Sentences with phrase «about common conversation»

After seeing the magnificent Dawes Glacier, I felt slightly ignorant because I usually pride myself on knowing at least the basics about common conversation pieces — but this time my previous conceptions seemed quite silly.

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«I suggest hiring and training what are called «ethical leaders» — supervisors who espouse and enact ethical behaviour, who talk about and promote ethics in the workplace, making it a common topic of conversation with their employees.
Leaders must appreciate that leadership is about continually searching for common needs and involves conversation, both listening and talking.
This wasn't quite like the typical conversations I have about the common challenges of running a startup with entrepreneurs, investors, and fellow technology reporters.
Mr. Thiel said, «I figured it would eventually come out,» adding that he was happy his role might spur a conversation about it being «extremely hard for the most common victims to get justice.»
The common political conversation about our shared economic future focuses on achieving an escape velocity where the post-war growth boom can return as usual.
The recent appointments of the three super females will help to break down some persistent stereotypes about women's competence, giving them credibility, legitimacy and a common language that allows them to join a global conversation.
They write: The common political conversation about our shared economic future focuses on achieving an escape velocity where the post-war growth boom can return as usual.
And one reason the conversation has become so toxic is because we've become convinced that the only thing we have in common is the biblical debate about same - sex relations.
In bringing about one of the great ecumenical goals — multilateral and bilateral conversations between denominations developing a common confession of faith — the UCC may have a Reformation role to play today.
«Talking about our earliest money memories is not common dinner conversation,» says Dr. Sonya Lutter, Ph.D., professor of personal financial planning at Kansas State University.
In the conversations of explosions, well you mayu have knowledge about common explosives you CLEARLY have NO knowledge of explosions in space.
Here some other key words from the book's title and subtitle must be underscored: the relationship between politics and religion must be thought about with reference to the common good; our conversations must be about how religion figures into our shared life.
Politics, Religion, and the Common Good: Advancing a Distinctly American Conversation About Religion in Our Shared Life By Martin E. Marty with Jonathan Moore.
We can not have a rationale conversation about the contents of The Babble until we have a common understanding of the truth or value of The Babble.
Only a joint faith in the possibility of finding some common ground can bring about genuine conversation between believers and non-believers, or between and among representatives of various faith traditions.
There was a time in this country when stupid people at least had enough common sense not to engage in conversation about things that were way above their heads.
Genuine pluralism is a civilizational achievement: the achievement of what Murray called an «orderly conversation» — a conversation about personal goods and the common good, about the relationship between freedom and moral truth, about the virtues necessary to form the kind of citizens who can live their freedom in such a way as to make the machinery of democracy serve genuinely humanistic ends.
It always involves a kind of resurrection of the minds of predecessors in the community of inquiry, and an entering into conversation with them about the common concern.
We have civil conversations about a topic we share a common interest in.
You don't move mountains on forums, but at the same time is it so hard to have a conversation and exchange of views about a common interest with people who can do better than bury their heads in the sand and blame luck, karma, star sign alignment?
Eschewing the extremes occupied by the loudest voices in the national concussion and youth sport conversation, the ones who either deny there is a serious issue that needs to be addressed (who they characterize as the «just a knock to the head» crowd) or have become so convinced that contact sports inevitably result in lifelong disability that they are so fundamentally unsafe that they should be abolished, they opt instead for the common sense middle ground - a place where MomsTEAM and I have been all along - a magical place where it is possible to have a «more thoughtful, science - based» dialog about the role of sports in our kids» lives.
But because this exposure is still fairly common, especially when children tend to use other computers outside the home, he says the software alone is not enough - parents need to continue to have regular conversations with their children about online safety.
With three kids, I have spent a ton of time talking about nursing but conversation about extended nursing isn't common over coffee — unless it's to bash it.
Since the moment I was sworn in as your assemblyman, the one topic that seems to come up in just about every conversation is the implementation of Common Core.
Ranzenhofer says he hopes the proposals open the door to other conversations about how to improve the Common Core learning standards.
We sent the letter to his office by email and fax and I think we need to have a common sense conversation about what we can do in this country, which I believe is the passage of common sense gun laws,» Poloncarz said.
«We had several conversations about what made them better than the Common Core standards.
«I wish I'd had the opportunity to have a conversation with each one of them about what it means to be president of the Common Council,» said Mayoral candidate and current Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin, who gives candidates this advice: be team players in trying to move the city forward... «Now the people that are runnin»?
It may seem intimidating to start a conversation with a stranger, but just talk about what you have in common, and keep the focus away from questions like, «Are there any openings?»
Hashimoto's disease deserves a spot in the conversation about hormone balance, as it's one of the most common conditions that can cause hormonal burnout and a host of vague symptoms you might attribute to other things.
Because it is so much easier to meet and strike up a conversation with someone when you have things in common to talk about.
I often end up having the conversation with my brides or friends getting married about «to veil or not to veil» as I know it's a common bridal quandry.
That way, you and your boss can have a common understanding of what exactly needs to be talked about — before you ever actually start the conversation.
You'll already have something in common and lots to talk about, so making conversation should be much easier.
Once you get used to navigating the site, and messaging a few people to see if they are actually online at the moment, and inviting others to join you in one of the AFF chat rooms at a certain time in the future, it's easy to get some conversations going about what things you have in common.
One of the most common fears people have is that they will have nothing to talk about so here are 10 questions which should keep the conversation going.
And, since the person you have in common with Jamie is your old youth minister, then you think Jamie might be someone you want to know more about so you strike up a conversation with ol' Jamie.
As a Jewish matchmaker I have conversations about love with singles from all walks of life and a common concern of many is a tendency to become -LSB-...]
Even a book to show the single is an avid reader, or a camera if they love taking photos, could be enough to get a conversation started about common interests.
One of the best things about amor.com is that they charge absolutely nothing to access the site, thus all that one requires is to create an account, and from there, one joins the conversation and starts to chat with others with who they have a common goal.
I don't care what language you use to communicate, if you're not using that language to have a conversation to learn about someone, to try to find common ground, you wont be going on very many dates.
As a Jewish matchmaker I have conversations about love with singles from all walks of life and a common concern -LSB-...]
You might find that you have absolutely nothing in common to talk about, apart from the mutual person who arranged the date, and conversation can dry up, creating more awkward moments.
It found large differences in the topics of conversation most common around the world, with Canadians talking about their preferences more than citizens of any other country.
Next time you're in each other's company, strike up a conversation about being single, talk about how hard it is to meet someone you've anything in common with, and throw in some qualities you would like in a partner and ask what they're looking for.
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Start a conversation about common hobbies or the problems of singlehood and so on.
Baggage bonding is when an early date shifts into deep conversation about some baggage you have in common.
You said there are two things that make a good first message noticing what I have in common with a girl, then starting a conversation about it.
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