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You know, to go and get something to eat and sit down at a table with him for 10 minutes after a game and you grew up idolizing him and he won't even look at you, that's rude. Maybe that's just his personality and he's a quiet guy, but to me it was rude.

You know, we have to learn to button it up, to be quiet and just play basketball. The refs seemed to be looking for things a little, though, but it is up to us to keep our mouths shut.

The precision of the quiet eye location often mirrors the precision required to perform well in a sport. In golf, precision of movement and precision of focus are paramount,

To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.

You have to abide by the quiet or courtesy hours specific to your living arrangement. On one hand you should be able to play at a reasonable volume for a decent period of time, but then again you can't be rocking out for six hours a day every day.

The Arctic Monkeys have connected with the mainstream in one leap. This is an outstanding figure as January is a quiet time of the year for sales.

Users want quiet and powerful machines. Intel is very focused on designing microprocessors that deliver the maximum performance without generating excessive heat or consuming huge amounts of power. For now, the Intel Core Duo fits that bill perfectly.

Win or lose, people are still going to make comments. If we win, people might be quiet for a day or two.

Microsoft has no comment on Intel, and is in the quiet period leading up to its first-quarter earnings. The company has issued no guidance on its financial results since it announced its fiscal fourth quarter earnings.

Most companies have already reported their earnings, and I think we're getting to a quiet period where it can be tough to keep anything positive going. There's still a lot out there to deal with.

We have our hands full. It makes it tougher, no doubt about it. It's going to be a home atmosphere for Florida. We're going to be in a hostile environment. We have to do our best to keep the fans as quiet as possible.

We get to read more because it's really quiet out here. It feels really well here.

We haven't had any indication from UEFA of any complaint, ... A far away, quiet place.

We haven't hit the second roll yet -- the people who will run out of money for the hotel and are now out of a job. I don't know if anyone can estimate their numbers. It could be 100,000. They will be a quiet group. They won't be a dramatic group.

You know it was a nice and quiet gym ? it wasn't very loud here and we just couldn't stick to our game plan. We have a typical pressure defense; put them in spots where they don't operate as well, but we left girls open. We are a guard-oriented team ? we have quickness and we didn't use out strengths (tonight).

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; / But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Michael always comes in and gives it 100 percent. He's another one of the quiet kids on the team. He's always thinking, 'What's going to happen here?' He's a player's player. He's ready for what's going to happen and he plays good defense and he came in and gave us a big spark because of his energy. And one of the things we talked about was that we had to play with intensity and Michael came in and took that to heart. He played with intensity and it was evident that it gave us a pickup.

We were looking for a quiet place and this is it. What's better than coming to Belmont Park and stabling in the Phipps' barn?

While creating as quiet an environment as possible, I would like to watch over the recovery of the Crown Princess,

York was a very quiet person who let his on-field actions do the talking.

We hope that quiet will prevail and that we all will be able to proceed to peace as quickly as possible,

When the ball is snapped, wherever it goes, that's where he is. Pierce is a great leader for our defense. He is a quiet kid off the field, but the kids look up to him and respect him.

William H. Rehnquist is by nature quiet and humble. His legacy is that he has shown us how to disagree with civility.

When you're dealing with someone like Shirley, it's a little insulting to ask her to come in for a meeting. But I wanted to meet her first and talk to her about the character, because there was a very big 'if' on it for me. Shirley is such a powerful presence, personality and talent, and she has used that power effectively over a long and rich career. But I wanted to know she would be able to put a damper on all of that and go to a very quiet place to play this character who is literally hiding from life, who has put a lid on everything because of her guilt, her fear and her unresolved issues. If Shirley could go to that kind of a place, and then blossom as her character's life broadens, I thought it would be very exciting.

We are the quiet force built up by five centuries of exploitation, tired of living under the dictatorship of the rich and ready to build a new motherland.

We wanted to have a quiet launch to work out the kinks beforehand,

In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

That was one of the best days ever! ... This was two weeks before the film's general release and to see it at the theatre at Skywalker Sound with George and a host of other guests was amazing. George was as quiet and modest as ever so Rick McCallum gave us all a short introduction speech. By the end everyone was on his or her feet in ovation. Great stuff.

That was the standard. So it's hilariously loud. I'd rather listen to a loud record than a quiet one. And it covers up when you mess up, too.

There's just no quiet in Vegas.

Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.

He [the Lord] will always hear your prayers and will invariably answer them. However, His answers will seldom come while you are on your knees praying, even when you may plead for an immediate response. Rather, He will prompt you in quiet moments when the Spirit can most effectively touch your mind and heart. Hence, you should find periods of quiet time to recognize when you are being instructed and strengthened.

There is peace in the swamp, though the quiet is Death

The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.

There are some players that have a quiet confidence in what they can do. I believe Alex has that confidence. ... He believes in himself. He knows he has paid the price to properly prepare for the opportunity.

We tried to bring in both the architecture and the wrought-iron. We wanted a look of restrained, quiet opulence.

There are millions of people living Thoreau's life of quiet desperation, and they do not have the language to escape from that desperation.

What we're doing is dispelling that stereotype as libraries being this place where it's very quiet and you have to tip-toe around.

I'd rather not sing than sing quiet.

We didn't talk about it. It was real quiet in the dugout.

I really love peace and quiet.

I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene.

I was quiet but I was not blind.

We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.

I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged.

When it was time to get the job done and win games, he was right there. Kind of a quiet - not a mean streak - but that mentality of business first, fun later when you're off the ice.

Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot tolerate having words wrapped around it. What it craves is secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you stay quiet, you stay in a lot of self-judgment.

The book is the book and it will always be there. It's a quiet ending. In the book it's a contemplative ending which I think you could certainly do that in a movie.

When I met [Robert Pattinson], he literally didn't make any impression on me. He's quiet, and he's not very outgoing.

The misapprehension about me is that I am some loud, rampant maniac. I am actually very pensive and quiet.

I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker

Anyone who thinks that his time is too valuable to spend keeping quiet will eventually have no time for God and his brother, but only for himself and for his own follies.

To stay quiet is as political an act as speaking out.

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.

The world is quiet here.

Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.

A grave is such a quiet place.

Summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people.

summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. for those few months, you’re not required to be who everyone thinks you are, and that cut-grass smell in the air and the chance to dive into the deep end of a pool give you a courage you don’t have the rest of the year. you can be grateful and easy, with no eyes on you, and no past. summer just opens the door and lets you out.

Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.

So absolute, it is no other than happiness itself, a breathing too quiet to hear.

The protests must be pursued everywhere. Bush and Rice should keep quiet and we tell them that we will not forgive those who offend our Prophet.

Trading is rather quiet this week because of Columbus Day and the Jewish holidays. You often see big swings in prices when the volume is low. Also, gasoline is close to $1.80, which is probably a little overboard in spite of the fall in demand.

To us he was 'Papa,' a quiet and kind man who took all of his grandchildren out to learn to play golf. He was also a diligent problem solver.

We don't have a lot of information today. I think today is probably a quiet day depending on what the stock market does.

We are concerned that this welcome quiet will be shattered any minute as a result of the continued existence of terror organizations which the Palestinian Authority is doing nothing to eliminate or dismantle.

We played a quiet role, I think, ... as long as we've got the right leadership there.

We want to have a quiet confidence throughout this entire tournament. We need to be sure of ourselves, but not think that we have it in the bag.

When Ashley speaks, people listen. She's not a 'rah-rah.' She's not going to be a person that's going to be out of control. She is very balanced and a quiet leader, yet she does speak when needed. She's done a great job of rallying the troops.

I try to meditate every day for at least 5 minutes. I put my phone on silent, sit in quiet and try and find my center.

I'd rather be loud and misunderstood than quiet and bored

Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.

It's like all those quiet people, when they do lose their tempers they lose them with a vengeance.

When you improvise on the spot, people are very reluctant to have soft moments or quiet moments or sad moments because they're trying to fill up the spaces. So they always go towards, "How come you're late?! You're supposed to have my shirt ready! You call this a dry cleaner?!" That's what happens. That's why improvising on the spot gets very dicey.

Quiet moments recharge me.

... women are more quiet. They don't feel called to mount a barrel and harangue by the hour every time they imagine they have produced an idea.

Eternally, woman spills herself away in driblets to the thirsty, seldom being allowed the time, the quiet, the peace, to let the pitcher fill up to the brim.

Real tenderness can't be confused, It's quiet and can't be heard.

Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.

and you try to quiet your mind so you can hear...

I spend most of my time alone, because I so value and thrive in the quiet. Heaven.

I'd have opened a bloody library if I'd wanted to be quiet.

Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.

No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet.

...even the donkeys were quiet.

Then, are you master of us all? You didn't teach her that. Was she supposed to imbibe it from my quiet subservience?

His Back was turned to the end of the world and the end of the world was quiet.

He had never expected death to be this quiet, this secretive, this easy.

This is how I learn most of what I know about my children and their friends: by sitting in the driver's seat and keeping quiet.

If the movie is quiet I generally feel the audience is busy. That's when they're working.

If what a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. Once the life begins to seem secure, one feels the freedom to complain.

Sometimes, literally within a few minutes, you'd be off this amazing roaring scene and back at your hotel room, staring at the patten of the wallpaper. It's very surreal. You're back in your room, and it's dead quiet and really weird.

Quiet people, people who arent given to emotional outbursts, people who are economic with words - theyre also fun to play, but you find yourself needing a laser precision in those roles. Otherwise you just sort of stand around, looking slightly brain-dead. You worry about being uninteresting.

This benefit of seeing...can come only if you pause a while, extricate yourself from the maddening mob of quick impressions ceaselessly battering our lives, and look thoughtfully at a quiet image...the viewer must be willing to pause, to look again, to meditate.

There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life.

If you spent a proper amount of time with me, you would probably wonder if I was on drugs - I'm not. I'm just incredibly hyperactive and manic. I can be quiet and serious at the same time.

Music is the silence between the notes.

Below a certain point, if you keep too quiet, people no longer see you as thoughtful or deep; they simply forget you.

Prayer [is] the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.