Tension Quotes
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It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.
Henry Moore
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If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn`t ask me, I`d still have to say it.
George F. Burns
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Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one`s being
Donald Curtis
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Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
Woody Allen
Source: thinkexist.com
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(on her 1975 collapse) I had been on a crash diet, and I carried on losing weight afterwards, even though I began eating like mad to counteract it. I`d become stricken with nervous tension which was burning away all my energy.
Karen Carpenter
Keywords: 1975 :: afterwards :: all :: and :: away :: become :: been :: began :: burning :: carried :: collapse :: counteract :: crash :: diet :: eating :: energy :: even :: had :: her :: it :: like :: losing :: mad :: my :: nervous :: on :: stricken :: tension :: though :: to :: was :: weight :: which :: withSource: imdb.com
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I was a mess. I don`t know if I ate bad food or if it was too much tension, but I got sick. There was a huge traffic jam, and I remember saying `Look, it took me all this time to get here - I`m showing up in a limousine and I don`t care how late I am.` By...
Denzel Washington
Keywords: all :: am :: and :: ate :: bad :: but :: by :: care :: don :: food :: get :: got :: here :: how :: huge :: if :: in :: it :: jam :: know :: late :: limousine :: look :: me :: mess :: much :: or :: remember :: saying :: showing :: sick :: tension :: the :: there :: this :: time :: to :: too :: took :: traffic :: up :: wasSource: imdb.com
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That was a strange production. There were moments of extreme tension on the set. Between the producers and actors, between the director and actors, between everybody. Just this personality stuff between different groups. Very strange. Let`s stop talking a...
Morgan Freeman
Keywords: about :: actors :: and :: between :: different :: director :: everybody :: extreme :: groups :: just :: let :: moments :: of :: on :: personality :: producers :: production :: set :: stop :: strange :: stuff :: talking :: tension :: th :: that :: the :: there :: this :: very :: was :: wereSource: imdb.com
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They went through some very hard times before I was born. They had their dogs poisoned, their cars set on fire and blown up. It put a strain on their relationship that never quit. There was always this tension. They just fought all the time. [On her paren...
Mariah Carey
Keywords: all :: always :: and :: before :: blown :: born :: cars :: divo :: dogs :: fire :: fought :: had :: hard :: her :: it :: just :: never :: on :: parents :: poisoned :: put :: quit :: relationship :: set :: some :: strain :: tension :: that :: the :: their :: there :: they :: this :: through :: time :: times :: up :: very :: was :: wentSource: imdb.com
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There`s always been a lot of pressure and tension on the line. If Pi (1998) didn`t work out, I have no idea what my career would be. I don`t think I would have gotten another shot at it. If Requiem for a Dream (2000) didn`t work out, they would have calle...
Darren Aronofsky
Keywords: 1998 :: 2000 :: always :: and :: another :: at :: be :: been :: called :: career :: didn :: don :: dream :: for :: gotten :: have :: idea :: if :: it :: line :: lot :: me :: my :: no :: of :: on :: out :: pi :: pressure :: requiem :: shot :: tension :: the :: there :: they :: think :: what :: work :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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[on the sexual tension between Booth and Brennan in "Bones" (2005)] The potential for their personal lives entering into their professional lives is, I just think, dynamic. I think we all remember when we would watch "Moonlighting" (1985). You never remem...
David Boreanaz
Keywords: 1985 :: 2005 :: all :: and :: between :: bones :: booth :: brennan :: cri :: dynamic :: entering :: for :: in :: into :: is :: just :: lives :: moonlighting :: never :: on :: personal :: potential :: professional :: remember :: remembered :: sexual :: tension :: the :: their :: think :: watch :: we :: what :: when :: would :: youSource: imdb.com
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[speaking about "mushrooms"] I had found a drug I absolutely love and that gave me a real break from a certain nervous tension that I kind of carry with me moment to moment.
Aaron Sorkin
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People like Richard Ashcroft and Morrissey (Steven Patrick Morrissey) are brilliant but when there`s a band there`s a little bit of spark there; a bit of tension maybe that makes it work.
Chris Martin
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[on why she is similar to her character Luna] "People like her because she`s like a breath of fresh air because in the fifth book it gets so dark and Harry`s always cross. And then every time Luna comes in all the tension goes and she makes you laugh beca...
Evanna Lynch
Keywords: air :: all :: always :: and :: because :: book :: breath :: character :: comes :: cross :: dark :: every :: fifth :: fresh :: gets :: goes :: harry :: her :: in :: is :: it :: laugh :: like :: luna :: makes :: of :: on :: people :: she :: similar :: so :: tension :: the :: then :: time :: to :: why :: youSource: imdb.com
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I think there is too much wrong with the world to ever get too relaxed and happy. The more natural state, and the better one, I think, is one of some anxiety and tension over man`s plight in this mysterious universe.
Woody Allen
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If one of your fantasies is lying on a bed in Hollywood, surrounded by eight naked women, then another is to have a beautiful wife and a nice rambling house in London with three kids running around... perhaps it`s good to have a bit of tension in your fan...
Damian Lewis
Keywords: and :: another :: around :: beautiful :: bed :: bit :: by :: eight :: fantasies :: fantasy :: good :: have :: hollywood :: house :: if :: in :: is :: it :: kids :: london :: lying :: naked :: nice :: of :: on :: one :: perhaps :: rambling :: running :: surrounded :: tension :: then :: three :: to :: wife :: with :: women :: yourSource: imdb.com
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[As he ties his shoe onstage] "It`s very difficult to tie one shoe with the same tension as the other one, because if one should be a little tighter than the other, the show`s gonna suck. I`m a man of symmetry."
John Mayer
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You don`t get a chance to take a breath but when you do, you have some really good comedy moments that ease up on the tension that the movie is centered around which is Kim being kidnapped and her son and husband being kidnapped and the jeopardy that they...
David Ellis
Keywords: and :: around :: being :: breath :: but :: centered :: chance :: comedy :: do :: don :: ease :: get :: good :: have :: her :: husband :: is :: jeopardy :: kidnapped :: kim :: moments :: movie :: on :: really :: some :: son :: take :: tension :: that :: the :: they :: to :: up :: when :: which :: youSource: brainyquote.com
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You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.
Murray Walker
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With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed.
Robert Morgan
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When race is featured on shows like this, one of the agendas is to create racial tension. If the world moves too easily, it`s not good TV. What this show seems to be doing is taking an important subject and trivializing it.
Nelson George
Keywords: agendas :: an :: and :: be :: create :: doing :: easily :: featured :: good :: if :: important :: is :: it :: like :: moves :: not :: of :: on :: one :: race :: racial :: seems :: show :: shows :: subject :: taking :: tension :: the :: this :: to :: too :: trivializing :: tv :: what :: when :: worldSource: thinkexist.com
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Whatever tension is on set can end up on your face.
Lauren Hutton
Source: brainyquote.com
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We`re at our best when Keith and Mick (are/aren`t) getting along, ... As songwriters, they seem to be at their most creative when there`s (harmony/tension). Go figure!
Ron Wood
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We are working to calm the tension. We think this is a conflict that began outside of school since it happened on a Monday. The two students who were arrested were found with brass knuckles in their backpacks, they weren`t used, but that is a prohibited w...
Bill Campbell
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War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.
Benito Mussolini
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To get along with me, don`t increase my tension.
Ty Cobb
Source: brainyquote.com
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Throughout America`s young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and the group.
Harold Evans
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Through laughter, a lot of the time you can defuse the tension that would usually be there.
Michael Hunter
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Those two Liquid Tension albums introduced me to Dream Theater fans. And it helped ease my joining a bit.
Jordan Rudess
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There`s an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given.
Allison Sharp
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There`s a basic kind of tension here. It`s between those who say, I`d like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that`s an economically productive thing for me to do.
Alain Senderens
