#tense

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#become #good #greatly #himself #his

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience. ↗

— Wallis Simpson

#around #challenge #compelling #each #emotionally

I'm pretty intense when it comes to relationships, platonic ones as well. If I feel a connection with someone, I'm willing to go there. ↗

— Alexander Skarsgard

#connection #feel #go #i #i feel

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#being #capable #desires #intense #into

It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks. ↗

— Dana Torres

#body #difficult #extremely #i #intense

It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#chops #down #front #frustrating #gets

That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even grown more intense as the questions raised by the sociology of science became more prominent. ↗

— George Stigler

#appeal #became #become #economists #even

I would have to agree, that I'm probably more intense than Brian or Kurt, competitive because, I was always like this, always being that way, always real competitive. ↗

— Elvis Stojko

#always #because #being #brian #competitive

I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied by artists who work in freedom. They have the gratification of intense interest: the authorities want to put them in jail, while there are younger readers for whom what they write is pure oxygen. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#authorities #autocracy #dictatorship #envied #freedom

Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#after #away #balance #competition #everyone