Sure, one can always get the students to relax and be happy - entertained, but although being laid back and relax can also lead to creativity, mostly it means that nothing much gets done.
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Related Tennis can be a grind and there's always the danger of going stale if you think about it too much. Y... MAUREEN CONNOLLY I like to be lazy. I do like to be busy and really active, but when that's done, you can be sure... OLIVIER THEYSKENS Most of the casinos are uptown this will be the first downtown casino. People can walk from work to ... CRYSTIE EVERSOLE Once you get to that point when you can just be yourself and relax, I just think that you're so ... JACQUELINE EMERSON Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you? BEN HOGAN I took a lot of stuff for granted being here. But now, you know, you get older. You get wiser. I've ... MIKE SELLERS It is nice to finally get it done, ... Standing over the putt, I knew I had put in all the practice.... DAVID MCKENZIE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you? BEN HOGAN Going into an overtime, you just want to relax and try to get as much fluids as you can. We've got e... ERIK ADAMS It can definitely be very stressful to find the time to get it all done. We typically meet a few tim... NICK ORPHANOS I told them to relax because they were making me nervous. We can relax. We're good. We'll be OK. SAM PERLOZZO After the first couple of innings, I would have probably called off the dogs. But it was nice to get... CHIPPER JONES They can relax together. And when you're around Jennifer, that's amazing, because I never thought th... TINA LANDON Our kids did what they needed to do to get a lead and then relax a little bit. JANICE CHARLES It is important for the players to relax physically and also psychologically, JACQUES SANTINI We want to get it done as quickly and inexpensively with as much creativity and flexibility as we ca... ANDREW JOHNSON It was much more nerve-racking last year. Now it's like, 'Just relax.' We have seniors to lead us. JENNA SMITH It is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax. MOISES ARIAS And although I like to relax and have fun, my passion is my work. BENJAMIN COHEN After the game you can take a shower, not have to rush to a bumpy plane ride back to San Antonio. Yo... JOE HORN You want to do well and make sure you are doing the right things. I just have to step back and take ... BRANDON WATSON It came at the right time for our hockey club with all the injuries and things that were going on. W... JARRET STOLL Let's find something that gets [the students] thinking, debating. I think there is a place for lectu... JAMES NELSON Relax, Recharge and Reflect. Sometimes it’s OK to do nothing. IZEY VICTORIA ODIASE I don't know if I can relax. Relax, I can't do. My brain, on idle, is a bad thing. I just ge... JOHNNY DEPP It always feels good and comforting to relax whilst there is work to be done but, it feels fulfillin... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You don't have to do offbeat films to prove that you can act. I have done it but only to prove m... BIPASHA BASU It is time. Anybody who is retired can tell you that it's nice when you can relax and don't have to ... MATT SENFFNER You get a kite, get it up in the air and then sit back in that chair, and your blood pressure will d... CHARLES DAVIDSON It finishes it off. We deserved it. And it feels good. We can relax now. KATIE CRONIN Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a ... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT We can be happy tonight, but tomorrow we have to come back and get back to business. TAMIKA CATCHINGS You try to make a good shot, and luckily it went off the post and went in. It's a stressful situatio... BRIAN ROLSTON That the child is laid on the stomach and not on their back always, not in the car seat always, not ... LEAH HECHT It's very hard to forget & get on with it but it will be much harder to not & to live with regret & ... CIARA MARGOLIN I told him to hit one out, ... I told him to relax, make sure you stay on the ball and track it. He ... CHARLIE MANUEL Relax. Smile. Breathe. You can do this. NATASHA VANDERLINDEN I think when you get a lot of runs early like that, you can sit back and relax a little bit. I think... LEE DRIGGERS I don't have anything to prove anymore. I can relax. PALOMA PICASSO It seems like we get a little lead and then we relax and let them back in it. We just don't have a l... CATHERINE YOUNG Technology is a major tool in exploring and challenging your creativity, but it can also overtake yo... JAN DE BONT To cultivate bravery and courage, take a deep breath & relax: When you feel fear, your body... SUSAN C. YOUNG We also want to get more benches and tables. It's a nice place to come to just sit and relax and rea... MARCIA TOWNSEND We love all the wonderful smells and environment of the salon and spa. After coming from the legal p... BREE KURIHARI It hasn't sunk in yet. I've tried deliberately not to think about getting to the PGA Tour. But it do... DAVID MCKENZIE We're always preaching score early and score often. The girls seem to relax when we can get out on t... AMY EVANS I love the stillness of a room, after a party. The chairs are moved, the cushions disarranged, every... DAPHNE DU MAURIER Just not relax and say we beat Dayton and Amity last year, we made it to the playoffs so we'll make ... JAMES MASON Hopefully we can quickly calm the nerves and get them ready. It's district and if you make one mista... CHRIS BRYANT Definitely we're at the peak of it but we still can't relax too much. ALF WARKENTIN The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax. WILLIAM FLOYD It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal. STIRLING MOSS Are Oliver Perez and Kip Wells important pieces as far as cogs in the wheel are concerned? Sure, the... JIM TRACY For me, happiness is waking up excited even though you have no particular place to go….. CHERYL RUSHTON My instruction to them is to just go down there and to be focused and be disciplined in the game... ... COURTNEY WALSH Chad's leadership is second to none. We really miss that. But then, it's also given us a chance to e... DARIAN GRUBB It's tough when a lead in a game gets in the 10-, 12-point range. You're reluctant to go. But you ca... MIKE ARESCO I've done this for five years now. You keep doing the same thing over and over, with the traveling, ... ERIC PATTERSON I'm going to sit back and try to relax. Do you play golf? Let's go do that. ANDY THORN To relax, I love sitting back and turning my brain off and watching TV. AJA NAOMI KING I don't know if I can stress enough how cool Dr. Moskowitz is. He's a very laid back guy and he make... ANDY HELLER I would advise young artists . . . to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid o... CLAUDE MONET I count on chiropractic sessions to keep my body aligned. Standing for hours can impact my posture, ... GIADA DE LAURENTIIS Say to yourself, I will call the office at six every other day, and that is when you do it, so it is... LIZ TUCKER We are pleased, although we must not relax our pressure until we are finally considered to be citize... ENRIQUE MORONES The pressure is really building. Hopefully, when it comes down to game time we can relax and just pl... MIKE ORTNER Usually there is a game or two that you can relax and get some practice in or take it easy. But I do... BRENDA STAUFFER He's more of the laid-back type but when it gets to this grand scale and we're on the top in the hor... DAN HENDRICKS I can't relax. I find vacations problematic. JOHN OLIVER There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other ... DALAI LAMA XIV He came out of nowhere. An adrenaline rush will do it to you. That's all it takes. One good jump and... BRYAN THOMAS I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax ... MARY DECKER Creativity happens only when ego is absent,when you are relaxed, in deep rest, when there is really ... OSHO I don't really make plans and I just want to be happy and continue with my business and take car... LARRY HOLMES In wrestling, there is no retreat. No way to slow things down. In wrestling, you advance and advance... CHANNING TATUM I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do? FELICITY KENDAL I've always been fortunate in that I've been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes n... MICHAEL PHELPS One cause of anxiety and stress is when things that need to be done start to pile up over one anothe... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA So relax into yoga and yoga will help you relax. WAI LANA YOGA When every moment is constantly being filmed, it's hard to relax. KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing... RAFAEL NADAL That seven-run inning was the key. We got a good lead, and I was able to relax and throw strikes and... ERIC MILTON Sure most of us are 'happy'. Happy when we're shopping or drinking in the pub. Try being happy for j... CHERYL RUSHTON Once you get the ball rolling you relax and it gets a little bit easier to knock some of those shots... BARB FELDERMAN We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can't relax with how things reall... PEMA CHöDRöN I also always carry my flute. It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling... ANDREA BOCELLI We needed to board. This was an emotional game and when we got a 10-point lead (12-2), it allowed us... JANET ELEAZAR When I'm playing Big Momma, it's so much work that all I want to do, when I'm finished, ... MARTIN LAWRENCE You have to relax when you're shooting an arrow. You can't be tense. And that just helps, in... STEPHEN AMELL The president has changed the way Washington talks about its job. Civility is back in Washington, an... ANDREW CARD They were very tight. But being tight shows you care. We just had to relax. DAVE ALLISON This idea [for the theme] had the most room for creativity of costumes for students. It's a good, la... KRISTIN BOOHER We have done what we can to alert people to the fact that one measure is on the back of the ballot. ... KATHRYN REITH I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity. GILDA RADNER We have some experience and I think that took over in a tight game and we were able to relax at that... RICKY CRAWFORD I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I'... CATHY FREEMAN Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich ... BONO It is not the right time to relax. The following fights will be much harder so it is necessary to tr... NIKOLAI VALUEV Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD
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