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I know that I would hate to have Nate guarding me. He is an active and intense player, and I know if I tell him that this player doesn't need to touch the ball, that Nate will do all he can to make sure that it doesn't happen.

I knew how intense it was going to be. But as we started to make it - the first year - even crew people would say weird things to me.

I knew Pat's wasn't going to come in and lay down. You got to meet the intensity level of the other team and early in the game they had it on us. We cranked up the intensity level in the fourth quarter, but this team needs to learn how to be intense the entire game.

I knew there would be some controversy over the 'Potter' series between religious people and secular-minded people - that was inevitable - what astonished me and continues to astonish me is the intense controversy that erupted very early on among Christians themselves, in all the churches. It cuts across every denominational line.

I like doing what I do, but I like having the opportunity to do different things, and obviously comedy would be a fun jump. I've just been lucky enough to stay working. In my case, playing intense roles or playing character roles is something that people will hire me for, but yeah, I'd like somebody to think I'm funny. I guess we all do, right?

I'm only a freshman and it was intense and the competition was really strong. Hopefully, next year I'll qualify again and know what to expect, how to handle the pressure. This year I went in not knowing what it would be like. They beat me only in experience.

I'm sorry I'm unable to go into any details at all-- you'll understand why, ... I can only say that we remain on an intense effort to find a peaceful and satisfactory outcome to what can only be called an emergency while in another part of Europe -- Brussels -- NATO continues to move in a very different form.

I had to ask Oscar a lot of questions to fill in the gaps. He called it free therapy. We had fights, screaming matches, because he had a lot of resistance. For him, it was a very intense journey.

I'm very pleased with our effort. We competed hard, recorded a number of season best times - and none of it came easy, which is good for us. It was a really intense weekend for our team, but we still have one more meet left, so we're ready to come home and go back to work.

In early March it's not too often you're playing intense games like that. I think I've prepared myself well for it (so) that those things will take care of themselves.

I need to be in a game. I've rested too long. The side work that I'm doing is not intense enough. I need to get out in a game and at least get some active innings under my belt before we get underway.

I needed to feel like I've done something different for this community. I'm a very intense woman and I'm very competitive. I saved my money and opened (Ma's) without any loans.

I never go out with the intent to hurt someone or to be vicious. But I know I'm an intense player, and I know I'm a physical player. I have to be. If I'm not, I'm not helping my team.

I never do (shake hands after a series). I don't pretend to be a guy who's not intense and I don't look at it as being a bad sport. I think the players who compete should shake hands. I think I've done it in the finals but I hardly remember. Whether we win or not, I'm not in it to be disrespectful or buddies with people.

I'll answer it tomorrow. It's been a very intense game. ... All the drama hasn't sunk in yet.

I'm anticipating pandemonium. I'm anticipating a dogfight. It will be the most intense baseball series I've ever been part of.

I'm anticipating pandemonium, ... I'm anticipating a dogfight. It will be the most intense baseball series I've ever been part of.

I'm an intense person. My own vision of life has always been heavy.

I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.

If there are more intense storms in these hurricane cycles, well, essentially we need a reserve that is going to be able to take care of one or two or three storms.

If our president is not released immediately, the dying regime must brace itself for a long winter of intense but peaceful mass action.

If peace activists really want to make changes, they have to start putting intense pressure on their elected officials. Of course, everything should be non-violent, because we are trying to create a peaceful world, and violence can't produce peace - no matter what George W. Bush and his buddies say.

I had a blast. It was very intense and every game was a must-win game. I would do it again if asked and almost every player I have talked to from different nations would come back again. It was terrific chemistry and I'm thankful I got the opportunity.

In the weeks after 9/11, out of the pain and the fear there arose also grace and gratitude, eruptions of intense kindness that occurred everywhere, a sharp resolve to just be better, bigger, to shed the nonsense, rise to the occasion.

In the last few years, we've had such intense interest in sunscreen and hats and protective clothing that we have a lot of patients who lack vitamin D.

In the face of intense pressure inside the company, I turned away from the truth,

Intensity was a big thing. Our whole team was intense and put forth a good effort. You put those two things together and add a couple made shots and that's really the difference in the game.

Intense wave action can whip pipelines like spaghetti.

Intense study with Indian musicians such as Gaurav Majumdar and Zakir Hussain has inspired me to rethink my view of instrumental sound.

Intense negotiations have continued late last evening, then  resumed again at 9:30 a.m., ... The current talks are intense.

Intense is the right word. You don't get days off with him. He's definitely a dictator. If you mess up in a game he's in your face about it. The older guys handle it a lot better. I imagine he's an intimidating guy for a 14-year-old who has never been coached like that. We got a guy who is dedicated to making you a better player. And that's never happened here.

Intense congressional and public scrutiny has not produced a single substantiated claim that the Patriot Act has been misused to violate Americans' civil liberties. Opponents of the legislation have relied upon exaggeration and hyperbole to distort a demonstrated record of accomplishment and success.

I remember looking at James Joyce's journals. It was just amazing - it looked like ants had written on the page. So much writing on one page, every corner of the page was filled. Some of the lines were underlined in yellow or blue or red. A lot of color, intense writing.

I really wasn't sure what it was going to be like, but it was everything I expected. The intensity was up. We didn't play that well, but I'll take the experience. I know we haven't been to the playoffs, but we had a playoff run last year and it was intense then. It was very similar out there.

I love that rose. It has an intense fragrance -- an 'old rose' smell.

I love such an intense lifestyle. I feel bad otherwise.

I look at each one of my restaurants, and I want my personality to come out. Some are serious, some are intense when it comes to food and wines, some are meat masters supreme. I enjoy all my guests.

I have read that smallpox is not very communicable at all, and that conditions in which it's spread are usually classified as prolonged, intense contact with an infected individual. Is that true?

I really hate excuses, but we probably had two of the most intense weeks of training the last two weeks. I was not about to sacrifice swimming fast later on just for the satisfaction of swimming fast in a dual meet. I will never do that.

I really like coming-of-age dramas. It's probably the most intense period in anyone's life, those years before you become an adult. Dramatically, there's so much to explore there. And it's nice to be around young talent coming through.

I prepare the right way. I love to train and lift the weights and do the running and all that good stuff. I try to practice the same way as well, full speed and try to be extremely intense and take pride in what you do, and have passion about it. I don't think that is going to change one bit.

I often avoid using the terms 'figuration' and 'abstraction' because I've always tried to have it both ways. I want the experience of looking at one of my paintings to be similar to the process of making the painting - you go from the big picture to something very intense and detailed, and then back again.

Internet sites themselves are becoming incredibly sophisticated and complex, and every company is under intense pressure to move as fast as possible to address increasing competitive challenges,

In the aftermath of that there was some intense rehabilitation, ... No real moments or thoughts that I wouldn't be able to return, but certainly, as with race horses when they're operated on, there is a question whether they can come back and be as good as they once were.

I really can't choose any one player who stood out tonight. Every one definitely contributed in this game on both sides of the floor. Whenever we play zone, we aren't as intense as when we play man. But we did execute on offense, which won it for us.

In Napa Valley we talk about many different things, but cabernet is king. Everything I'm tasting now is wonderful. There is finesse and elegance. You'll find wines with unbelievably dark, intense color.

In my mind, our defense is not as intense as it has been in past years. In the past, we have had a defense that we can be proud of. Now we need guys on the second and third team that will push us and show that they want to play.

In addition we had a whole bunch of lightning and thunder. That's pretty rare, and any time you get that with a winter storm it indicates just how intense the storm is.

It has gotten more intense since Tony and I got here. Me and Tony were a lot closer before I came here. But when you play 18 times against teams that have long-time rivalries, that just increases (any friction).

I realized that the experiences were so intense for people that they needed to have at least 10 experiences before they got through the drama, the physiological-emotional drama, and could rebirth themselves.

Being isolated and on-location can be helpful in terms of being completely dedicated to the work, but somebody like me can also be dangerous in terms of this intense sort of void that you kind of potentially fall into.

His best basketball is ahead of him. I'm intense and I yell, and I just think he had to get used to my tone. I tell him not to listen to my yelling, but to what I'm saying.

Cal Poly is a feisty team. We have always had intense battles with them and the home team has come away victorious the last four years. Their team is pretty well experienced and deep. John Nguyen has had a solid year with impressive wins at the top position.

Before we get into Baltimore there are going to be a variety of changes and obviously we are hoping to take advantage of them. The biggest challenge at the moment is to keep pushing at all times. The first week was very intense because everyday we saw one or two boats which made it very easy to drive everybody in the team. The last five to six days we haven't really seen another boat so it's like racing an imaginary electronic opponent. It's so important to keep fighting all the way to the end of this leg.

He?s so intense during competition that he?s not going to change.

He's just an intense competitor. He's got a desire to do well, and he really works at it.

He's pretty intense right now. No one wants to win any more than Johan. He's all about winning. That's why it's fun to have him on your baseball team. When he goes out there, you can see it in his heart that he wants to win for this baseball team.

I didn't feel the pressure of being No. 1 in the pre-season, but the girls did and that's when we went through our little ups and downs. But they got refocused. Emotionally we were so intense tonight. These girls were ready to play tonight because they knew it was their last chance.

I didn't read poetry seriously until college, when I really began to devour it in a very intense way. I also discovered that a poet is a maker. Before that, I thought a poet was someone who wrote about his own experiences.

The silence was an intense roar.

Because contaminants are highly absorbed into the soil, we need to make sure we get roots in contact with as much soil as we can get. We chose grasses because they are very fibrous and have an intense root-forming system.

By focusing intense efforts on Botswana, we hope to show what can be achieved with comprehensive efforts across the entire spectrum of care, from voluntary testing and counseling and education to the provision of increased access to medicines and appropriate monitoring of treatment,

By far, he's the most intense of anyone I've ever played with. He's on another level, what he brings to the table every day. But you don't get to where he is without the desire to be the best.

By several measures, this will end up being the most active storm season on record, it's not just number but also how intense they are.

He's very intense and pushes you hard. I think it's been good for us.

He's way more intense before playing Danny. He's more aggressive.

He's loud and intense out there -- about what we expected. I think the guys responded well.

He's an aggressive player who plays hard and intense every single down.

He's an intense guy. When we step on the ice, we know one way to play.

Georgia is doing a great job of opening up its economy and its government and its future to integrating with Europe and more intense democratic standards. We want to see Armenia tied as closely as it can be to Georgia for purposes of trade, for purposes of transport, and others.

Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

Her glare was so intense that you completely forgot she was wearing pink.

Words should be an intense pleasure just as leather should be to a shoemaker.

I grow more intense as I age.

We who are old know that age is more than a disability. It is an intense and varied experience, almost beyond our capacity at times, but something to be carried high.

The memoirs I love are all very intense. If you're going to do a memoir and protect yourself, what the hell's the point? Just do fiction.

Hail, mute devil! You are the most intense animal. An eternal mystic of the fleshly inferno ...

You are so intense. Like a storm. It's shocking how intense you are.

Engaging it produces an intense force, which in turn produces a mutation in consciousness. You become who you really are ...

The intense perfumes of the wild herbs as we trod them underfoot made us feel almost drunk.

I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make some original contribution. And although I have had some degree of success as a scientist, it is hard to say precisely why.

The life of a Repo Man is always intense.

The freest form of government is only the least objectionable form. The rule of the many by the few we call tyranny: the rule of the few by the many is tyranny also; only of a less intense kind.

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

You can't slow down intense people. They have to burn at their own rate.

I felt some intense pain during that time, and I would say that is where the depth of this came. You will feel that during different parts of the performance. Some of it is really deep music, and you can't just write it unless you've experienced certain things or else it's just surface music.

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I don't think any of us realized how much work and how intense of a show it would be until we got into preproduction here in Los Angeles,

If climate change predictions are accurate you will expectmore intense and extreme rainfalls.

If climate change predictions are accurate you will expect...more intense and extreme rainfalls.

How intense her role will be now and whether she has a title, we'll determine that in a couple days. My thoughts are she will be a valuable asset whether her title is student coach or not. We look forward to that continued leadership from her.

How do you observe something you can't see? This is the basic question of somebody who's interested in finding and studying black holes. Because black holes are objects whose pull of gravity is so intense that nothing can escape it, not even light, so you can't see it directly.

He's intense the whole time. He competes hard in practice and he competes hard in games.

When you're working on a film, it's intense and it's very all-consuming. There's not something in particular.

He played intense from start to finish. He stepped up, played with courage, intensity and leadership. He took the challenge and took it head on.

He really pushes the tempo. He's very intense and focused.

Gordon has shown outstanding leadership on and off the pitch and is one of the most intense trainers in the squad.

For the most part, my characters don't talk to me. I like to lord over them like some kind of benevolent deity. And, for the most part, my characters go along with it. I write intense character sketches and long, play-like conversations between me and them, but they stay out of the book writing itself.

Anticipation makes pleasure more intense

You can have a very intense relationship with fictional characters because they are in your own head.