#tense

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music. ↗

— Stendhal

#argument #cautious #governed #habit #intense

I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#debated #discussed #grew #i #intensely

A great free joy surges through me when I work... with tense slashes and a few thrusts the beautiful white fields receive their color and the work is finished in a few minutes. ↗

— Clyfford Still

#color #few #fields #finished #free

If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#good #hell #many #money #obtaining

It wasn't that I got pinned against my locker, but I was intensely aware that the things I valued weren't shared by anyone. Girls didn't like me, and I had few friends. ↗

— Josh Groban

#anyone #aware #few #friends #got

I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman - she's really my only idol. It's going to be a big stretch - certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#automatically #awe #big #certain #come

I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#deal #excess #game #great #great deal

I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think. ↗

— Miranda Otto

#away #back #coming #going #going away

The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition. ↗

— Major Owens

#cases #competition #drives #even #folks

From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit. ↗

— Candace Parker

#championship #credit #dad #dunk #first