There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given.
So much tension around here in New York. They want to fine you for every little thing you do.
The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested.
if you think that you have more tension then other's in your life, that mean's you are not enjoying, you are waiting for heart attack.
Tensions exist in any free society. But the freedom we enjoy rests on a foundation of individual liberty and shared moral values.
In business, there are times when you disagree, and sometimes it turns out that you're just plain wrong. Humor takes away tension and helps you realize you're wrong.
'Game of Thrones' isn't all about magic - it's way more about political scheming and family tensions - but to be a part of this exclusive magic club is actually really cool.
I find comedy to be really scary, because it can go so wrong so easily, and the margin for error is so huge - and I guess that's what makes it funny, that tension.
If I don't agree with something, I let people know, and it occasionally leads to tension. But I usually iron things out.
The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.
Well you found us strength and solutions but I liked the tension And not always knowing the answers when you're gonna lose it, you're gonna lose it.
It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest.
If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know.
Never embarrass a student in front of others. Embarrass yourself often to relieve the tension, but do not paint them into a corner.
Human beings are made up of many different values, and sometimes those values are in tension with each other.
Oh, Wikipedia, with your tension between those who would share knowledge and those who would destroy it.
I'm not the voice of reason; I'm more the guy using these offensive topics as fodder to raise tension in a joke.
But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the emotional pitch of the work, a regular sequence of more exciting and less exciting sections.
No attempt should be made to "reconcile" Yahweh's hardening of Pharaoh's heart (plagues 6,8,9,10) with statements in the other plagues that Pharaoh hardened his own heart. The tension cannot be resolved in a facile manner by suggesting, for example, ...
Everyone knows that a quick-fix usually doesn’t work, yet we have all been sold on the idea time and time again. Most of us would like to believe in miracle drugs and fast relief. The truth is that most of the quick fixes for stress focus on tempor...
Another might have missed the tension, but she had trained him in the Bene Gesserit Way - in the minutiae of observation.
