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  • What was their motivation for invading?†   (source)
  • He's testified that the bomb was designed to be detonated, but he can't really explain your motivations—the Court won't permit that, and he really can't speak to that."†   (source)
  • A lot has been said about the motivation of some of the witnesses.†   (source)
  • Patrick launched into his sales spiel, all about personal motivation and how a fit body made for a healthy mind.†   (source)
  • What better motivation to perform well, eh?†   (source)
  • Those hens need some motivation to start laying more!†   (source)
  • Whatever his motivation, my father accepted the job on the spot.†   (source)
  • But his father never did anything without a reason—and from the few words he'd exchanged with Nehemia, he couldn't help but wonder if she had her own motivations in coming here, too.†   (source)
  • Mr. Neck has a steroid rage, screaming about Motivation and Identity and sacred School Spirit.†   (source)
  • Everyone was, at a minimal estimate, "a good egg" or "a decent sort," and motivation was never judged to be at variance with outward show.†   (source)
  • A motivational lecturer from RejoovTV, some fatuous drone in a suit.†   (source)
  • More motivation to stay alive.†   (source)
  • We hope you share this book with others, use it as a tool for inspiration and motivation, and make all your dreams come true.†   (source)
  • I just cannot find the motivation I need.†   (source)
  • I learned the secret of internal motivation.†   (source)
  • Part of it is endurance, part of it is motivation.†   (source)
  • Until we knew what Ender's motivation was, we couldn't be sure he wasn't another. we had to know what the action meant.†   (source)
  • Please tell me you don't text these to yourself for daily motivation."†   (source)
  • Now that YOU are home, alive and well, you have judged the judgments of others, analyzed their intentions, behaviors, personalities and motivations.†   (source)
  • It allowed him to try to see all of their sides and understand their motivations more clearly.†   (source)
  • You never needed a tutor, just motivation.†   (source)
  • I HAD ALL SORTS OF MOTIVATION TO KEEP ME GOING.†   (source)
  • It occurs without motivation or desire or knowledge of what may result.†   (source)
  • Needing no other motivation than that, Henri and I each take a hand.†   (source)
  • I couldn't argue, with the eyes or the motivation, and it was a moot point anyway.†   (source)
  • A faint stab at a motivational speech.†   (source)
  • Don't buckle under to the hurt, rev up your spirit and your motivation, attack the courses.†   (source)
  • But this tape is not about your motivation, Alex.†   (source)
  • This, of course, usually made me lose any motivation I had for cheerleading.†   (source)
  • I think that's a big part of the motivation.†   (source)
  • The workers who knew him well were unsurprised, while the newer ones would often be startled, thinking his behavior a bizarre sort of motivational method.†   (source)
  • Then I did my usual motivational speech in the mirror: "You are gorgeous and people love you!"†   (source)
  • A former advertising executive with a boyish face and the earnest delivery style of a motivational speaker, Novak charmed the crowd.†   (source)
  • Jaspia meant hunger and Fuentes often yelled it at us from the corner to remind us of our motivation.†   (source)
  • But by and large, I believe these generalizations to be accurate, and indeed, such 'idealistic' motivations as I have described have played a large part in my own career.†   (source)
  • Given Jai's reticence, I knew I had to look honestly at my motivations.†   (source)
  • I just figured I needed to try harder, but I find it difficult to sustain that motivation.†   (source)
  • Now, motivational patterns are going to be similar among all espionage agents.†   (source)
  • When I throw on top of that the necessity of continuing laboratory research, writing papers, preparing lectures, remaining involved in academic projects, and more recently, presenting motivational talks to young people, there weren't enough hours in any day or week.†   (source)
  • He had the intellectual motivation but that wasn't enough either.†   (source)
  • One of his sisters became a commercial artist, another the manager of community relations for a hospital's mental health programs, the third a motivational speaker.†   (source)
  • I lost all motivation.†   (source)
  • As much as I hated it, I knew you had the ability and the desire and the motivation to be the best in the world.†   (source)
  • The facts, anyway; no one can say about the actual motivations.†   (source)
  • But obviously that wasn't Edith's motivation, since she worked for the Bureau.†   (source)
  • A desire to inherit this estate was ostensibly the motivation behind Lowell Lee's plot to destroy his family.†   (source)
  • Ellen provided strong motivation for the continuance of my silent quest to escape from Iran.†   (source)
  • Shelley might not even understand her own motivations for doing things.†   (source)
  • I don't know his motivations, his desires.†   (source)
  • One weapon, and with every passing year in this hip, motivationally researched society, more and more people are discovering how to render that weapon useless and conquer those who have hitherto been the conquerors-†   (source)
  • She won't work with someone that she thinks lacks integrity or the proper motivation to do what's right.†   (source)
  • But he did not have the smallest glimpse into Norah's heart, her desires or motivations.†   (source)
  • Nor did she trust the girl's motivation.†   (source)
  • It wasn't so much that I didn't trust Clancy's motivations; he just unnerved me.†   (source)
  • Your motivations.†   (source)
  • In this case, they wanted to learn about the motivation behind blood donations.†   (source)
  • In fact, that was part of the motivation of this new invitation.†   (source)
  • But he didn't have my motivation.†   (source)
  • Dig it, he's deep, he's misunderstood, he's got the accent down pat, the shaved head, he does the screaming fits, he does the motivation—lonely boy from the coal pits ruthlessly fights his way to the top but all he's really looking for is a wisecracking dame who'll give him some back talk and make him laugh once in a while.†   (source)
  • Indeed, while the main motivation for joining this global movement is to help others, the result is often to help oneself.†   (source)
  • Whatever their motivation, the stewards buried him.†   (source)
  • The stand-downs bothered me, but not to the point of weakening my motivation to jock up again.†   (source)
  • Pain is underrated as a tool of motivation.†   (source)
  • Did they really think they understood my character and motivations based on two sentences?†   (source)
  • Any motivation to sell out to an enemy?†   (source)
  • You've got no motivation.†   (source)
  • It's only a matter of motivation.†   (source)
  • The text of the proposition summarized the motivation succinctly: "This state finds that illegal immigration is causing economic hardship to this state and that illegal immigration is encouraged by public agencies within this state that provide public benefits without verifying immigration status."†   (source)
  • Whatever the motivation, Rene was not about to challenge the baleful veteran.†   (source)
  • It would feel too much like I was being psychoanalyzed, letting them tear me open and pick apart every action and choice and motivation, so they can feel superior and sane.†   (source)
  • But our motivations were different.†   (source)
  • If Bert's appeal was not convincing enough, the shadows that appeared on the opposite street corner pushed the companions' motivation to the fore.†   (source)
  • Her pies were always bestsellers, which drove Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Snow crazy—Amma's primary motivation for all that baking in the first place.†   (source)
  • I wondered how we could have possibly missed something as obvious as hot air balloons, until we crested a hill and I saw them—not the big, colorful teardrop-shaped things you see in wall calendars and motivational posters ("The sky's the limit!†   (source)
  • My mother was a motivational speaker.†   (source)
  • I didn't trust Hema's motivation: guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.†   (source)
  • At least we have motivation.†   (source)
  • Simeon, sorry as he was, would lose all motivation to bring home anything.†   (source)
  • Jen Shinnan's motivation was obvious, but how could the Lord of the Radch possibly profit by it?†   (source)
  • Nabby, appraising the politicians she encountered in New York, including Governor George Clinton, surmised there were few for whom personal aggrandizement was not the guiding motivation.†   (source)
  • And some of it claiming to even know my mind-set and motivation.†   (source)
  • The Soviet ruler rambles on, questioning Kennedy's motivations.†   (source)
  • And one time, in the bunch of us, there was this boy who was fifteen, and he had killed his mother with a shotgun some years before—accidentally, completely accidentally, without even an unconscious motivation, I have no doubt, no doubt at all—and this one evening this boy went with us, and we ordered our drinks, and when it came his turn he said, I'll have bergin …. give me some bergin, please …. bergin and water.†   (source)
  • He'd argued with her over motivation and sentence structure, losing as often as winning.†   (source)
  • It could do either, Nass said, depending on the motivation and the incentives.†   (source)
  • But the one thing Pig did not require was motivation.†   (source)
  • He is an individual of strong motivation, will, and perseverance, qualities not often seen in members of his race.†   (source)
  • Will my grandmother really, truly appear on our doorstep, hugging malevolence, money her only motivation?†   (source)
  • That expertise is for sale, neither politics nor personal motivation any concern to him whatsoever.†   (source)
  • Military analysts who have studied the will of armies to fight confirm this southern conviction: defense of the homeland is one of the most powerful combat motivations.†   (source)
  • And much of the opposition will spring from blameless, if not valid, motivations.†   (source)
  • Yet leaving without the relic, putting off the quest that had been its primary motivation for centuries, was not an acceptable option.†   (source)
  • Anyway, careers take more self-motivation and drive, but "one" can usually get higher and progress faster.†   (source)
  • I didn't want to get into talking about my motivations, and I didn't want to tell him I was getting out.†   (source)
  • Misty, regardless of her motivation, if there was one aside from bitterness and the need to attract attention, had given me enough time to breathe steadily, time for my face to be less warm, my knees less rubbery before standing.†   (source)
  • His reluctance gave me the motivation to make sure it was successful.†   (source)
  • They see my motivations as being theirs.†   (source)
  • We must learn more about people, about the development of communities, architecture, engineering, education, motivation, productivity, public health and medicine, arts and sciences, political, legal, and social organization.†   (source)
  • — and must correctly describe the hierarchy of survival, note the motivations at each level, and resolve all conflicts.†   (source)
  • Motivation, as any psychiatrist will tell us, is always difficult to assess.†   (source)
  • My father could scarcely disagree but during the four or five years of our relatively close association he never trusted her and was always trying to surprise in her open, Midwestern face the genuine, cunningly hidden, and hideous motivation.†   (source)
  • And his motivation for doing this, like his name, is something he prefers to keep to himself.   (source)
  • Even with Johanna's motivational insults driving me on, I have to drop out after a mile.†   (source)
  • Surely his motivations are more delicate than that.†   (source)
  • Sophie nodded, although she felt a second motivation still burning within her.†   (source)
  • If I knew for sure that I, and I alone, was your motivation ….†   (source)
  • I could just imagine the motivations behind such exceptions.†   (source)
  • At first I wanted nothing more than to be like others, but that motivation grew.†   (source)
  • I don't have the motivation or the energy to do it."†   (source)
  • We can only deduce, also, the motivations for "Nick's" engineering of her escape.†   (source)
  • It's not hard to follow the Gamemakers' motivation.†   (source)
  • It shouldn't be that complicated to figure out his motivations.†   (source)
  • I moved quickly before my motivation slipped away.†   (source)
  • Ah, yes, then food would probably be good motivation to stay.†   (source)
  • The part about me calling you names or fighting with my mom or saying food was my motivation?†   (source)
  • And then the sweet smell of fresh air pulsed through me, giving me all the motivation I needed.†   (source)
  • "You know," I said, "you should be a motivational speaker, or something."†   (source)
  • Whatever her motivation, Blaze was lying and more than willing to ruin Ronnie's life.†   (source)
  • Roland shrugged unwillingly, all at once not content with this probing of his motivations.†   (source)
  • The killer was new to VICAP, and his profile presented an entirely new case study in motivation.†   (source)
  • Whatever happened to you giving those motivational-responsibility programs you gave before?†   (source)
  • Alpert's motivation is to educate and to help.†   (source)
  • The thought of being that warm was the motivation I needed to get me out of bed.†   (source)
  • I didn't want to admit the strongest motivation.†   (source)
  • Motivation was telling, even when such small things as fingernails were concerned.†   (source)
  • Normal therapy is based on people's ability to have insight into their own motivations.†   (source)
  • I still couldn't understand his motivation.†   (source)
  • They were all rigidly courteous, but their courtesy concealed various motivations.†   (source)
  • Despite the compliment, I liked Odin better as a taciturn half-troll than as a motivational speaker.†   (source)
  • Dwight's motivations were transparent, but Phil Grant was a different animal.†   (source)
  • His sense of humor mystified me as much as his motivations did.†   (source)
  • The man chuckled, as if the two of them were considering the motivations of God himself.†   (source)
  • This practice of inferring the motivations and intentions of others is classic thin-slicing.†   (source)
  • And I appreciate you being honest about your motivations.†   (source)
  • The number-one motivation on Iwo Jima was to stand with your buddies and not let them down.†   (source)
  • I know I'll never be one of those motivational speakers you see on TV, and I don't want to be.†   (source)
  • The motivation for riding through such pain soon became all too clear.†   (source)
  • But I felt his lips press silently against my forehead, and I didn't care what the motivation was.†   (source)
  • He had been unable to articulate his motivation as clearly as the dragon, but that was exactly it.†   (source)
  • In Iraq and Afghanistan the motivation had been easy.†   (source)
  • And his falling out with Celine and Bethany provided the motivation for this most recent assault.†   (source)
  • His major motivation, I feel certain, was to wrap it up and get to lunch.†   (source)
  • How could she think I lacked motivation with her shocking Edward right here in front of me?†   (source)
  • To keep that from happening, we'd either have to fake that motivation or muster it up somehow.†   (source)
  • The more we talked about my family and my motivation, the more excited she got about the idea.†   (source)
  • And the truth is always in the motivation.†   (source)
  • Irina waited nervously for him to continue, and then repeated, "My motivations?"†   (source)
  • The book is full of great motivational quotes, like "The Man in the Glass."†   (source)
  • "I've been a cop long enough to know that anybody can be violent if given the right motivation."†   (source)
  • Perhaps the currents of thought and motivation run deeper than we sometimes think.†   (source)
  • The meaning of courage, like political motivations, is frequently misunderstood.†   (source)
  • And the motivation.†   (source)
  • Glick and Macri, at the camerlegno's suggestion, had nobly agreed to provide light to the quest, although considering what accolades awaited them if they got out of here alive, their motivations were certainly suspect.†   (source)
  • While his motivation remained a mystery, Langdon had glimpsed a telltale shimmer of gold on the man's hand—a Masonic ring—the double-headed phoenix and the number 33.†   (source)
  • The bus was packed with a motley group of men and women who represented the spectrum of ages, neighborhoods, backstories, and motivations.†   (source)
  • That is to say: there will be certain types of motivation that are similar despite differing schools or opposed aims.†   (source)
  • ] There is something beautiful in the subtlety of that exchange, in the attention that each party must pay to the motivations and desires of the other.†   (source)
  • I completed the exercises with obvious motivation, not because I was trying to make a favorable impression but because I would do nearly anything to avoid running into the freezing ocean and then rolling in the sand.†   (source)
  • I don't understand her motivations, and when I don't understand something, Reynard, it is natural that I don't trust it."†   (source)
  • It is your way of giving thanks for the successes—to offer inspiration and motivation to those who follow you or look up to you.†   (source)
  • He wanted to know what inspired her, what the difference was between her hopes and her goals, her beliefs and her motivations.†   (source)
  • Most of the classes are devoted to personnel issues, teaching lessons in teamwork and employee motivation, promoting "a common McDonald's language" and "a common McDonald's culture."†   (source)
  • It made the kids at camp much more enthusiastic and cooperative when they had ego goals to fulfill, I'm sure, but ultimately that kind of motivation is destructive.†   (source)
  • My primary motivation behind buying a car, despite the scarcity of my funds, was that I refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on top.†   (source)
  • No, it had never been a conscious part of his motivation—he had done what he could in the drowned city because he was there, it needed to be done, and he could do it.†   (source)
  • And his impatient laughter, which had always made her feel so awkward — as if she were eight and he was able to see her motivations more clearly than she.†   (source)
  • Naturally, I felt the temptation to deny immediately and unambiguously such motivations as my employer was imputing to me, but saw in time that to do so could be to rise to Mr Farraday's bait, and the situation would only become increasingly embarrassing.†   (source)
  • You have judged the actions and even the motivations of others, as if you somehow knew what those were in truth.†   (source)
  • Every year, thousands of men underwent surgical gelding—orchiectomy, as the process was known—their motivations ranging from transgender issues, to curbing sexual addictions, to deep-seated spiritual beliefs.†   (source)
  • Motivation of this sort, once it catches hold, is a ferocious force, and in the gradeless, degreeless institution where our student would find himself, he wouldn't stop with rote engineering information.†   (source)
  • "A speculation," Teabing said, "but it would certainly provide the Church motivation for an all-out attack to find the documents before it was too late."†   (source)
  • "I admit," Teabing said, "the assertions are dire, but you must understand the Church's powerful motivations to conduct such a cover-up.†   (source)
  • When he showed up, he was more interested in giving motivational PowerPoint presentations than fighting.†   (source)
  • I meant to speak of your motivations.†   (source)
  • If she'd learned one thing about men, it was that they liked to talk about themselves: their jobs, their hobbies, past accomplishments, their motivations.†   (source)
  • Her true motivation, however, was that my mother owed her publisher a novel, and everyone was starting to get a little antsy about it.†   (source)
  • He was loath to acknowledge it, but he knew that such creatures were beyond his ability to kill, no matter the strength of his motivation.†   (source)
  • His motivation was both simple and complex; he wanted to help two innocent victims of the Iranian revolution.†   (source)
  • My motivation was simple: a magnificent, ivory-colored hospital, five times as large as Missing, had been built on a rise looking down at Churchill Road and the post office and the Lycée Francais.†   (source)
  • It also took me that long to understand what Jeb was up to, what the motivation was behind his switch from the courteous host to the curmudgeonly taskmaster.†   (source)
  • Whatever the psychological motivation, the craze has shoveled a lot of urban black street talk into Mainstream American.†   (source)
  • Giancana's motivation was revenge for Bobby Kennedy's ongoing Justice Department investigations into organized criminal activity.†   (source)
  • I counted maybe a dozen lists like this, along with hundreds of motivational statements like: NEVER FORGET YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.†   (source)
  • I think what Willie brought to the family business was energy, innovation, direction, and motivation, which are attributes that a leader has to have.†   (source)
  • The behavior, or even the mere presence, of this figure adds a stress to the unstable balance of forces that results in a sudden extreme discharge of violence, similar to the explosion that takes place when a percussion cap ignites a charge of dynamite… The hypothesis of unconscious motivation explains why the murderers perceived innocuous and relatively unknown victims as provocative and thereby suitable targets for aggression.†   (source)
  • I remembered hearing about Norns, the ladies who controlled mortal destinies, but I didn't know their names or their motivation or the proper etiquette for meeting them.†   (source)
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