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(Thursday's) meeting will be important in assessing whether the aim of reconsidering the inflation target has retained the dovish motivation focus that Draghi had tried to give it. – Greg Fuzesi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Children are unable to go to the schools in the city. So we at the bus come to them with knowledge and provide them with the learning essentials such as reading and writing and basic mathematics, the feeling of being displaced gives me the motivation to work with these children. I want to get children out of their sense of alienation. – Mawiya Shular	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
That was the only motivation. – Lev Parnas	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
From the very get-go, the public messaging has raised all kinds of questions about whether or not there was sufficient motivation to launch an attack to kill arguable the second most powerful and important man in Iran. – Aaron David Miller	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I don't think that's at all the desired motivation here, the desire is to get a commitment from the Senate that they're going to have a fair trial. Fair to the President, yes, but fair to the American people. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 4 years ago
In addition to threatening the U.S. with a possible attack, Abuhamzehs remarksthat the targets had been previously identified by Iran seemed to confirm the State Departments statement regarding the motivation behind the airstrike. Qassem Soleimani FUNERAL PROCESSION IN BAGHDAD DRAWS THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS CHANTING AMERICA IS THE GREAT SATAN Qassem Soleimani comments come after it U.S. defense officials told Fox News that more than 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team would be deployed to Kuwait. Irans top shadow commander, as Qassem Soleimani was known, was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more. According to the State Departments, the airstrike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. Qassem Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region, the United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world. Mourners gathering in the streets of Baghdad Saturday for Soleimanis funeral procession. Dressed in black military fatigues, the mostly male-dominated group carried Iraqi flags and the flags of Iran-backed militias that are fiercely loyal to Qassem Soleimani. In this image made from a video, mourners gather for a funeral procession for Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. ( PMF Media Office via AP) They were heard chanting. – State Departments	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Mourners chant slogans against the U.S. during the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq, Baghdad Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. ( AP) In addition to threatening the U.S. with a possible attack, Abuhamzehs remarks that the targets had been previously identified by Iran seemed to confirm the State Departments statement regarding the motivation behind the airstrike. His comments come after it U.S. defense officials told Fox News that more than 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team would be deployed to Kuwait. Irans top shadow commander, as Qassem Soleimani was known, was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more. According to State Departments, the airstrike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. Mourners step over a U.S. flags with pictures of President Trump while waiting for the funeral of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in Baghdad, Iraq, Baghdad Saturday( AP) SOLEIMANI FUNERAL PROCESSION IN BAGHDAD DRAWS THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS CHANTING AMERICA IS Qassem Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region, the United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world. Mourners gathering in the streets of Baghdad Saturday for Qassem Soleimani funeral procession. Dressed in black military fatigues, the mostly male-dominated group carried Iraqi flags and the flags of Iran-backed militias that are fiercely loyal to Qassem Soleimani. In this image made from a video, mourners gather for a funeral procession for Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. ( PMF Media Office via AP) They were heard chanting. – State Departments	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
But does it appear suspicious given the damning nature of what was withheld, and the current government's obvious motivation for withholding it. – Josh Geltzer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
These redactions at least raise eyebrows. The categories that the Freedom of Information Act allows the government to withhold are sufficiently vague that it's hard to say whether these redactions were actually in violation of that law, but does it appear suspicious given the damning nature of what was withheld, and the current government's obvious motivation for withholding it. – Josh Geltzer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We never try to keep our students to ourselves. It would never be a motivation to frustrate somebody. – Ivo Jongsma	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I can't speak to what the President's motivation was in referencing it, but I just noted that the reference to Biden sounded political to me. – Jennifer Williams	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I was excited that fans were calling out my name so it became my motivation, we don't normally have such big crowds. – Hideki Matsuyama	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There are a lot of people who derive motivation from inspiring stories from people who look like them, and I think that it's an important aspect of the story to tell. – Christina Koch	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Two things Jake Tapper look at to determine the credibility of a so-called whistleblower when they're coming forward, first, did they have firsthand knowledge ? And second, what is their motivation ? Was there some kind of bias ? This individual has problems on both of those counts. He had no firsthand knowledge, he heard something from someone who may have heard something from someone. – Jim Jordan	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Right now, I feel this hunger, i feel this motivation, this fire, and thats why I stay focused. I want to stay busy. I want to stay hungry. I want to stay focused, humble. This is the key. – Khabib Nurmagomedov	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Its really cool having other Canadian athletes shout me out like that, i think it gives me extra motivation to just keep striving and keep doing well. – Bianca Andreescu	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We're clearly in an escalatory cycle, but I think Beijing's primary motivation right now in the trade war is to be able to withstand pressure from President Donald Trump. You can think of it as' resilience comes first.'. – United States	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I had a lot of motivation to succeed with that first plant, if I had failed, we would have lost our farm. – Jeff Lautt	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The general idea and their motivation, I think, are spot on. – Andrew Schwartz	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The POWER of ART holds true, creating hope, faith, motivation, change and inspiration in ones life. ART is life.. Changing lives and motivating the world around us. – Brandon Garic Notch	added by Brandon G. Notch 4 years ago
Outside of the track, I think there's no point in being selfish, in being that kind of team mate. At the moment McLaren is going through a period that if Nico Rosberg start being selfish, it's just not going to help the team, the atmosphere we are living in the team right now, the positivity, the momentum, the motivation we all have... I think Lando Norris and I have realized it's for our own benefit to keep this thing going until hopefully we can make it back to the top. – Carlos Sainz	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Theres no denying that theres political motivation behind this. – Ben Kissel	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I am personally sympathetic to the great majority of the Hong Kong demonstrators and their motivation, but the hardcore elements and agitators involved are becoming increasingly desperate, their actions are counterproductive to many Hong Kong peoplesgenuine democratic aspirations. – Steve Vickers	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
That was part of the motivation, of course, to change the H3N2 component for the coming year, the flu vaccine has been reconstituted to be a better match, particularly for the H3N2 component. – William Schaffner	Found on CNN 4 years ago

(Thursday's) meeting will be important in assessing whether the aim of reconsidering the inflation target has retained the dovish motivation focus that Draghi had tried to give it.

– Greg Fuzesi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Children are unable to go to the schools in the city. So we at the bus come to them with knowledge and provide them with the learning essentials such as reading and writing and basic mathematics, the feeling of being displaced gives me the motivation to work with these children. I want to get children out of their sense of alienation.

– Mawiya Shular

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

That was the only motivation.

– Lev Parnas

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

From the very get-go, the public messaging has raised all kinds of questions about whether or not there was sufficient motivation to launch an attack to kill arguable the second most powerful and important man in Iran.

– Aaron David Miller

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I don't think that's at all the desired motivation here, the desire is to get a commitment from the Senate that they're going to have a fair trial. Fair to the President, yes, but fair to the American people.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In addition to threatening the U.S. with a possible attack, Abuhamzehs remarksthat the targets had been previously identified by Iran seemed to confirm the State Departments statement regarding the motivation behind the airstrike. Qassem Soleimani FUNERAL PROCESSION IN BAGHDAD DRAWS THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS CHANTING AMERICA IS THE GREAT SATAN Qassem Soleimani comments come after it U.S. defense officials told Fox News that more than 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team would be deployed to Kuwait. Irans top shadow commander, as Qassem Soleimani was known, was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more. According to the State Departments, the airstrike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. Qassem Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region, the United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world. Mourners gathering in the streets of Baghdad Saturday for Soleimanis funeral procession. Dressed in black military fatigues, the mostly male-dominated group carried Iraqi flags and the flags of Iran-backed militias that are fiercely loyal to Qassem Soleimani. In this image made from a video, mourners gather for a funeral procession for Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. ( PMF Media Office via AP) They were heard chanting.

– State Departments

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Mourners chant slogans against the U.S. during the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq, Baghdad Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. ( AP) In addition to threatening the U.S. with a possible attack, Abuhamzehs remarks that the targets had been previously identified by Iran seemed to confirm the State Departments statement regarding the motivation behind the airstrike. His comments come after it U.S. defense officials told Fox News that more than 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team would be deployed to Kuwait. Irans top shadow commander, as Qassem Soleimani was known, was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more. According to State Departments, the airstrike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. Mourners step over a U.S. flags with pictures of President Trump while waiting for the funeral of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in Baghdad, Iraq, Baghdad Saturday( AP) SOLEIMANI FUNERAL PROCESSION IN BAGHDAD DRAWS THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS CHANTING AMERICA IS Qassem Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region, the United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world. Mourners gathering in the streets of Baghdad Saturday for Qassem Soleimani funeral procession. Dressed in black military fatigues, the mostly male-dominated group carried Iraqi flags and the flags of Iran-backed militias that are fiercely loyal to Qassem Soleimani. In this image made from a video, mourners gather for a funeral procession for Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. ( PMF Media Office via AP) They were heard chanting.

– State Departments

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

But does it appear suspicious given the damning nature of what was withheld, and the current government's obvious motivation for withholding it.

– Josh Geltzer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

These redactions at least raise eyebrows. The categories that the Freedom of Information Act allows the government to withhold are sufficiently vague that it's hard to say whether these redactions were actually in violation of that law, but does it appear suspicious given the damning nature of what was withheld, and the current government's obvious motivation for withholding it.

– Josh Geltzer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We never try to keep our students to ourselves. It would never be a motivation to frustrate somebody.

– Ivo Jongsma

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I can't speak to what the President's motivation was in referencing it, but I just noted that the reference to Biden sounded political to me.

– Jennifer Williams

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I was excited that fans were calling out my name so it became my motivation, we don't normally have such big crowds.

– Hideki Matsuyama

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There are a lot of people who derive motivation from inspiring stories from people who look like them, and I think that it's an important aspect of the story to tell.

– Christina Koch

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Two things Jake Tapper look at to determine the credibility of a so-called whistleblower when they're coming forward, first, did they have firsthand knowledge ? And second, what is their motivation ? Was there some kind of bias ? This individual has problems on both of those counts. He had no firsthand knowledge, he heard something from someone who may have heard something from someone.

– Jim Jordan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Right now, I feel this hunger, i feel this motivation, this fire, and thats why I stay focused. I want to stay busy. I want to stay hungry. I want to stay focused, humble. This is the key.

– Khabib Nurmagomedov

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Its really cool having other Canadian athletes shout me out like that, i think it gives me extra motivation to just keep striving and keep doing well.

– Bianca Andreescu

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We're clearly in an escalatory cycle, but I think Beijing's primary motivation right now in the trade war is to be able to withstand pressure from President Donald Trump. You can think of it as' resilience comes first.'.

– United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I had a lot of motivation to succeed with that first plant, if I had failed, we would have lost our farm.

– Jeff Lautt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The general idea and their motivation, I think, are spot on.

– Andrew Schwartz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The POWER of ART holds true, creating hope, faith, motivation, change and inspiration in ones life. ART is life.. Changing lives and motivating the world around us.

– Brandon Garic Notch

added by Brandon G. Notch
4 years ago

Outside of the track, I think there's no point in being selfish, in being that kind of team mate. At the moment McLaren is going through a period that if Nico Rosberg start being selfish, it's just not going to help the team, the atmosphere we are living in the team right now, the positivity, the momentum, the motivation we all have... I think Lando Norris and I have realized it's for our own benefit to keep this thing going until hopefully we can make it back to the top.

– Carlos Sainz

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Theres no denying that theres political motivation behind this.

– Ben Kissel

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I am personally sympathetic to the great majority of the Hong Kong demonstrators and their motivation, but the hardcore elements and agitators involved are becoming increasingly desperate, their actions are counterproductive to many Hong Kong peoplesgenuine democratic aspirations.

– Steve Vickers

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

That was part of the motivation, of course, to change the H3N2 component for the coming year, the flu vaccine has been reconstituted to be a better match, particularly for the H3N2 component.

– William Schaffner

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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