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tension
«The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.»
Author: Angela Davis
| About:
Politics,
Work
| Keywords:
activist, activists, contributions, inevitably, issues, ravage, ravaged, ravages, tension
«There is a powerful tension in our relationship to technology. We are excited by egalitarianism and anonymity, but we constantly fight for our identity.»
Author: David Owens
| About:
Technology
| Keywords:
anonymity, egalitarianism, excited, identity, tension
«Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one's being»
Author: Donald Curtis
| About:
Relaxation
| Keywords:
concern, flow, letting, natural order, Order of, relaxation, releasing, tension, tensions, The Natural
«Some tension is necessary for the soul to grow, and we can put that tension to good use. We can look for every opportunity to give and receive love, to appreciate nature, to heal our wounds and the wounds of others, to forgive, and to serve.»
Author: Joan Borysenko
| Keywords:
tension
«The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps.»
Author: Havelock Ellis
| Keywords:
height, nervous, population, prevalence, snapped, snapping, snaps, snap at, tension, utmost, winding, windings
«The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
fibers, strained, strings, tension
«The triumphs of peace have been in some proximity to war. Whilst the hand was still familiar with the sword-hilt, whilst the habits of the camp were still visible in the port and complexion of the gentleman, his intellectual power culminated; the compression and tension of these stern conditions is a training for the finest and softest arts, and can rarely be compensated in tranquil times, except by some analogous vigor drawn from occupations as hardy as war.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
analogous, compensated, compression, culminate, culminated, culminates, culminating, Hardy, hilt, occupations, port, proximity, softest, tension, the Triumphs, tranquil, triumphs, vigor
«Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.»
Author: Woody Allen
(Actor, Author, Film Director, Screenwriter)
| About:
Funny,
Love,
Sex
| Keywords:
alleviated, alleviates, causes, tension, tensions