emocional involucra a nuestro público, porque se pregunta «qué saca en realidad de todo esto».

Hay que introducir tensión entre la expectativa y la incertidumbre. La tensión emocional nos induce a pensar que quizá la cosa vaya así, pero puede salir de otra manera, lo cual nos hace preguntarnos qué pasará luego.» Cuanto más nos preguntemos qué sucederá después, más atención prestamos. Y cuanta más atención prestemos, más escucharemos, percibiremos y retendremos.

I sit there in total silence. It's always interesting to leave Europeans in silence. For them it's a vacuum in which the tension grows and converges toward the intolerable.

The veneer of civilization is thin, the rule of law is fragile, and the precondition of both is economic and political calm.

It's very hard to be a boy, " Celine commented dryly. "You're never sure whether to love something or kill it.

Lotta blamming ahead.

He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyoneís hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.

Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.

Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.

And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.

Then she brought the pan and set it down before him, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone away!” said Amnon. And everyone went out.