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It’s intimidating to think about friendship in adulthood, and often overwhelm keeps us from even trying. – Adam Smiley Poswolsky	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As a country, we should be supporting veterans who want to continue their service instead of harassing and intimidating them, i strongly support bipartisan efforts being undertaken by the House Armed Services Committee to protect our service members and hold criminal actors accountable. – Zach Nunn	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Making bread can be intimidating for gluten free households, but with a good bread maker, you get the ingredients and just hit a button. It’s definitely a time saver. – Hiro Saito	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If I had been thinking about that, worrying about that, which I kind of had for a long time I would have never done what was sort of innately in my heart, in my soul, so I had to stop being worried about that, it was too intimidating otherwise. – Lisa Marie Presley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Alan Greenspan could dive deeply into the data. Paul Volcker had a personal authority about Paul Volcker understanding of markets and banking that was intimidating. – Jerome Powell	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Authorities are targeting people for content posted online, and regularly intimidating web platforms and social media services into complying with its censorship. – Jit Singh	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They were so affable and friendly, and they were kind of a reflection of who he is, you know, they weren't intimidating and mean spirited. They were just good and nice people there to protect all the kids. – Greg Ellis	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
These students were not only physically intimidating the other students and the speakers, they were pounding on the walls, blocking the exits, and disrupting the event throughout. … It shouldn't take place on a law student campus in the law school classroom. – Kristen Waggoner	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
People with dominant Egotist Imposters who are self-actualized are often strong and self-possessed leaders, direct in their interaction with others, and even protective of others. Many of them are true trailblazers. When they empower people instead of intimidating them, they are remarkable change agents. – Lisa Haisha	added by lisa.haisha 2 years ago
It's a use of technology that creates more problems and doesn't solve what we see as being the issue, which is how do we make this agency accountable, and how do we create a more humanitarian and efficient system at the border ? they should spend the money on something that is more humanitarian and effective, rather than intimidating. – Vicki Gaubeca	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Directing ‘Ghostbusters Afterlife’ was completely intimidating, i was lucky enough to do it sitting next to my dad. – Ivan Reitman	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
As a result, the small changes that you make each month won't feel so intimidating, and you won't feel as worn out by achieving them. – Caroline Leaf	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When he looked at the jury and said something like,' Every last Anglo-Saxon one of you knows that this is what we're fighting down here. You'll find these men not guilty.' That's what that sounded like to me, it sounded like,' Every last Anglo-Saxon one of you knows that Black people are threatening. They're intimidating. And they're out to destroy our community. What the McMichaels and William Roddie Bryan did was protect our community,'. – Carol Anderson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If we're going to start a precedent, starting yesterday, where we're going to bring high-profile members of the African American community into the courtroom to sit with the family during the trial in the presence of the jury, I believe that's intimidating and it's an attempt to pressure -- could be consciously or unconsciously -- an attempt to pressure or influence the jury. – Kevin Gough	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If we're going to start a precedent, starting yesterday, where we're going to bring high-profile members of the African-American community into the courtroom to sit with the family during the trial in the presence of the jury, I believe that's intimidating and it's an attempt to pressure. – Kevin Gough	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm a force to be recognized, he never saw me weak. It's not that I'm not afraid, but you're not going to see it. I can be almost intimidating in my calm strength, you know ? – Salma Hayek	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Harassing and intimidating elected officials isn’t a constructive way to try and get them to change their mind on a position, but, frankly, going after others, students of Sen. Sinema's who have nothing to do with her policy positions, I think was a misstep. – Samuel Corum/Getty Images	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Anyone who comes into our community and is spreading their hate, their racism, their xenophobia, their white supremacist predilections, all of that is very intimidating to people who are here, particularly people of color. – Ted Wheeler	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He was one of the greatest pitchers we ever had and probably would have been in the Hall of Fame if his career was not cut short, on the mound, he was devastating and intimidating. Nobody wanted to face him. Guys on the other team would say that they were sick to avoid facing him. This is very sad news. He will be missed. – Enos Cabell	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's pretty intimidating sitting next to these industry giants, including the co-founder of Apple to my right and directly across from me is the woman whose signature is on all my money in my wallet right now, but they made me feel so comfortable to be in the' Circle of Money' and I received the best master class on investment ever. – Lance Bass	Found on CNN 2 years ago
So, but it was a bit, kind of intimidating when I sat down with them because they were so not used to this, and I think that Kris very consciously didn't want it to have the rancor that some' Housewives' reunions have, or the, you know, level of acrimony. – Andy Cohen	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It’s not about providing women more informationto make a better decision, it’s about intimidating women to see if you can force them to change their decision. – Diane Sands	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Me walking into a polling location openly carrying my pistol is not intimidating anybody. – Joey Roberts	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
They're intimidating people and that means other people will not participate in however they may have, that's a real risk to our society. – Lee Goodman	Found on CNN 3 years ago

It’s intimidating to think about friendship in adulthood, and often overwhelm keeps us from even trying.

– Adam Smiley Poswolsky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As a country, we should be supporting veterans who want to continue their service instead of harassing and intimidating them, i strongly support bipartisan efforts being undertaken by the House Armed Services Committee to protect our service members and hold criminal actors accountable.

– Zach Nunn

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Making bread can be intimidating for gluten free households, but with a good bread maker, you get the ingredients and just hit a button. It’s definitely a time saver.

– Hiro Saito

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If I had been thinking about that, worrying about that, which I kind of had for a long time I would have never done what was sort of innately in my heart, in my soul, so I had to stop being worried about that, it was too intimidating otherwise.

– Lisa Marie Presley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Alan Greenspan could dive deeply into the data. Paul Volcker had a personal authority about Paul Volcker understanding of markets and banking that was intimidating.

– Jerome Powell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Authorities are targeting people for content posted online, and regularly intimidating web platforms and social media services into complying with its censorship.

– Jit Singh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They were so affable and friendly, and they were kind of a reflection of who he is, you know, they weren't intimidating and mean spirited. They were just good and nice people there to protect all the kids.

– Greg Ellis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

These students were not only physically intimidating the other students and the speakers, they were pounding on the walls, blocking the exits, and disrupting the event throughout. … It shouldn't take place on a law student campus in the law school classroom.

– Kristen Waggoner

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

People with dominant Egotist Imposters who are self-actualized are often strong and self-possessed leaders, direct in their interaction with others, and even protective of others. Many of them are true trailblazers. When they empower people instead of intimidating them, they are remarkable change agents.

– Lisa Haisha

added by lisa.haisha
2 years ago

It's a use of technology that creates more problems and doesn't solve what we see as being the issue, which is how do we make this agency accountable, and how do we create a more humanitarian and efficient system at the border ? they should spend the money on something that is more humanitarian and effective, rather than intimidating.

– Vicki Gaubeca

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Directing ‘Ghostbusters Afterlife’ was completely intimidating, i was lucky enough to do it sitting next to my dad.

– Ivan Reitman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As a result, the small changes that you make each month won't feel so intimidating, and you won't feel as worn out by achieving them.

– Caroline Leaf

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When he looked at the jury and said something like,' Every last Anglo-Saxon one of you knows that this is what we're fighting down here. You'll find these men not guilty.' That's what that sounded like to me, it sounded like,' Every last Anglo-Saxon one of you knows that Black people are threatening. They're intimidating. And they're out to destroy our community. What the McMichaels and William Roddie Bryan did was protect our community,'.

– Carol Anderson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If we're going to start a precedent, starting yesterday, where we're going to bring high-profile members of the African American community into the courtroom to sit with the family during the trial in the presence of the jury, I believe that's intimidating and it's an attempt to pressure -- could be consciously or unconsciously -- an attempt to pressure or influence the jury.

– Kevin Gough

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If we're going to start a precedent, starting yesterday, where we're going to bring high-profile members of the African-American community into the courtroom to sit with the family during the trial in the presence of the jury, I believe that's intimidating and it's an attempt to pressure.

– Kevin Gough

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm a force to be recognized, he never saw me weak. It's not that I'm not afraid, but you're not going to see it. I can be almost intimidating in my calm strength, you know ?

– Salma Hayek

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Harassing and intimidating elected officials isn’t a constructive way to try and get them to change their mind on a position, but, frankly, going after others, students of Sen. Sinema's who have nothing to do with her policy positions, I think was a misstep.

– Samuel Corum/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Anyone who comes into our community and is spreading their hate, their racism, their xenophobia, their white supremacist predilections, all of that is very intimidating to people who are here, particularly people of color.

– Ted Wheeler

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He was one of the greatest pitchers we ever had and probably would have been in the Hall of Fame if his career was not cut short, on the mound, he was devastating and intimidating. Nobody wanted to face him. Guys on the other team would say that they were sick to avoid facing him. This is very sad news. He will be missed.

– Enos Cabell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's pretty intimidating sitting next to these industry giants, including the co-founder of Apple to my right and directly across from me is the woman whose signature is on all my money in my wallet right now, but they made me feel so comfortable to be in the' Circle of Money' and I received the best master class on investment ever.

– Lance Bass

Found on CNN
2 years ago

So, but it was a bit, kind of intimidating when I sat down with them because they were so not used to this, and I think that Kris very consciously didn't want it to have the rancor that some' Housewives' reunions have, or the, you know, level of acrimony.

– Andy Cohen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s not about providing women more informationto make a better decision, it’s about intimidating women to see if you can force them to change their decision.

– Diane Sands

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Me walking into a polling location openly carrying my pistol is not intimidating anybody.

– Joey Roberts

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

They're intimidating people and that means other people will not participate in however they may have, that's a real risk to our society.

– Lee Goodman

Found on CNN
3 years ago

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