#tense

I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#any #background #college #come #european

The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them. ↗

— Sid Waddell

#chips #could #elvis #hear #portion

You do become very close like a family but because you see each other for such an intense period of time on the set everyday. You really don't end up socializing that much. ↗

— Sela Ward

#become #close #each #end #everyday

Believing in God is a very intense inner struggle of mine. It's something I worry about a lot, but which I don't have the answer to. ↗

— Emily Watson

#answer #believing #god #i #inner

I moved to New York last year and I love it. It's a huge change and I've always wanted to spend time there. It's like a more intense London, and everything's up a few notches. The lights are brighter, the pace is faster and the food's better. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#better #brighter #change #everything #faster

When you think about it, we're strapping strange planks of wood to our feet and launching off of giant snow walls. It's pretty intense. ↗

— Shaun White

#feet #giant #intense #launching #off

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#individualism #intense #known #mode #most

If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days. ↗

— Robin Williams

#days #every #intense #just #negotiations

On the rare occasions when I spend a night in Oxford, the keeping of the hours by the clock towers in New College, and Merton, and the great booming of Tom tolling 101 times at 9 pm at Christ Church are inextricably interwoven with memories and regrets and lost joys. The sound almost sends me mad, so intense are the feelings it evokes. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#booming #christ #church #clock #college

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#connected #fortunes #future #immediately #intensely