#tens

But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy. ↗

— John le Carre

#call #his #i #i think #lies

You look at the steamboat, the railroad, the car, the airplane - not all of these were invented in the Anglo-American world, but they were popularized and extended by it. They were made possible by the financial architecture, the capital intensive operations invented and developed by the Anglo-Americans. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#architecture #capital #car #developed #extended

During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#economic #francisco #history #intense #lived

You can't look at a sleeping cat and be tense. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#look #sleeping #tense #you

Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#drama #intense #some #sort #usually

The Americans may think they have 'liberated' Baghdad but the tens of thousands of thieves - they came in families and cruised the city in trucks and cars searching for booty - seem to have a different idea what liberation means. ↗

— Robert Fisk

#booty #came #cars #city #different

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#could #criticism #dislike #france #free

As we were leaving the Huron camp, it was awkward filming. I think that the Huron watching us was there to create tension - maybe we wouldn't get out. Nothing complicated. ↗

— Madeleine Stowe

#camp #complicated #create #filming #get

It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#desire #intense #intense desire #only #opportunities

You try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity. ↗

— Lawrence Taylor

#game #intensity #rules #sake #stay