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  • I've never seen a professor of religion on television before, and I thought that was fascinating. The creative tension with spirituality vs. practicality in the world of politics is a vital conversation.

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  • I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.

    Peace   Block   Order  
    Letter from Birmingham Jail, Alabama, 16 Apr. 1963, in Atlantic Monthly Aug. 1963, p. 81
  • Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

    Kings   Ill Will   People  
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.62, Beacon Press
  • I am not afraid of the word tension.

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.58, Beacon Press
  • There is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth

    Growth   Type   Tension  
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.89, Beacon Press
  • Non-violent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored... I am not afraid of the word tension. I have earnestly worked and preached against violent tension, and there is a type of constructive tension that is necessary for growth.

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.88, Beacon Press
  • One of the good things is the relationship between director and editor used to be more contentious. Studios used to leave directors alone more during the post production process and now they're clamoring to get in. So, the director and the editor end up teaming up sort of against the studio to fight what they're doing and you lose the creative tension that you used to have between an editor and a director.

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  • The gap between vision and current reality is also a source of energy. If there were no gap, there would be no need for any action to move towards the vision. We call this gap creative tension.

  • Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.88, Beacon Press
  • Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.

  • There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.

    Running   Men   Despair  
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.60, Beacon Press
  • The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.89, Beacon Press
  • I would say I am at peace with the mystery of my mother's journals. Of course, I will always wonder, but isn't that the creative tension of living with uncertainty? By leaving me her empty journals, my mother has made herself very present.

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  • Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood.

    Dark   Men   Racism  
    "Letter from a Birmingham Jail". www.africa.upenn.edu. April 16, 1963.
  • The most important fact about American liberty is that it has never been a single idea, but a set of different and even contrary traditions in creative tension with one another. This diversity of libertarian ideas has created a culture of freedom which is more open and expansive than any unitary tradition alone could possibly be.

    David Hackett Fischer (1991). “Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America”, p.537, Oxford University Press
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