#tension

Tension is the great integrity. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#integrity #tension

Typically, students slide into debt through the extension (by credit card companies) of unaffordable credit lines. ↗

— Robert Manning

#companies #credit #credit card #debt #extension

The laboratory evidence that carbohydrate-rich diets can cause the body to reain water and so raise blood pressure, just as salt consumption is supposed to do, dates back well over a century ↗

— Gary Taubes

#hypertension #lowcarb #salt #science #sodium

He had perfected the art of looking interested, and could grasp in surprise at any and every predictable punchline. ↗

— Ian Rankin Doors Open

#art

A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them. ↗

— Criss Jami

#articulation #communication #controversy #disapproval #emotions

Since the experience is different for each individual, the tension will reflect that experience. In some persons the whole lower half of the body is relatively immobilized and held in a passive state; in others the muscular tensions are localized in the pelvic floor and around the genital apparatus. If the latter sort of tension is severe, it constitutes a functional castration; for, although the genitals operate normally, they are dissociated in feeling from the rest of the body. Any reduction of sexual feeling amounts to a psychological castration. Generally the person is unaware of these muscular tensions, but putting pressure upon the muscles in the attempt to release the tension is often experienced as very painful and frightening. ↗

— Alexander Lowen

#health #life #muscular #sex #sexuality

Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#civilization #constantly #country #economic #educational

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images. ↗

— James Broughton

#filled #films #images #like #page

The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#cannot #debate #feel #human #human life

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 Burns

#avoiding #i #important #key #longevity