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I'm indignant. Berlusconi is not at all involved in this. I don't know if this was motivated by elections but you have to emphasize the timing.

I'm not really sure our guys were focused that much on Edwardsville beating us earlier. I think they were actually more motivated to repeat as champions.

I'm glad we started off right because I think Chip will be more motivated now to help us develop some stuff.

I'm extremely excited to be coming to Dallas. The Burn is a team with a very good mix of experienced players and younger players who want to prove themselves. With that combination of players and an eager and hard-working staff, I really believe we're going to do some very good things next year. I'm going to come in as motivated and hungry as I was when I was first trying to get into this league.

I'm definitely confident going in. I don't know where he's at. I'm sure he's motivated too. We're both going to have to be ready to go.

I made about $8 an hour, which was pretty good for the '70s. It taught me what hard work was about and motivated me toward pursuits of a more intellectual nature.

I love it when the media continues to hype up the Carolina schools. This team is motivated by any challenge you give them, and they definitely responded.

In general, the more volatile a fund, the more likely it is that investors will be motivated by fear or greed.

In general, I have a dream job. These students are bright, motivated and well behaved. They are the kind of people I like to work with, and I am just here to try and help the best I can.

Incredible. It was really tough to lose this one. The fans went above and beyond and were really motivated to help us. Our team is still part of New Orleans. We've still got New Orleans on our jerseys.

I'm motivated to come here and pitch well. I wasn't as good as the other day. ... But I pitched well enough to keep them off balance.

I'm motivated because I'm pitching in a big game, ... The Chicago factor, with all due respect, doesn't faze me other than I know where I'm at, I'm in a comfortable spot as far as getting something to eat tonight.

I'm motivated and focused to make it three titles in a row, but it won't be easy.

I know they'll be extremely motivated to keep this going.

I know we come across looking like the bad guys, but we're looking for a safer way to get a funeral procession from Point A to Point B without getting somebody hurt or killed, ... I think everybody is motivated to see things fixed, and I do believe we're going to be able to come up with some workable protocol.

I know this group and they've got to be looking at the standings. You've got to be motivated and sharp to play these games. I think we're going to be fine.

I know what motivated you was not just a political campaign. It was your love of our country.

I knew she could be really good. If she stayed healthy and motivated she could be one of the best players here.

I kind of get choked up when I see the kids look at the medals. Maybe that will provide them with a little spark in one kid to pursue his own Olympic dreams. Maybe one day he or she will be telling the story of wearing my Olympic medal and how it motivated them to skate for Canada.

I'm pushing him a lot to swim faster and he keeps pushing me. I'm not more motivated to swim faster because of them. I swim faster for the team.

I'm in the very fortunate position as a young actor to not have to take the first job that comes along. I'm not motivated by money at this stage in my life, I'm motivated by work.

If kids from the suburbs make it to university, you can be sure that they are motivated and hard-working. What big business needs to understand is that immigrants are a source of dynamism and economic wealth.

I have never seen so many young people. I hope they are inspired and stay motivated to stay in school and get good jobs.

I had no idea that they were protecting Iraqi oil terminals. What I saw today were some extraordinarily motivated men and women who are all volunteers, working under unbelievably difficult conditions.

I had so much fun in that match. We were all pretty pumped up. We were all pretty motivated to win.

I'm very happy. It's been a really, really tough year. I am still motivated to continue until Beijing 2008. Motivation comes even without big championships next year. I will work on technique and basic training.

I'm very happy, because it's something that I never expected to be in the Top 10 of the INDESIT ATP Rankings. In a year I've gone from being No.40 to Top 10 so I'm very proud of myself. I will keep on working and I'm just proud that I'll always be able to say I've been in the Top 10. It was always something that motivated me, but now that I've achieved it, it just gives me more desire to achieve greater things.

I'm very motivated to play the Presidents Cup. I think when I look at my schedule and all the tournaments I'm not going to play here in the next couple of months, it sets up pretty well as far as getting ready to play.

I'm happy with the way I'm hitting the ball, ... I feel motivated but having played so little I still feel pretty fresh and in a good frame of mind.

I'll be happy when...." is the way many people think they are living their lives. Yet, happiness is not something that happens to you. Happiness is inside you now. You are motivated from within. You only have to allow happiness to surface.

If she wins or loses, I'm extra motivated either way. When she wins, I definitely want to be like her.

Instead of just getting another piece of (exercise) equipment, it's better to get the knowledge. Getting the know-how and getting motivated for an individualized fitness program is better than getting more equipment that'll only gather dust.

In my opinion, the GP service is the worst part of the NHS. At the moment they don't have the motivation to provide a very good service unless they happen to be very nice, very motivated people.

I'll put something in that is fun when they've worked hard late in the season. It helps keep them motivated to finish the season strong.

I know how disappointed and frustrated they were at the end of that game and I know how motivated they will be.

I know how hard it is to lose weight and maintain an active lifestyle. But I didn't do it alone and others don't have to either. Staying motivated took a daily commitment to myself and the support from family, friends and experts. Now, through the SUBWAY(R)'s 'Fresh Resolutions' support program, I want to help people stick to those resolutions of maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle in January and throughout the rest of the year.

In this new environment, child abuse cases will just be drowned in the general sea of crime. Even now, only 40 percent of officers at these units are trained, but at least they are motivated and have a specific interest.

I just like to be dominating. I like to work on my feet. You train hard in this sport or go home. But, it is somewhat hard to be motivated after facing the national and international guys in big meets. Still, winning four high school championships would be a fine feat.

I just have a lot to be thankful for inside those lines, and certainly outside those lines as well, ... I'm more motivated now than ever to go out there and figure out a way through the battle.

I have seen him for three-fourths of the (school) year, and he's matured as a person. But he's still a sixth-grade boy that has sixth- grade behaviors. He's very highly motivated and extremely polite.

In the locker room, coach really got on us and motivated us. We knew we had to come out and keep shooting because eventually they're going to start falling. Fortunately they did.

Interest is overwhelming. The phones haven't stopped ringing. Catholics are joining in droves. We have protest leaders of all ages who are very devoted people: priests, college students, parents, and grandparents. They're motivated because they realize that if our culture doesn't respect the rights of God, it won't respect its own leaders and fellow citizens.

In terms of prevention, we have come a long way. If people are really motivated at making dietary and lifestyle changes and taking some medications, one can dramatically reduce the recurrence of stones.

In seeking clarity on such clandestine activities, the international community must focus not merely on recipient states but on supplier states as well; otherwise our global non-proliferation effort would be undermined by charges of motivated selectivity and discrimination,

I really challenged our guys in the locker room before the game, especially our seniors. Beckham did an outstanding job of talking to the guys in the locker room, and getting them motivated a little bit, and it was the difference in the game.

I really busted my tail in (the 1,600). I got a PR (personal record) by about five seconds. This meet really motivated me.

If you're a lawyer and you're not motivated by money, that would probably seem like the most important job there is.

I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes.

I guess they try to keep you motivated and not put you to sleep. They give you something else to cheer for.

I tends to be more motivated by the things I do wrong than when I skate well. I always want to improve even when I do have a strong performance in competition.

I think our guys are generally motivated within themselves, but we have a great deal of pride in our school. We're proud of what the girls have done, and we're proud of what we've done and it's truly a family over here.

I think, No. 1, he has a deep desire to teach these youngsters. His players and his students come first. He gets excited and motivated when players want to come and want to work hard. That's what kept his juices going all these years.

I think New Milford realized that they were in first place in the conference and we were in second, and that motivated them. And we didn't have enough motivation to come out and beat them.

I qualified for sub-sections last year, but then I got sick and didn't get to wrestle. That has motivated me for this year. I'm curious to see how far I get.

I play basketball because I love it. This was enjoyable, and I'm still motivated to get to the finals.

Clint (Burgess) is a very strong player. He has great athletic ability and he's a player who will stay motivated throughout the season. The team will excel so much more with him because he'll keep them motivated.

His freshman year, people told me Josh wasn't going to amount to anything. That motivated me and him.

Children up to the age of seven are like sponges. They look up to adults and copy what they do. So I thought if I could create a positive role model - a superhero, if you like - who moves around and has a balanced lifestyle - then they would be motivated to move more.

But he was also always never fully satisfied. He was always commanding more and when we did play well he told us. He motivated us to play for him.

Before we went I wasn't sure if I wanted to go into engineering, but now that I went there and spent 36 hours doing design work and I'm still motivated about it, it's obviously something I'm interested in.

He's the Smokey the Bear of the 21st Century. People may be motivated to save energy, but they may not know how.

He's taken all the weighted courses because that's his goal: the highest GPA. He's a pretty motivated individual.

He's the heart of their defense. He motivated them and got the crowd into it.

He's pretty much even-keeled in his approach. When his play was lavished with praise, I think he handled that well, and he handles the criticism well. I think he's extremely motivated to be as good as he can be.

Bedford was a motivated team. They wanted to even the scored and this was a perfect opportunity. This feels like a win for us. For long periods we were not in the game.

He's very intense, kind of the glue for the team. He's motivated every player on the court. He's definitely a huge asset, not just skill-wise.

He's very idealistic, very politically minded and a very motivated kid. It started as a research idea, but it became almost a dream for him.

Generally, kids learn more quickly when they're having fun. Adults learn to learn; kids have to go through a different process at first. As a kid you have to have your interest pulled in. You're not motivated in the same way.

George is as motivated as he has ever been. He's really excited about this season.

People are motivated to vote early, to defend core American values.

Michelle Obama is going to be an amazing First Lady: She's intelligent, capable and motivated. She just embodies everything that an American woman should represent.

Giving that is not motivated by love is worth nothing.

Pause and remember - Change will happen the moment you have the courage to change.

Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.

I did a lot of other things besides scoring the basketball. I got my guys a lot of open looks. I played good defense. I think I had a good all around game, but I attribute a lot of my game to my teammates. The way they pushed me and motivated me to keep playing hard.

I don't think they had huge expectations for me coming into the season, ... That's all right because I had a serious injury and this is a major league team. They have to put somebody out there who's going to perform. I was pretty motivated anyway. I was definitely motivated to come out and have a nice year.

I don't think the time really matters. I think the girls love the games. They were on a tight schedule this weekend, but they had all of yesterday off to relax. I think they are a little more motivated to win and improve the record from last year.

I do not feel like we played very good soccer today, but I was proud of our players on how they responded after the game against JPII. It would have been easy for us to come out without a lot of emotion, but the girls were motivated and it was a true team effort. This was a big win for the Ooltewah High School soccer program today. The girls should be very proud of themselves.

I am motivated to write because it is what I am meant to do. It is not a choice - it is what I am. I did not choose writing - it chose me. And I believe it is necessarily that way. Anyone doing this for some other reason should not be.

He really motivated the guys on the second push. He knows now what it takes to win something at the Olympics. The other guys, they follow his lead.

Grant is a competitor. He's very motivated to go as far as he can. He has a plan laid out. He's very aggressive and he doesn't want to keep it close, he wants to keep moving, score points, get the other guy out of position.

For the peace activists, they are good, symbolic results. They can use them to impress people with how widespread opposition is. But they're misleading as far as aggregate public opinion. It's an April election, which has very low turnout. So as a public opinion specialist, I have to point out how unrepresentative highly motivated voters are in an April election.

For the ones who sign up without personal training, we keep around 50 percent. For those who sign up for a personal trainer 90 out of 100 stick with the program and the key is that we write up a special program for them and we keep them motivated and keep them seeing success.

For the most part, you won't find more motivated employees anywhere. They are reliable and take deep pride in their work.

In short, ISIS is composed of religiously motivated psychopaths,

I just want you to be motivated by the magnitude of the opportunity.

If you get moving, you get motivated. Even random movement will motivate you.

The subconscious is motivated by emotion, not reason.

I had no problems staying motivated because things that were happening were things I looked forward to.

There's a difference between being obsessed and being motivated.

Unless you really stand for something, people aren't motivated to go out and vote for you.

Nothing can stop the power of an informed citizenry when it is empowered, organized, and motivated.

Growing up in music motivated me. I applied that to my education and it made me a better person.

When he reached the New World, Cortés burned his ships. As a result his crew was well-motivated.

I've found that when you can quickly knock out debt you get motivated because you see progress. Then you attack the other debt so fast that even if it's at a higher interest rate, you don't end up paying much more because you've gotten rid of it.

The best work comes from people who are motivated by crisis. When something stops their original idea, they respond by coming up with something even better.

You could tell right from the start that he was one of those highly motivated kids. At every level he was at, he would rise up and really shine.

The major reason children lie is to escape punishment. The chances are the more a parent or a teacher is harsh, aggressive, or punitive, the more motivated children are to make up a story to protect themselves from punishment.

The kids came out really, really motivated and responded well. They played great pressure defense, and it led to a lot of easy baskets.

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