Sentences with phrase «try arguing from»

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And, by the way, it's perfectly okay to argue - as the guys from Netflix often say - that you're not trying to do things differently, you're just going to do them well.

It argues that the motivational strategies that work for optimists (who expect positive outcomes) are very different from those that are effective for defensive pessimists (who fret about negative ones)-- and you often gain nothing from trying to nudge an anxious employee (or yourself) into a happier mindset.

But I do feel the idea of detachment from Haters is the right way to go; there is nothing in it for me to try to change anyone's mind, or «argue with idiots.»

He said efforts to revise the H - 2B guest worker program have been stalled by opposition from labor groups, which have argued that companies don't try hard enough to hire Americans or pay a living wage before turning to the program.

Having the Obama campaign attack McDonnell's abortion views opens Obama up to a devastating counterattack on abortion and lets McDonnell plausibly argue that Obama is just trying to distract the country from his own economic failures.

He was arguing that Walter's nature would stop him from being bad, and that Walter would fail if tried to complete this conversion.

His lawyers tried to argue that because officials in Pennsylvania struck a deal to not prosecute him more than a decade ago, he should now be excused from standing trial.

Some Christians who were there tried to argue with him from 1 John 1:8, that the one who says they have not sinned is a liar.

I am trying to argue that God's primary activity in the OT is to rescue and deliver people from perishing....

That is, many contemporary theologies tend to believe that we can derive the normative content of faith, truth and justice directly from the immediate contexts of our social, economic and political situations; at the same time, other contemporary theologies have abandoned even trying to argue that theological claims are in any sense normative.

They argued instead that this withdrawal from efforts to change the world was a gain, that trying to improve public structures only made matters worse.

Regarding the first: I do not care to defend here Hartshorne's psychicalism against the criticism that it commits the pathetic fallacy (or «fallacy of mislocation,» as Shalom contends) by attributing to nature human - like feelings, actions, etc. 3 But I do wish to argue that he is innocent of trying to move from (a human - like) nature («event - cells,» etc.) to human beings and characteristically human activities.

Or the secularist may argue that we believe in God because we want to claim Divine sanction for our worldly interests and desires, and points to the allied and German soldiers in World War I singing hymns as they tried to kill each other, and the religious believer shakes his head sadly and admits that many Christians have done this from the beginning.

But I do argue against trying to resynthesize the spiritual from the physical.

I will not argue this view here and will try to carry on the discussion presupposing as little as possible my own peculiar proposals for a doctrine of God, proposals which depend upon, but differ from, Whitehead's own position.

The very fact that, in 2012, a presidential candidate from one party can create instant headlines by arguing against a speech made by a presidential candidate of the other party, more than 50 years ago, should be enough to convince any fair - minded American that we still have much work to do as we try to reason with each other about these questions.

Shane, I love the fact that you are trying to argue the ignorance and shortsightedness of the people who do not agree with your views, but how is anyone supposed to take you seriously when you are obviously far from educated.

Equally, however, one may argue from the same facts of poverty and deprivation to the conclusion that these are people whom Great Britain is failing and they are choosing to try to improve their lot by seeking governance closer to home.

At first they tried to be comforting, interpreting Job's trouble as disciplinary rather than punitive, but soon, with the hard rigor of convinced logicians accepting an unquestioned premise, they were arguing back from Job's misery to his antecedent and corresponding sin.

Please stop trying to argue from our point of view.

This became most evident with his 2000 book Papal Sin, one of several recent books from liberal Catholics trying to argue for their brand of Catholicism by the simple (if vulgar) expedient of beating up on the reputation of Pius XII.

Often, as we try to defend the practices and traditions of the church, we find ourselves talking in circles and arguing from the basis of the way things have always been done, which keeps us from thinking about how things could be done.

But I do realize that the atheist rant is pointless, especially where it tries to argue from an empirical / scientific standpoint because spirituality isn't about trying to figure things out from the outside in through research and data collection — it's when we see things from the inside out and the only valid instrument of measurement is our own being.

Where Matthew and Luke are parallel to Mark it can be argued that, generally speaking, they differ from Mark in ways (usually different) that suggest that both of them have tried to improve the style or the thought of their common source.

are you actually trying to argue that since the founding fathers did nt take it upon themselves to create a theocracy (in the absence of any direct instruction to do so from God), means that they actually did nt believe in God?

please spare me that.Every manager has a good side and a bad side.I'm not trying to insult him in away.That's a plain truth about Wenger.Wilshere, Szcz and Giroud are all players who wouldn't have been given as much chances in another top team.That's the way he always from when he first came till this day.Everybody knows this.He seems to love some players too much and even refuses to drop them from the squad or even sell them.You can argue all you want but it's a plain truth.In fact Wenger is known to be one of the few managers who give players chances constantly to prove themselves.Some pay off some don't.

1 in 2 is ok, but its not like it was years ago.footballs more attacking these days, we need a striker who can do better than that like Aguero or Costa.You say that many elite european teams have sucess without a prolific striker, but you failed to name them.lol.There are exceptions but on the whole most of the top teams have a WC striker a go to man from Barca (european champiions) to real madrid to PSG and even Bayern Munich all have WC centre forwrards up front.To try an argue otherwise is facile

if we get beat by that disgusting little rugby team and that little mark Hughes who got sacked by Man City we will fall apart and fans will be arguing again haha we are 1 game away from world war again, only way I see club going up announce Sanchez ox and oxlips new contracts and bring in van diik and beat Liverpool den only den will u see da club fans rocking again oh just before I go sead kolosinic let's see wat stoke player try's rough him up haha not this young man hell bounce u off ground hopefully Darren fletcher will try to upset da Bosnia rock and he breaks Darren in half I hate mark Hughes I hate fletcher I hate shawcross we no wat sparky plan is rough is up pls wenger have us ready to fire thank u goodnight

There is little point in arguing that the Arsenal and Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil is currently enjoying his best season since he signed from Real Madrid over two years back, although I would say that he was nothing like the waste of space that some in the football media tried to make out during the first two seasons.

It is part of the football philosophy of Arsene Wenger to try to build from solid foundations and while we sometimes get a little bit frustrated with the boss not seeming to focus enough on short term success it is hard to argue that having a good academy is not important.

I wasn't trying to make a pessimistic comment, just impressed that a topic so boring could be the one thing that actually keeps us all from arguing about a power ranking.

I'd argue that he tried that with JJ but he knew it would detract from the rest of the team's up tempoish style.

Though more satisfied supporters will argue that wins always justify the means, and with eight wins from 14 league games there certainly have been enough victories to keep some punters happy, United are a club with a reputation to service, and certain factions of fans who demand that their team try to win in style.

A business can argue, «It's not my fault; I got this other customer from that business and I know it hurt him but it's OK, I'm just trying to compete and trying to make money.»

For teenagers the choice to withdrawal meat from their diet is often due to ethical animal issues and not on trying to be «healthy» Teens are a hard bunch to argue with.

I know you're trying to argue for what you think is best for kids, but the research doesn't back you up on this, or the anecdotal evidence from the families who have done it!

Try to respect your child's views, even if you vehemently disagree, and refrain from arguing about it or expressing your views in an angry manner.

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Modern scholars have tried to argue that Lada is merely a character from a folk song and not a real deity; not that anyone has been paying attention to them.

(WBEN) Frank Miller, the attorney hired by the Buffalo Board of Education to try and help them oust Carl Paladino from the school board, turned the tables at hearings on Paladino's removal during his closing statements on Tuesday, For the past four days, Paladino's defense has argued that the...

Two veteran Democrats are challenging Mr. de Blasio in the primary: Tony Avella, a state senator from Queens who has challenged the mayor's approach to homelessness and fought for a Staten Island family trying to keep a large pig as a pet; and Sal Albanese, an Italian - born lawyer and former City Councilman from southwestern Brooklyn who, in his third mayoral run, has argued for a new tax on nonprimary residences — a «pied - à - terre» tax — to help fund affordable housing.

The governor has argued that his office was only trying to help the commission — not to keep it out of politically sensitive territory but to keep Moreland's investigators from blundering in ways that would be counterproductive to the goal of getting the Legislature to pass better ethics laws.

«I feel as if, instead of people seeing the good that he has done, they let the bad overshadow everything that he's trying to contribute to New York,» he said, arguing that Mr. Spitzer's personal failings were separate from his accomplishments in office.

«The unions have been trying to argue that people universally benefit from representation,» said Ken Girardin, an analyst with the Empire Center.

The ICPC lawyer argued that it was a misnomer for the state that is a vested party in the matter to seek fiat to try the accused persons, especially since they are politically exposed persons and had jumped ship from their previous political party.

«I think also — I want to phrase this carefully — I would argue that the bloodsport of trying to destroy people's lives and careers because its fun... and goes after their families, keeps many people from going into public service,» he said.

«It is clear his behaviour last night in whipping up a rally of largely non-Labour members and his refusal to accept any blame for the referendum defeat turned off a number of colleagues from the left who were considering abstaining or voting for him,» said the politician, who also argued that there was deep anger about the perception that Corbyn had not tried hard enough to mobilise Labour voters during the referendum campaign.

Wright argues, in common with other MPs, that the expenses scandal and lack of respect for parliament stemmed partly from the fact that the role of MPs trying to hold the government to account had been reduced to one of «heckling a steamroller».

«All I'll say is that I fought in battle to defend Dan Donovan's right to support John Kasich for president and to then vote against every single one of President Trump's major initiatives,» he said, arguing Donovan was trying to deflect from his voting record.

Labour can argue with that, try to put forward their case for the last goverment's economic record... but that conflicts with trying to distance themselves from Gordon Brown and the last Labour government.