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The only excuse for creating something useless is that one admires it intensely.

Oscar Wilde

Art is the most intense form of individualism that the world has known.

Oscar Wilde

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

Mother Teresa

Do whatever you do intensely.

Robert Henri

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

Michel de Montaigne

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

Eric Hoffer

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds.

Antoine Rivarol

Our intensity level was totally unacceptable.

Gerald Coleman

We'd get nothing but hell every day. It was more intense. You could see the passion in him that week.

Chadd Moore

Whenever we play Lee you know they are going to bring some intensity with them. I was pleased with our effort.

Scott Hodkinson

Women are playing more, and playing more intensely.

Robert Monaco

I grow more intense as I age.

Florida Scott Maxwell

Intense love does not measure; it just gives.

Mother Teresa Of Calcutta

We kept them in the game. We didn't come out with the intensity and we let them hang around until the end. We could have ended the game so many times.

Jonathan Mitchell

The team did the best that we've ever done with a schedule that was more intense. This is the first time we've brought home three awards.

Jeff Butler

An intense focus on getting it exactly right is why Abercrombie & Fitch is better positioned now than it has ever been.

Mike Jefferies

We had more intensity in the second half.

Chris Beatty

The whole team came out with a bunch of intensity and I just came out hot. When you're hot, your team gets you the ball.

Meredith Levison

Us being flat won't be a factor. The competition in training, the intensity has been better than it has all season. That edge was there again.

Laurie Calloway

It was pretty intense. It changes you, you know.

Andrea Okomski

Everything was the same. We had just as much intensity as we've ever had.

Dwayne Curtis

The game part was not there, but the intensity and the want was.

Murray Gleffe

We didn't bring the intensity that we needed in the first half. We didn't match their energy. To their credit, they made plays and we didn't.

Matt Maschino

I was skeptical that the increase (in hurricane intensity) would be sufficient to observe by now ... (but) the increase has been much more than we would have guessed.

Kerry Emanuel

We talked at halftime about defensive intensity, and we got it. We did a good job of locking them up.

Roosevelt Barnes

The government must demonstrate its respect for freedom of expression and assembly, which are essential at this time of intense debate about the country's political future.

Gerald Staberock

They had the momentum coming out of halftime and we had to get our intensity back.

Brittany Campbell

It was a match with intensity and I told them that's what we have to do. We went out right away and won 50-50 balls and not only did we win the ball, we did something good with it.

Pete Hald

It's always going to be intense, sometimes it's going to be ugly. It was a hard-fought win. They took us all the way down to the buzzer.

Jim Haley

The intensity and the game speed that the girls will see on a daily basis are very different than their high school experiences.

Nancy Cox

They were gritty. They were chalky, artificial flavor, stale, low chocolate intensity.

Tod Marks

The reserves played with heart, intensity and passion.

Tony Martello

This is a neighborhood that has intense gang activity and alcohol-fueled violence.

Dana Stevens

It was a marathon game. It was so intense that nobody noticed how cold it was.

Dave Schmotzer

We put forth a great effort in the first game, but we did not hold that intensity in the second game. I don't know why that happens. If anyone can figure that out, let me know.

Leslie Messina

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

George Porritt

Some of my constituents have told me to not to restrict it to commuter hours, but I suspect the opposition from the authority would be even more intense.

Delegate David Rudolph

I hope so. I try to help keep the intensity up. When we are playing well, we're really on.

Whitney Dosty

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

Harold Wilson

We should have never gotten down that far in the first place. That just gave us more intensity to come back.

Brian Parker

It was a nice win for us. The boys wrestled with intensity. We're getting our groove going before the conference meet, which is a good thing.

Jim Guttridge

I'm very, very pleased. I thought our guys had great intensity and played with a lot of heart.

Byron Samuels

The girls played with intensity, and this is what we needed to go into playing Lanesville.

Randall Schoen

It was a well-played basketball game: they did some nice things with the ball but I didn't think our defense was that bad. We played with a lot of emotion and a lot of intensity but we were fatigued at the end.

Mike Wood

I don't know if it will get more intense, but I doubt it will get less intense.

Dan Lynch

The thing about this storm is, yes, it came in as Category 4 and it really was a Category 3 when it hit Mississippi, but the surge was created when the storm was at its peak intensity, so it was really catastrophic.

Tom Moore

We started out last year also at 3-0, but we ended up going 3-3, so we've got to keep up the intensity.

Angelo Babbaro

I think our defensive intensity and our movement is much better (than earlier in the tournament).

Dennis Dacus

The intensity of doing a piece of this size is daunting.

Gretta Bader

We really had some momentum after winning the first game. We played with good intensity, but was just didn't execute anything.

Tracy Box

We stepped up the intensity and started playing our type of game.

Linda Kilpatrick

It was a very intense game. It opened my eyes. It was a little more physical than I thought.

Cody Rincker

P. A. M. was able to produce more revenue with fewer assets in an asset-intensive business such as trucking.

Donald Broughton

Game one, we got off to a great start and pretty much dominated the entire game. Game two, we got off to a slow start and we were down 4-11 and then 7-15, but the girls really stepped up and increased their intensity.

Julie Craven

The conference opener against Oswego East saw the guys coming out with a great deal of intensity and it allowed us to get everyone involved in Game 2.

Christina Countryman

I think what kind of did us in was being ahead at halftime. We didn't come out (for the second half) with the same intensity. We came out kind of flat.

Ben Tonon

I was really concerned at the half. They were killing us. The man defense made them work harder, and we brought some intensity.

Dan Marshall

There are still intense negotiations going on.

Christine Pritchard

It's been very labor-intensive, and it's also a situation where there's been some very tight federal deadlines.

Chris Henson

Except at 119 and 125, we're very inexperienced. We don't know how to build on intensity or how to get things started after we lose a close match. We fall off in intensity.

Chad Vollmecke

(Brown) was physical and aggressive. His intensity exceeded ours tonight.

Billy Taylor

There is an intense effort underway to fix this problem.

Paul Hughes

Coach called a timeout and really fired us up. He just told us to go out there and pick up the intensity.

Natalie Hawkins

I think we responded well. The intensity level was up.

Damon Shaffer

They knocked us back with how hard the played and how intense they were. That's the hardest anyone has played against us all year. They just didn't go away.

Lee Melchionni

We just couldn't handle their aggressive play. They picked up their intensity and came out in a full-court press.

Melissa Martin

We started slowly on offense. But out defensive intensity carried us through until we were able to work the ball inside in the second half.

Tim Cline

It was good to see them rebound from Tomahawk. It was a good effort and hopefully we can continue (this) intensity and focus.

Joe Brennan

There is a mental edge that comes with the injections, and it's definitely something that gets you more intense.

Ken Caminiti

Our defensive intensity wasn't there. We slacked a little bit.

Ron Artest

(St. Norbert) came out with great intensity today, so our hat's off to them.

Chris Braier

It's hard but we come out the same way every game with intensity. We're trying to get back on a winning streak again.

Katy Clark

We had a great warm up from the first half. We were intense and executing. We controlled most of the first half and it showed on the scoreboard.

Kate Mcharg

It was a high-intensity explosion and its noise was heard in several parts of the city. It appears that the KFC was the target.

Mushtaq Shah

I was proud of the focus and intensity that we were able to keep defensively throughout the first half and the entire game.

Sol Jones

I had learnt to seek intensity…more of life, a concentrated sense of life.

Nina Berberova

The Super Bowl is such a corporate event that even the crowd doesn't have the same intensity.

Steve Sabol

I was extremely happy with that second group. Those guys brought energy and intensity that we didn't have.

Jeremy Davies

The first half was frustrating. We definitely didn't match their intensity, but we certainly did in the second half.

Josh Aciukewicz

UPS is always a great battle for us. It's always a close, intense game. We've been looking forward to it for the last few weeks.

Kelly Turner

He's a challenge to catch. It takes a lot to catch him, because he brings a lot to the table. He throws hard, he's intense and he expects a lot out of his catcher.

Kelly Stinnett

For several days there has been quite intensive fighting.

Sergei Yastrzhembsky

Coach had been talking all week about how we had to keep them off the glass and put a body on them. The deeper we go the more intensity we can bring.

Craig Brooks

Intensity is so much more becoming in the young.

Joanne Woodward

Daniel's intensity and how hard he plays is the heart of our team. Because of his intensity, everyone else jumps on his back, and they go.

Jim Yerkovich

I didn't think our defensive intensity was very good, and I didn't think we did a very good job on the boards. We didn't come to play tonight. We may have won by 19, but I'm not happy with them. They're not happy with themselves.

Connie West

We waited too long to remember to match their intensity.

Rod Baker

One of the things Bode is really exceptional at is bringing intensity to big events. They bring out his best. I think that's what you're going to see. He'll bring something special and extraordinary, based on what he's done in the past.

Jesse Hunt

They played with heart and intensity, but so did we. We played well and got it done.

James Mcnally

We both have the fire in our bellies. We definitely have the intensity and the will to win. Sometimes, our emotions get the best of us, but we've been working on that.

Matt Dunton

This has been the most intense game in my whole career.

Fran Vazquez

I think it's good to have him here because he has that intensity and attitude we need. We will all be much better because he is here.

Anthony Spencer

That was a fun environment. It had to be a huge difference for us. The kids ... used that energy to try to ratchet up our intensity to keep our focus.

Andrew Frank

We didn't come out with as much intensity as I hoped we would tonight. We played a good team, but we can play better than we did tonight.

Chad Kison

We lost our intensity in the second quarter.

Bill Mcelroy

I would feel much better if I had more time. It's been intense.

John Haley

We are experiencing intense wildfires more often now.

Neil Benson

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will happen to the hero.

Mary Mccarthy

The demands of basketball, the pressures of basketball are different than those in golf. Basketball is much more intense. You can be emotional. In golf, the guys who do well are the ones who are able to control their emotions.

Rick Dissinger

We are not playing with the same intensity and effort that we were earlier in the season. We could see this coming.

Bart Lundy

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

Srikantha Herath

They got aggressive and we didn't match their intensity level.

Mike James

We need to come out with some emotions and play with intensity.

Troy Diels

The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.

Gail Godwin

We need to have the same intensity.

Catherine Bove

Although it will be an intense affair, we will all have fun and, in the end, the sport of lacrosse will be victorious.

Gavin Prout

The guys get a little more hooked on it and have an intensity about it. The girls just have so many other things going on ? school, for one thing.

Scott Bedell

It's pretty intense and they work extremely hard. This is all new for me. I do not do this in any way, shape or form for myself, but cheerleading is something that's going to keep coming on.

Jessica Moderson

I hate to brag about my dog, but he was an exceptionally good police dog. When he was working, he was so intense. When it was all over with, he was as friendly as your normal house pet.

Sgt. David Huntimer

Building up all week. The intensity has definitely picked up quite a bit.

Joel Klatt

We did make a few adjustments at halftime, but part of that is probably North had a big lead and didn't play with the same intensity.

Dan Armstrong

They really took the intensity to another level.

Ricky Davis

The intensifying competitive landscape from larger, better- funded competitors creates some uncertainty.

Anthony Noto

We came out with a little intensity, offensively we were ok, we did some things wrong, but when we were out in front of the plate we stung them.

Scooter Dunn

Once the place got rocking a little bit we got some intensity on defense.

Andrew Strait

They made us change. That made it sort of funny, but I thought we came out with some good intensity tonight. Our guys did a good job of holding on and getting the win.

Rick Scruggs

There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen.

Sean O'Faolain

I enjoyed everything slowing down. It is a more intensified existence. ... Of course, I wasn't working, so I was able to indulge in a more intensified existence. It was la bella vita.

Lisa Williams

I think Bush is at his best when he is fully engaged in an almost campaign level of intensity on behalf of his agenda. When he doesn't fully engage on behalf of what he is trying to accomplish, that is when he suffers the most.

Mike Franc

The competitive environment remains intense.

Dan Hesse

The intensity was there on defense. That was good for (the offense). That's how it has to be for us to get prepared, because there's going to be no mercy from USC. They're the best team in the country.

Tyler Graunke

I went to the auto show, and I was very impressed with what they had. They've got some exciting new products, but the competition is intense.

Joe Weber

They all take time. It's a labor-intensive, time-consuming process.

Daniel White

I'm a very intense person. When I go after something, I want to go after it with everything I have. I want to push myself to the edge.

Greg Norman

We talked about intensity, and how everybody has to be there for each other as a group.

Antonio Robinson

The girls really wanted this game and were focused. Defensively, we had better intensity.

Jean Roise

We had more intensity in the second half. But we're going to have to come out with more fire.

Chris Beatty

After Wednesday, we had a pretty intense week of practice.

Steve Rodecap

I don't think we had the focus and intensity we had (Thursday). We needed to win the 50-50 balls to have a chance, and we didn't do that.

Reed Goldsmith

You would think that a game this important ... everybody stood around and watched tonight. We came out and didn't have any intensity whatsoever.

Brandon Williams

I liked his attitude and his intensity.

Ralph Willard

[Guerra] is one of the most special human beings I know. Her intensity and work ethic is tireless.

Michelle Bolt

I was there, but to see it on the show is much more intense. It's just ... it's intense.

John George

At my time at Hylton when I was assistant principal, I could see his intensity and the kids were well coached and well behaved and that caught my eyes then.

Tom Gill

It was intense. You never know how it's going to go. ... But I felt like the momentum was going our way.

Kala Faulkner

The incentive arena in 1998 will be every bit as intensive as it was in '97.

Ronald Zarrella

We've had some very good practices over the holidays. Our intensity has been good and we've been focused. We're just hoping to continue it this week and into conference.

Debbie Casto

G-D's a great team. They did the same thing to us when we played them at their place. They came out with super intensity, got on top early, looking to do it on the defensive end.

Naomi Martin

Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30 - Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30 - Catherine II of Russia.

Catherine Ii

It's basically going to be a thrill center. It's going to be a high-intensity, high-energy, adrenaline-type of facility.

Jeff Hall

It all feels the same when you're helping people. It's very intense.

Lee Slattery

There's not a lot of coaching going on - I'm just the guy on the bench. But it should be fun and I think it'll be an intense game of hockey.

Doug Schueller

We have to make sure our intensity level stays up and we can't take anything for granted.

Tim Dougherty

We didn't come out in the first period with the intensity that we needed.

Kevin Raylman

There is a little disappointment but we have lots of hope and intensity for Wednesday.

Djibril Cisse

The difference was that third quarter. They came out with intensity in the third quarter and we didn't match it.

Kevin Duffy

For being undersized, our intensity in man-to-man defense wasn't there like it has been. But it will get there. We're getting better.

John Sims

Personally, I haven't been playing that intense basketball for a while. Iceland was good competition, but it wasn't that intense. It was a good first day.

Megan Mahoney

One of the most athletic roles I've done in my life. The choreography is very athletic, and it's a very intense time.

Brendan King

She's an intense competitor and really stepped up as a captain this year.

Irick Gardner

Both teams got away with a lot. But their up-in-your-face intensity is different from what we see with lots of teams.

Whitney Law

The fire was very intense in that area, it did breach the fuselage.

Frank Hilldrup

They've been intensive. They will get more intensive until we get something done. I'm hopeful. We're focusing all of our energies to do that now. We'll reach closure one way or another.

Brad Kullman

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.

Marya Mannes

We played 32 minutes at high intensity.

Rob Lang

The competition for shelf space is intense.

Gary Hemphill

We told him he needed to pick up his intensity a little bit. He came out and did that. He's had two good outings and one not so good.

Don Money

The difference was coming out flat to begin the game. We need to work on our intensity coming out to start the game.

Tamra Braun

The best way to put it is that storms are lasting longer at high intensity than they were 30 years ago.

Kerry Emanuel

He is a pretty good athlete, a heck of a kid and his expectations are very high. He's very intense and he'd get the most out of his players, that's for sure.

Curt Reed

We always expect a good game from them. It's playoff intensity.

Murray Johnson

We got after it in the fourth quarter, and showed more intensity than the first three (periods).

Jay Murray

I was real intense. I wanted to be out there and play.

Andre Iguodala

This was a big win for us. It was an amazing race. They were neck-and-neck the whole way down the course. It was pretty intense.

John Fuchs

We are continuing our intense scrutiny of conduct in the petroleum industry in the aftermath of Katrina.

John Seesel

(Future Cities) is a very intense project. It involves teachers, parents and the community.

Renee Miller

Because the phone is so intense, you use it more. The longer you have the phone, the more you become addicted to it.

Anthony Mormile

It's just a high intensity, toughness workout.

Matt Herring

The class continues to grow and this should be one of the best events we've had to date. I'm sure the racing will be very tight and intense.

Michael Brennan

I was pleased, but then we got the delay and I didn't think we played with a lot of intensity. But our defense did a good job against a very good football team.

John Weber

We have to match their intensity and competitiveness. We also have to minimize our mistakes and contain Brandon Rouse.

Wayne Jackson

It is an intensely dark and moving play.

David Daniel

We didn't come out with intensity. We didn't play good defense. We're going to need to come out with more fire (today).

Justin Schommer

One-day cricket is an intense test of skills, we haven't performed as we should have.

Geraint Jones

There has been a high level of interest by the casinos that's only going to intensify after today.

Joe Asher

We played hard and had intensity. It was a back-and-forth, very physical and aggressive game.

Teresa Lamb

What remains to be done is intensely investigate these claims.

Burt Neuborne

All of this intensifies existing concerns that the public has about this administration.

Andy Kohut

The damage and casualties produced by more intense storms could increase considerably in the future.

Kerry Emanuel

Both are very intense individuals. Ryan has a really good way of communicating how he feels to the team.

Marci Truex

We just didn't match their intensity through all four quarters.

Tatum Bell

We didn't even look at their record. We weren't overconfident. They came with the intensity. We didn't.

Isaiah Herrera

It was so intense, it was unbelievable.

C'na Peak

The low fat doesn't sell it. It's the intensity of the flavors, the quality. There's a lot of bad ice cream out there.

Gene Candeloro

In the end, yeah I was pleased with how the day went. It was really intense out there and it was fun.

James Lepp

We still don't have the speed that we'd like, but we've got a lot of intensity out there.

Bary Judd

It was a really good match and we weren't intimidated at all by Central. Intensity wise we weren't ever really out of the match. It was intense back and fourth the whole way.

Deehona Minton

Never in my wildest imagination would I have figured this, but we played every game to this intensity level.

Kermit Carolina

Pete is intense and intelligent.

Larry Neal

I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.

Shakira

The field of planetary science is currently enjoying an intense period of readjustment and discovery.

Donald Yeomans

Brandon is a killer. He's the toughest, most intense competitor I've ever coached.

Mike Polz

If you compare that with 30 or 40 years ago, that's a major shift in the frequency and intensity of bushfire seasons.

Kevin O'loughlin

We really didn't play well to open the game. We called the timeout and tried to get our defensive intensity up.

George Lancaster

Going into the fourth quarter, I just wanted to keep up the intensity and try to keep Brewster from going on another run.

Mike Crews

Great. He's intense. He gets pretty intense performances from his characters. He gets you to be very raw and exposed.

Rachel Weisz

The worst are full of passionate intensity while the best lack all conviction.

Michael Cunningham

It's just a huge adrenaline rush. It's intense.

Jason Harmon

Being back at home should give us a boost. It should bring us up to that magic level and bring up that intensity a lot more.

Jamaal Tatum