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Of course we had to do it, it was our new coach and we didn't want to not do it. We just went through the motions because we all knew each other already. By the end everyone was laughing and telling jokes about everyone.

Dan Labbate

The problem was our energy. We were going through the motions and bad things happened.

Deandre Rice

To be honest when I was playing at the end I just fell out of love with the game and I was going through the motions.

Kenny Dalglish

NPC deputies have paid more attention to motions they put forward, and the bills are of higher quality and more feasible.

Sheng Huaren

He brought that up - the speed of the game. It's a little bit different here than in the Minor Leagues, and you can take advantage of it sometimes. People go through the motions sometimes, and if you're [thinking] ahead of them, you can take advantage of them.

Alex Cora

My goal is to seek a pattern -- a groundswell -- of Democratic town committee motions in Connecticut that will really get the senator's attention.

Len Swade

That was a gritty win. After a long weekend and with two starters out, they could have gone through the motions. But they didn't, and this is something that we can build on.

Josh Bloomer

If the [large clouds] have some initial turbulent motions, then as they collapse, they will tend to split up.

Charles Lada

We don't want to put conditions, because we can't put conditions, but lets put a feel-good statement out there that has no meaning. We were told we can't make all these warm fuzzy good motions. If it's in the city then that's an issue. The Community Development Commission isn't in charge of making everybody feel good.

Patrick Anderson

Guys start going through the motions.

Tim May

There is an argument that both sides are simply going through the motions to convince the international community they have exhausted peaceful options but that both really have decided conflict is inevitable.

Rohan Edrisinha

Our kids have a whole lot of character. At one point, we were 0-8 in the league. We were out of the playoffs. It would be easy to go through the motions, but these kids have a lot to play for.

James Rike

We've got the motions in place to take care of this thing, ... People don't need to be afraid; they just need to take care of what they need to do.

Robin Riley

The typical experience with hearings is that they are set piece theatre. You have a sense this is really a foregone conclusion and they're just going through the motions.

Chris Bright

The game was just lacking the intensity. (Mostly) going through the motions, hard to get into the flow.

Greg Adams

When things weren't going our way, we got a little frustrated at times, ... But that's just the competitor in all of us. I hate being out there and going through the motions and not accomplishing what I need to accomplish. I got my composure. We just stayed with it and we never stopped believing.

Santana Moss

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the motions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

We played half-hearted. We went through the motions and let them push us around.

Kip Harris

We should have come out with more intensity. You've got to be ready to play and instead we just went through the motions.

Jon Bolin

Is the Philippines a real democracy or just an elitist group going through the motions of democracy?

Robert Broadfoot

All I can do is go out and play as great as I know how. I'm a professional. I didn't come here to just go through the motions, even when you're out of the playoff chase.

Kirby Puckett

I'll admit I was having a little trouble in the classroom before. I wasn't failing or anything, but my coaches could see I wasn't living up to my potential. I was just going through the motions, just getting by, just staying eligible.

Branden Ore

We just didn't come out with any energy whatsoever. It wasn't one or two guys, it was most of the team. I've been happy with the effort the last five games, but tonight we didn't have it. We're not that good a team that we can just show up and win. We went through the motions tonight.

Pat Mcnamara

Sometimes kids don't handle change well. When they saw who was starting (Curry), our team just relaxed and went through the motions.

Tracy Sutton

[Hill hopes there is no hangover from the Pulaski Academy game.] We played with no intensity, ... We just went through the motions. We never made a play. We're lucky we didn't get beat by 70.

Chris Hill

Pitching has been the key. But with top competition every (game), they know they have to battle every night and can't just go through the motions. The guys we've put in have stepped to the plate and done their job.

Bob Talpas

I'm extremely disappointed that the judge would deny these motions without having a hearing.

William Moffitt

Honestly, if I could answer that question, I would. I have been thinking about it. I think I have gotten too comfortable out there, and I think I need to bring more energy instead of just going through the motions.

Ryan Kersten

Two walking baths; two weeping motions;/ Portable, and compendious oceans.

Richard Crashaw

You would think that since an electron carries a spin and a charge, that their motions would be equal. But, our research shows the contrary, due to a friction-like effect known as spin Coulomb drag.

Joe Orenstein

The way we play, we're playing at a high level right now. We're not going through the motions. The guys are playing hard and doing the right things to get these leads.

Paul Wiedeman

We will file appropriate motions. Obviously, we're disappointed after putting in this much hard work on the case.

Darren Lamarca

Yeah, I had a headache, really bad. I was in a gas station and there was a pot of coffee and I looked at it for about a minute and then my brother (motions at Gerard) got a coffee and he taunted me.

Mikey Way

He played with so much intensity in that second half. In the first half, he was just going through the motions. If we can get the type of energy out of him that he displayed in the second half, that's the type of player you'll see.

Terry Carroll

(Shoemaker) said that if they did file those motions, it would be an impediment to future progress. He also said that we would continue discussions with GM and Delphi and if Delphi filed these motions, then we'd have to determine how to go forward from here.

Paul Krell

I was just going through the motions a little bit. I'm trying to work myself back in there.

Reggie Ball

There were times when only 10 or 12 guys would show up and go through the motions of a practice. There was no energy and no desire. This was not the place to be.

Jim Ingram

We can't come out like we did in the third quarter. We were just going through the motions.

Tom Massolio

I think someone made a mistake ... the President doesn't read all the motions that land on his desk.

Maciej Lopinski

He's getting back into it. He was still winning, but he was just going through the motions. But he's stepped it up again like he was earlier in the year.

Jerry Kupper

We are the team to beat. We can make another teams season by them beating us. We can not just go through the motions.

Lindsey Bruno

In the first half, we just went through the motions. Getting in the passing lanes helped us get some big steals and we were able to capitalize on them.

Ed Andes