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Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

Bill Clinton

I feel as long as the City Council isn't strongly opposing us, we can move ... and continue to pursue this project.

Ken Davis

We have goals for (opposing team) rebounds and they doubled it and some on what our goal is. We slacked off that, but Geneva did a good job of getting in there for those rebounds.

Jana Killen

I still feel we can run the ball, but we've got find that passing game to complement and keep (opposing) guys off of our backs. We can't afford to get in long-yard situations, especially since our offense isn't geared that way.

Danny Hale

(Opposing teams) look at Adam, so I'm like a decoy. We let it feed off that.

Terrance Mitchell

Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires. You must set in operation a process of competition, from which one must emerge a victor and the other set be defeated.

Robert Collier

We're not hitting the ball very well right now ... we're in some kind of a funk that we just can't get out of. We've been making contact and hitting it right to (opposing defenders), and when you're not getting hits it affects everyone, including the pitching and defense.

John Doughty

They listened politely to an opposing point of view although obviously not convinced. Myself, I do not believe that he was guilty, partly because there is no proof.

John Derek

They were loud, but coming from Serbia it's not loud. In Serbia, the opposing fans rip out the seats and throw them at you.

Dejan Delic

I'm the opposing coach, but I'll tell you what - that was a great goal.

Claude Julien

Homosexual activists in Colorado are strongly opposing this bill because they realize it will unmask their arguments for same-sex marriage.

Peter Brandt

Here lately, we've played teams where our pressure and not letting (opposing) players get comfortable has been really important.

Sean Williamson

We are supporting three reasonable people who are clearly different from the three candidates we are opposing.

Tim Welch

We applaud the efforts of Cindy Sheehan in Texas. We consider her the Rosa Parks of the new movement opposing the Iraq war.

Rosemary Palmer

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

Something will be there, we know that. We're not opposing anything and/or everything. But of all things, why an asphalt plant?

Sam Kim

Success depends on our using, and not opposing...

Thomas Troward

The performances by everyone were outstanding. A lot of the [opposing] coaches took notice of how we wrestled.

Brian Degaetano

I hope the US will stick to its stance of opposing 'Taiwan independence', be cautious in action and give no chance to the 'Taiwan independence' force.

Qian Qichen

[Mindfulness meditation] can really make us more effective lawyers, ... When you're able to . . . gain some distance from your own emotions about what is going on in the room around you . . . then you can deal more skillfully with opposing parties and with clients in a mediation room.

Susan Green

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

Connie Mack

Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling.

Nathaniel Branden

Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook.

Charlie Trotter

It doesn't take long for (opposing players) to get over (her stature).

Shane Mcfadyen

We were controlling the ball really well. That enabled me to get so many opportunities to my hitters. When we have ball control like that, I can go anywhere, and it makes it tough for the opposing team. They have to worry about five guys hitting at all times.

Brian Beckwith

I don't look at it as AL vs. NL. I look it as the team that's opposing us.

Don Cooper

After listening to the tape, it's evident the comments in the class were inappropriate. There were not adequate opportunities for opposing points of view.

Tustin Amole

I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as beautiful as the Equal Rights Amendment.

Sonia Johnson

Because you kind of feed off the energy from the opposing crowd.

Chris Long

There was a decent amount of red. I'm not out to impress the crowd. I'm out there to impress my team, and do my team honor. (Opposing fans) can talk as much as they want, but I'm not a big listener.

Daniel Kelly

This is probably one of the most athletic teams I've had. I'm going to be able to move players around to keep opposing defenses on their toes.

Blake Budrow

He is not going to negotiate. The negotiation is over. The opposing points are very clear. We are waiting on what is the Palestinian answer.

Chaim Ramon

Our batters have a lot of confidence. It doesn't matter who the opposing pitcher is. They know they're good hitters. That's what got us ahead in the first inning. They weren't intimidated.

April Schermann

It takes the total aggressiveness out of the game. It's not my fault that an opposing player isn't as strong as me.

Marcus Fizer

We'd go to Raiders games and root for opposing players if they were on our GOPPPL teams.

Andy Mousalimas

(Salazar) came out opposing the project, and he's been calling the Forest Service and getting information on it since late 2005.

Nayyera Haq

We had the game. We had it in our pocket and gave it to them. Maybe we were confident. Maybe we thought we were going to win. But it's just an example of how much pride these guys have, especially the opposing team.

Jaren Jackson

A vote in the state legislature to allow a local government to impose a higher tax is not opposing tax increases. This isn't higher-level math.

Grover Norquist

The reason we're winning is we're making foul shots, limiting our fouls and defending every [opposing] possession.

Bill Swan

We are against such races, and we will continue opposing them.

Liaquat Baluch

We have to learn to adjust to opposing teams tactics. They played very disciplined. Frustrate you get kind of down and then counterattack. Hoping that one kick will change the game.

Kevin Albury

We've been executing very well. It's hard for (opposing defenses) to key on one guy because the next two or three guys are pretty dangerous, too.

Matt Godsil

He's been very active in opposing our marriage protection amendment.

Diane Gramley

The declarations say to the judge and to the opposing parties what we have done and haven't done and what we plan on doing to keep Delphi viable and competitive.

Robert Sutton

It's awfully nice for any coach to have a player of his caliber that can control his offense as well as manipulating the ball against the opposing team's defense. He does some incredible things. And all of that is not by design; it's just instinct.

Tony Hopkins

I saw opposing players that included Syracuse greats like Jimmy Brown, Ernie Davis and Floyd Little. I had an ideal childhood. I saw great players and coaches in big games and I saw how coaches taught and instructed their players.

Brad Austin

By opposing Measure A, we are maintaining the integrity of the Napa Valley Ag Preserve. Any measure that threatens this should be opposed by the NVV.

Hugh Davies

We were pretty balanced last year, and we'd like to keep that balance. It makes it more difficult for the opposing defenses.

Scott Yates

We are not opposing the government. We are only asking the government to leave us alone.

Zhang Erping

Opposing coaches would shake their head every time he would run one of their backs down. They just couldn't believe a 300-pound middle linebacker could do what he did.

Tom Fisher

Coming in, I was denounced as a fraud by all the extreme men of the opposing party, and as an ingrate and a traitor by the same class of men in my own party. Going out, I have the good will, blessings, and approval of the best people of all parties . . .

Rutherford B. Hayes

Last year there were many who welcomed the king's move. But now the same people are opposing the king's government. It's a complete turnaround.

Rajendra Dahal

It's been a different person every time, which is kind of nice. If I don't know (the opposing team) don't either. It's just a feel every night and whoever it is, we try to go to them.

Heath Eliason

I thought we did a great job. They never gave up in this game. They bounced back even after a home run from the opposing team. The stayed focused and played excellent defense. We didn't lose out confidence and we didn't lose our heads. We just stayed focused and figured out what we had to do.

Roland Fite

We've made a plea with him to not just be concerned but to move forward with conviction in opposing expanded gambling and we're hopeful that that will be the case.

Paul Chitwood

Many citizens who oppose gay marriage also oppose civil unions. The coalition believes it is confusing and unethical to restrict citizens to one vote on two opposing issues, which this amendment would have done.

Kris Mineau

I feel very strongly about [opposing drilling], but I also feel strongly about the need to reduce the budget's deficit.

Jeb Bradley

It (some of the opposition) consists of what I call professional protesters. There are organizations - advocacy groups. Their job is to make money by opposing things. These groups oppose everything.

Randy Levine

If you've tried a case before with the opposing counsel, you can anticipate the moves they make. They make the same arguments over and over, so you have a feel for them.

Joe Turner

Both Dan and Landon did a good job. So did our tight ends and wing backs. It's hard on opposing teams because they are not sure who they are going to see carrying the ball.

Scott Savoie

We're not opposing it but we're not supporting it, ... Even with the company's (no-layoff) assurance, our members are very anxious to see assurances in writing.

Frank Larkin

I find it quite appalling that the ACLU is actively supporting this. I think this is precisely the kind of legislation we should be opposing, not supporting.

Wendy Kaminer

He's probably the least politically correct of any of our guys and he doesn't seem to mind inciting a riot in opposing gyms.

Mark Few

Everybody said how tough it was to play in Kansas City, that the fans are really on the opposing team, but when we came out, they were cheering.

Amani Toomer

The market's pretty confused but I don't think anything will happen this year because there are opposing forces in different directions on interest rates.

Luke Shearer

You explore the negative vibe hoping to expose a bias upon which the court may act in your favor. Or you repress any expression of delight from the positive vibe hoping that opposing counsel has not identified a connection between you and the prospective juror.

Eroll Skyers

We spread the offense to spread the opposing defenses and that really creates running room.

Eric Keller

We want to keep the ball down at the opposing end to keep pressure off our defense. We have the skills on offense to do that.

Ed Gauss