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After what had transpired I felt I could no longer work with him. I was adamant on that to the board, based on the motion that was passed.

General Douglas MacArthur

Never mistake motion for action.

Ernest Hemingway

Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow.

T. S. Eliot

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

William Faulkner

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

Charles W. Chesnutt

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

Publilius Syrus

A motion to adjourn is always in order.

Robert A. Heinlein

No one made any motion for this. I guess the Supreme Court decided they wanted to hear this case because of its public interest. I think this is a good thing.

Jim Carpenter

The idea is to give back some of the freedom and independence that the blind have lost, like being able to cross the street and eventually maybe read a newspaper with large print. Our first goal is to make daily life easier, to detect edges and motion.

Luke Theogarajan

Groins are very difficult because they affect the throwing motion, ... It could be more than one weekend.

Ahman Green

Groins are very difficult because they affect the throwing motion. It could be more than one weekend.

Denny Green

Gary owes an apology because he started the lockout. He put all of this in motion.

Bob Goodenow

Everyone talks about his funny throwing motion. But to me it's an advantage. The ball gets out quick.

Jerry Rhome

Our ultimate goal is to get the accurate mass for Polaris. To do that, the next milestone is to measure the motion of the companion in its orbit.

Nancy Evans

It is a full-blown motion picture studio.

Greg Hauptner

We filed (the motion to dismiss) because we feel the allegations against the athletic director and against Penn State are unfounded.

Bill Mahon

We do that to explore his ranges of motion.

Lonnie Soloff

The wheels were already in motion at that time.

Romero Iral

The motion was very small, but it was perceptible.

John Callas

They are already working on the articles of impeachment. They know where they are going. No, they are not going to allow any censure motion. They do not care ... what evidence is presented by the White House or anybody else.

Maxine Waters

I think it is a very good motion. The only reason I'm withdrawing it is because there is no bail.

Daniel Pelosi

We wouldn't have made this motion if we didn't think it was a legitimate motion that had some real issues that need to be heard. We think the court of appeals is going to listen to it and give us a fair shake and at least hear our issues.

Wendell Odom

He took a knee on the helmet Tuesday. We didn't think it would be this bad, but he couldn't get full range of motion.

Houston Nutt

He's got a real funky motion that's deceptive to hitters.

Stan Cliburn

We're seeing a lot more activity trying to manage in-motion inventory, direct it to the place it needs to be and avoid disaster areas.

Beth Enslow

This policy will not only allay fears, but it also places in motion a process to deal with the problem.

Robert Walsh

Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.

Dorthea Brande

It was in slow motion. I was just watching it. It's nice luck, you know. I got a solid chunk of that too.

Blair Betts

He makes it look so easy, like everything is in slow motion. It just seemed like another workman day for him.

Mack Brown

We're not talking about historical accuracy, we're talking about art. I've set in motion a geometric inevitability. If I start chiseling there, chipping here, the whole form is compromised.

David Assael

We would likely make a motion on Monday (for approval), assuming we?re satisfied with the criteria. Then there would be a 30-day opportunity for public input, and a final order.

David Lewin

They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.

Kate Millett

The big question is going to be [today] when they see how my range of motion is. It feels better than [Friday]. We'll see.

Jimmy Martin

This instrument records ground motion in three different directions.

Bob Norris

I'm getting back the motion, certainly it takes time.

Anwar Ibrahim

We got back on defense and actually ran set plays correctly, ran our motion offense better and shot better.

Jason Scanlan

The observed motion was small, and we could not duplicate it without the presence of dark energy. When we added the dark energy, we got a perfect match.

Fabio Governato

Give credit to Branson. We tried to run motion, to set screens, to penetrate, but they guarded very well. You knew the team that made the fewest mistakes would win.

Randy Wright

He's going to introduce a censure motion tomorrow.

Trevor Miller

We'll see what the vote is all about next Tuesday. Is it a non-confidence motion? Is it not? There are many days between now and next Tuesday.

Jean Lapierre

A train wreck in slow motion.

Senator Patrick Leahy

This is a new and better way to advertise online. Instead of having to get users to come to a video site to see full-motion video, you can bring it to them.

Nate Elliott

We are going to file a brief opposing their motion to stay all court proceedings unless they allow the committee into the arbitration.

Dmitri Iglitzin

We wanted to set our plans in motion for the first half of the season.

Dwayne Smith

I'm ecstatic. I'm hoping (the court) will agree with (the motion).

Tanya Humboldt

A car alongside the bus was motioning there was a problem with the bus, and the front wheels were smoking.

Jeffrey Wilson

The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling.

Richie Benaud

When bad luck comes along, you've got to have a lot of momentum and a lot of forward motion. But Bush didn't do a lot of things that would have gotten him through those moments. When the hurricanes hit, when Katrina hit in particular, he already had lost momentum. And he slammed into a wall.

Steffen Schmidt

It's clear to us we set in motion a revolution that cannot be turned back, ... The need for empowering investors to have information on the way their own money is invested is not going away.

Donald Luskin

She has lost full range of motion, flexibility, and is in constant pain.

Barry Davis

Because stop-motion characters are three-dimensional, they have a more realistic look to them. I think kids believe that their dolls are coming alive.

Peter Curtis

We're talking about 50,000 times that of plate tectonic motion.

Xiaodong Song

The reason for the motion is council wants it documented in the budget for auditing reasons.

Mike Coll

Most normally active individuals only need to maintain normal range of motion to function at a high level and to function safely.

Cedric Bryant

We have to scrimmage against those guys every day and it's tough. What they do is very complex, there's a lot of motion.

Ian Logan

There's a glut of product in the marketplace. It's actually a business that's showing some growth, but it's showing more challenge for the motion-picture side of the business.

Bob Iger

Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.

John Sterling

We filed a motion to increase his bail.

Tandra Simonton

That little demo I wrote became the main title of the motion picture, and that started everything.

Danny Elfman

I'll be going through each round with a fine-toothed comb. I'm going through them in slow motion.

Paula Cunningham

That family lost a lot; the house was a total loss. But they had insurance and already had things in motion to get the help they needed.

Jennifer Ryan

We are honored to receive this award from General Motors. It is especially gratifying as Motion Industries serves to set the benchmark for quality.

Bill Stevens

The coming of the motion picture was as important as that of the printing press.

William Randolph Hearst

There are a lot of things in motion that will contribute to more bills being presented electronically, which will encourage further consumer adoption.

Beth Robertson

It improves muscle strength and endurance levels, joint range of motion and flexibility, and balance.

Cedric Bryant

They have a more natural motion. It doesn't put a strain on the arm. They can pitch 18 innings in a week.

Tim Kessel

Some different things happened before then like motion penalties. After that, you have to force the issue and unfortunately things didn't work out.

Mike Donato

We who oppose this motion are standing here trying to change minds already made up.

John Copeland

It was like his body was in slow motion. He was checking out. I pulled his T-shirt back and I could see the bullet holes.

David Sage

There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion.

John Mcdonald

If we decided a new front is the top priority, we could get things in motion for that within a year.

Ron Bradshaw

Offensively, we are working too much individually. We've gotten away from working together in our motion offense and executing our two-man game.

Charli Turner Thorne

In those first two at-bats, I was just looking for a pitch to drive. I felt like I was in a zone, like the ball was in slow motion.

Ben Saylor

I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed. Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion.

Antoine Lavoisier

I'd never seen anyone get rid of it like that, although I do know (Joe) Namath was fast. There was no wasted motion with Danny.

Jackie Sherrill

Both China and the U.S. hope that bilateral relations can be stabilized and that a strategic dialogue can be set in motion.

Wang Jisi

We want to make choreographed water fountains with sound, motion and lighting, that's what they do well.

Gary Vandergriff

We have to file a motion with the court. Because no else is petitioning guardianship for him. It could be as simple as a judge saying, 'yes' or 'no'. But, then again, we could get involved in a long, drawn-out case.

Brandi Knight

So it can be seen that the trouble with the motion-picture art was (and is) that it is too much an industry; and the trouble with the motion picture industry is that it is too much an art. It is out of this basic contradiction that most of the ills of the form arise.

Garson Kanin

My range of motion is still limited a little bit, but I working through that.

Lindsey Hunter

Once I got to the line I knew I had to make the first one. The first one was the key. I had to make it for the guys. I tried to block their fans out as much as I could. I was trying to go through my motion and sink the first one.

David Cripe

We will file first thing in the morning a motion that he be allowed to stay [at the San Juan Medical Center] for observation until Tuesday night.

Rene Saguisag

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

Brooks Atkinson

Commissioner Coyle said later that he voted for that [motion] because it was the best he could do to give the [Fort Monmouth] workers some time.

Rush Holt

He worked so hard to prepare for the season, changed his throwing motion, and then it all came crashing down.

Tom Lamb

The table's already set for us. If the court grants the government's motion to dismiss, than it would be over unless the state appeals.

John Brittain

Some things were a little slow motion out there. I think the weather, with the day off (Friday), might have got our guys a bit.

Stan Cliburn

We have reports of motion being perceptible from way south of Los Angeles to way north of San Francisco.

Bill Ellsworth

I feel it is important to see the situation live. When you see it in slow motion, you can be fooled by how he got into the situation. I have got a good feeling myself, but the red card was a key moment for how the match would develop.

Terje Hauge

Governor Rendell made this an absolute priority. During the Rendell administration the wheels have been in motion on this at a very brisk pace.

Patrick Fleming

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

Isaac Newton

I always laugh when I hear that a form of animation is dying. They've been saying for years that stop-motion is dead. But a few of us are still around.

Mike Johnson

We edited out a few of the drums because of the size of the stage. The piece has to do with calligraphy and motion, linear motion.

Annie Bunker

It is incredibly hard to win a suppression motion in this state, because the evidence of consent is largely circumstantial.

Stephan Seeger

Combining the geology with the ground motion data will produce a much better estimate of shaking effects in Seattle than is now available.

Craig Weaver

Both parties file a motion to go into judgment; the judge will make a judgment at that time.

Geoffrey Harper

We should be reducing the amount of carbon we put in the atmosphere. There are a lot of things that can be done right now that make economic sense. Forward motion is what we need.

Bill Ruckelshaus

From our angle, you couldn't tell if it was going to make it to the net or not. It looked like everything was moving in slow motion.

Jack Baldwin

You never want to just stand there. You want to have a lot of motion and you try to react with the crowd no matter if we're winning or losing.

Andrea Brandt

It was stated at the meeting that race days are Saturday nights, that's where the motion came from.

Danny Stevens

It's leveling the playing field so independents can make better quality films and compete with the major motion picture studios.

James Sims

It would turn into a major motion picture, coming to a theater near you.

Juan Uribe

In Coal City's previous game, they ran that play where they put a guy in motion and then threw the screen. Dylan read the play and came up with the interception. That was the dagger.

Dean Cappel

Simply filing the motion doesn't change anything.

Lauren Asplen

We are pleased to have reached an amicable settlement with [Research In Motion].

Donald E. Stout

I was using a surging motion to break free from his arms.

Brett Burton

We know we have to have five people to win. Morgan does a great job of everything, but we were standing around a lot on offense. We had to have a lot more motion. Defensively, we were flat.

Shawn Hammond

We're certainly going to file a motion for a new trial. We think there were some errors that will afford us an opportunity for appeal, most certainly.

Suzanne Bass

I don't want to make it a motion that we do it because I don't want to compel us to do something that the city should be doing. At the same time, I'm willing to put up 12 bucks.

Patrick Cooney

When Coltrane died, a void appeared in this music that has not been filled yet. He maintained a forward motion in his work and did not look back.

Bill Dixon

I can't respond to a motion that doesn't exist, even if I wanted to. I'm sure they will file a motion and we will respond to it appropriately in court.

Attorney Christopher Morano

It was bittersweet because we built a brand-new car in five weeks. Eight laps into practice, something broke in the right front and literally destroyed the car. Believe it or not, it does go in slow motion.

Kris Stump

The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there is a forward motion to yearning.

Gail Godwin

He was the one who really put this in motion and organized the other two younger youths.

Vincent P. Sarubbi

I'm just surprised there was no public comment before the motion. Generally, you make a motion and second it and call for public input.

David Henderson

On the other hand, if the motion was approved by a competent minister, there was no reason to reject it.

Maciej Lopinski

The modern artist…is working and expressing an inner world – in other words – expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.

Jackson Pollock

Most people are really delighted to see some forward motion.

Lydia Brewster

At some point the army is going to react and then the LTTE will retaliate. They have set in motion a process. At some point the bubble is bound to burst and then we do not know what will happen.

Iqbal Athas

There's so much background light and reflection and motion that you need something very bright to be able to detect these cellular signals.

Michael Kotlikoff

It was like everything was in slow motion. I could see every shot.

Mark Nichols

We have not seen the motion that was filed today. We certainly hope this does not delay the start of trial April 10.

Linda Pruitt

My biggest concern is that this sets in motion a plan that gives Jacksonville 50 percent (of the sewer capacity), and they haven't even asked for it.

Joe Mclaughlin

I looked at a couple of game films, and really, I wasn't in a motion offense. I was going too much off the dribble. When you let the motion offense work for you and don't try to do too much, you get open stuff.

Jamaal Tatum

Nonverbally, by motion or gesture only, act out what you believe to be the current condition of the world.

Ward Powers

It was like I had motion sickness out there. I came back [to the locker room] at halftime. I asked the trainers, and they said it happens sometimes. It's like hitting your funny bone.

Robbie Tobeck

Few players cover as much ground as Philip does during the course of a game. He seems to be in perpetual motion and he rarely if ever wastes a ball.

Mickey Harte

I could see it unfolding. It seemed like slow motion.

Sam Metz

He's motioning to the audience as if asking them, 'Should I do it?' And they're cheering him on.

Jackson Katz

The transit union set the entire day in motion by having an illegal strike.

Christopher Mcgrath

Once in motion, a pattern tends to stay in motion.

J. G. Gallimore

We will have a motion on the agenda Tuesday asking the librarian to come up with a way to eliminate pornography (from library computers).

Tony Bell

Life in Slow Motion.

Rca Records

If you're not comfortable getting out, motion the other driver to follow you to the nearest police station, gas station, hospital or fire station.

Paul Gonzales

Every graphic that we make is a movie. We don't make still graphics any more. Backgrounds move. Heads animate. There's always motion in a graphic.

Phil Paully

General Newton was our hero, ... And, when the chairman said he strongly supported the motion — boy, that was a great relief.

Rob Simmons

We have a motion before the court. Because of the violation of the Open Meetings Law, we're entitled to the fees. That's in the law.

Tom Mcclure

We're building on all the great things the city has in motion.

Connie Martinez

They've kind of set things into motion for guys like me and Adam. We're taking their example. We just want to keep up with the tradition.

Jay Moore

Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy.

Norma Shearer

You only get a split second to think about what you're going to do, and he picked up his ball and my mark in one continuous motion.

Tony Jacklin

They can rake a forearm. If you try to pick them up they go into a spiraling twisting motion.

Bob Gress

It was like slow motion. I reached and it was by me. This can be a very humbling game.

Mark Loretta

It's been a slow-motion disaster. It's silent and invisible. People don't imagine this. It hasn't captured our imagination, like the rain forest.

Boris Worm

About 80 to 90 percent of the things mentioned were already in motion.

Mayor Kenneth Boswell

It went in very, very slowly ... it was slow motion. I'm pretty excited it went in.

Dan Boyle

The disciplinary process will be put into motion next week. The hearing will start a week or two afterwards.

Carl Newman

Sometimes it may not look like we have much of an offensive game plan, but we are a half-court, motion-oriented team.

Brian Norberg

Our motion has been overtaken by events.

Stephanie Donovan

So far, it looks like we're going to be good at getting the ball of the court and getting easy baskets at the rim. Instinctively, the girls we have on this team like to run and fast-break. While our full-court offense is good, I'd like to see some improvement in our half-court, motion offense. That's something that will come with more practice.

Carol Gerulis

[Burnett then had Fran Finco, director of instruction, contact reconsideration committee members about the compromise.] We've been able to get in touch with seven committee members so far, ... and all have agreed that it's consistent with the original motion.

John Burnett

They're artists. It's really a moving art show. It looks great when you can see the detail, but to appreciate it, it has to be in motion.

Charles Siler

The official said Brandon made a waving motion. I thought it was a very cheap technical in light of some things that happened out there.

Kelly Everhart

All motion is cyclic. It circulates to the limits of its possibilities and then returns to its starting point.

Robert Collier

What surprises me is that he (Clark) knows this thing is set for a preliminary hearing. I'm especially surprised after a motion of this nature had been set for federal court.

Wesley Pitters

I am not going to try this case on motion papers. We have things our defense will be pegged on that will come out before the jury.

Joseph Tacopina

Surgery will not improve the range of motion enough.

Bill Neff

No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity.

Hugo Chavez

We still feel very comfortable we have a strong case, and it'll certainly survive this motion to dismiss.

Karen Doering

It was on the agenda, but a board member cannot make a motion without the recommendation of the superintendent, because that becomes a governance issue. It then becomes micro-management, and I'm not going to get into that.

Albert Martinez

Motion carries and Mr. Bird's here for another six years.

David Wolfe

I think the Europeans will cave but it will be a slow-motion cave.

Ray Takeyh

You have to introduce water into the sand. And the easiest way to do that is to make it trickle along your leg into the quicksand, by making a circular motion with your leg.

Daniel Bonn

He can direct it in. That is considered an athletic move. But he can't make a kicking motion.

Frank Cole

I really have not had an opportunity to review these plans in detail. I believe we have called for the G.L.E.N. Committee to review all plans. I'd like to table this motion.

Margaret Moggio

If he doesn't file an answer, I will file a motion for summary judgment.

Janet Williams

We did foil a trafficking case which was already in motion at the airport when we intercepted a group of young people who were on their way to China. I cannot give their identities.

Nicola Simmonds

There's a real risk that this motion could succeed ... and we need to deal with it.

Laurie Arron

There is no precedent for this, but there is no question who put this situation in motion. If they did not have their illegal strike, there is no question that this would not have happened.

Christopher Mcgrath

You have to have a trigger that gets this thing into motion. We don't know specific triggers at this point. That's one of the things that we have to figure out.

Rando Allikmets

Really, here, it's all about hand-eye coordination, and obviously for Jeff Gordon, everything that happens here happens in slow motion for him. For a lot of guys it's happening real fast. For Jeff, he's seeing it develop way out in front of him.

Robbie Loomis

This was my first feature-length motion picture. I was really happy and very honored when Bill first made the call. It is very exciting and especially the first feature length thing out there to be on television like this is great.

Eric Newman

I caught it, turned and shot all in one motion. If I had more time, I would have been able to get my feet set.

Eric Flato

You watched the replay, and it looked like it was in slow motion.

Erik Westrum

With the Constitution they set something in motion that is a pretty extraordinary document and a recipe for the way you would want people to live.

Emmylou Harris

It was like the game started going in slow motion for me. I just had to keep it under control and finish those plays.

Emilee Harmon

(Carney) showed up at the courthouse...and agreed to turn over the (computer) that the Commonwealth was seeking in the discovery motion that was to be argued.

Emily Lagrassa

We had a motion from the state to vacate a stay of execution entered by the lower court. That was denied by the court.

Ted Turner

We brought the motion to dismiss because we believe there's racial discrimination in the charging process. They have very little evidence to even have probable cause.

Earl Gray