Sentences with phrase «about the ambition of»

If we let him go that will say a lot about the ambitions of the club.

France international Olivier Giroud has spoken about his ambition of winning the Premier League with Chelsea after failing to do during his five - and - a-half year stay with Arsenal.

Both of these attitudes — the cynical opposition of some Tories to gay marriage and the mostly synthetic outrage against Moore — are, in my opinion, not about their subjects but about the ambitions of those who express such sentiments.

The symbol — an umbrella — which was designed by Obong Victor Attah, former Governor of Akwa Ibom State said all there was to say about the ambitions of the founding fathers of the PDP.

The news, which was first reported online on Monday, came after several months of speculation about the ambitions of Mr. Astorino, a former radio producer who was comfortably re-elected to a second term in Westchester in November.

In an interview, Victoria Siddall, the director of Frieze Masters, talked about the ambitions of the fair: «I want people to come away energized and excited by a feeling that they just saw some extraordinary masterpieces they would never expect to see at an art fair.»

Hands Over the City isa film about the ambitions of a corrupt real estate developer and city council member of the city of Naples (played by Rod Steiger).

Rolling out an unprecedentedly broad survey of artworks and collateral materials from its own collection, it shows us in nuanced and comprehensive terms what Leider and others have long argued about the ambitions of the New York School.

Citing UN documents, Lord Monckton said the summit and its broader agenda were actually about the ambition of the «governing class» to «rule the world with as few constraints as possible.»

«When politicians talk about an ambition of 2 degrees, if all goes reasonably well we get 3,» he said.

So maintain a balance in your answer and talk about your ambitions of reaching a senior position or learning and putting your best efforts while working towards the betterment of the organization.

Not exact matches

China announced its official Arctic policy to the world late last month, promoting Beijing's ambitions for the region and raising fears about a Chinese takeover of the polar zone.

FOURTEEN years ago, Karratha locals Sean and Lisa Clarke had ambitions to establish a vehicle hire business with a fleet of about 50 vehicles.

«There's a massive level of excitement about what it represents as a symbol of urban renewal, ambition for our city and recommitment to our downtown as the heart of it all,» says the 37 - year - old mayor.

«It was, to some Fed officials, a dangerous delegation of an important duty that had given the central bank access to crucial information about the soundness of the Wall Street firms it was dealing with,» write Gretchen Morgenson and Josh Rosner in Reckles $ Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon.

It's about each one of us, asking what we would do if we weren't afraid, and reaching for those ambitions, whatever they are,» Sandberg said.

Sorting out your personal money situation isn't necessarily about aiming for great wealth or financial independence (though go for it, if that's your goal), it's also a great way to take control of your time, your career, and your ambitions — all while reducing your day - to - day anxiety.

Following Israel's reveal of a massive trove of stolen documents which they say shows that Iran has lied about their nuclear ambitions, the White House put out a now - amended statement on Monday, which said Iran currently «has» a secret nuclear weapons program.

Theranos is one of the most talked - about companies in Silicon Valley, partly because it was founded by Elizabeth Holmes when she was just 19, in 2003, and represents a huge ambition.

North Korea's hidden artillery pieces have managed to deter outside invaders for decades, but with Kim scrambling to perfect his fleet of intercontinental ballistic missiles and top US officials viewing Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions like a ticking time bomb, the use of the US's most advanced aircraft in exercises signals the US is serious about the possibility of war.

In stump speeches before alumni, he has talked about what Harvard is now calling the «five I's»: innovation, intellectual ambition, internationalization, inclusion, and integration with the rest of the university.

The recipe for business success requires a dose of ambition and dedication, and a healthy portion of perseverance, but make no mistake about it, money is the ingredient that will ultimately make it sustainable.

Like the global march of the company he started, there's something inexorable - seeming about Mark Zuckerberg's ambitions to be Commander - in - Chief of the United States of America, whether or not those ambitions exist.

Zuckerberg carefully negotiated a clause that would allow him to take a leave from Facebook to serve in public office or government, so presumably he has some sort of political beliefs — if not outright political ambition — as well as some core ideas about what's good for society and what's not.

While she has nothing against Sandberg, whom she praises as super smart and extremely supportive of women's ambitions, Trunk still has questions about whether Sandberg's success is actually an appealing option for the vast majority of women.

The bottom line is that Apple's ambitions in the content industries seem to be hampered in part by a lack of a consistent vision about what the company wants to do and why, combined with a culture clash between existing movie studios and TV networks about who is the most important player in the relationship, and who gets to control the terms.

While the government can't tell the company what to publish, the rest of us can keep asking it to come clean about its politics and ambitions.

If you look more like the parent of someone about to go to the prom rather than the kid in the rented tux, are your chances of finding support for your entrepreneurial ambitions lessened?

This is a man who genuinely does not care about the health & safety of women — only about his political ambitions.

And to elevate the notion of financial planning beyond the abstract, we invited an expert to dissect and redirect the finances of Mark Moerdler and Galina Datskovsky, an entrepreneurial couple with plenty of questions about how to translate their company's fast growth into the achievement of their family's financial ambitions.

One of the biggest areas of ambition right now is our Internet.org project, which as you guys have read about, is the goal to bring the Internet to the two - thirds of the world that don't have it, more quickly than they otherwise would.

Poetically, the things about Wolff that his colleagues seem to hate the most — his ambition, his social climbing, his worship of status and buzz and money, his self - referentiality and solipsism — are seen by some as the perfect reflection of the world he covers (and thus the key to his success).

They think we're not capable of bringing the same optimism, ambition and co-operation to real - life problems because there's something magical about games not being real that makes us better.

Since many Americans go out with people they don't know very well, it's common to ask plenty of questions — about one's background, education, ambitions, etc. — to get to know each other.

China is slowly and fitfully lowering its financial barriers with the rest of the world, as Beijing tries to balance its desire for stability with its ambitions to have a much greater say in the global conversation about money.

But if by taking a run at Mark Carney, these Liberals have initiated a never - ending cycle of speculation about the possible political ambitions of future Governors of the Bank of Canada, they will have weakened — perhaps fatally — the foundations of Canadian monetary policy.

Learn more about the five dimensions of the Future of Work to propel your ambitions forward, decode the future and drive change.

(Reuters)- Uber Technologies Chief Executive Travis Kalanick said about 30 percent of the ride - hailing company's trips now take place in China, underlining how important the world's second - biggest economy is to Uber's global growth ambitions.

Sinister ambitions of governments and multinational corporations aside, you should also worry about the threat of bugs and hackers going after smart speakers.

President Xi's view that China should put its power into practice and take an active role in regional and global affairs, which was solidified at the 19th Party Congress with his consolidation of power, creates greater uncertainty in Russia about China's long - term ambitions.

With two advanced technology centers, one at Carnegie Mellon and another at the University of Arizona, the ride - hailing company has been clear about its ambitions to create a network of on - demand self - driving cars.

When asked about Apple's ambition of developing an electric car, Musk replied that it is good for a company to foray in the automotive industry.

The push for new credit scores is not really about competition or access to credit for low income households, but rather the corporate ambitions of the major consumer credit bureaus.

That ambition is also pitting Google against car companies, which all have existing (albeit less developed) autonomous driving programs of their own and are uneasy about moves from tech companies into their sector.

His other books include Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy — and What We Can Do About It, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (McGraw - Hill Professional); Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets are Moral and Big Government Isn't, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, August 2012); How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, November 2009); and Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today... and the Lessons You Can Learn, co-authored by John Prevas (Crown Business, June 2009).

One of the things I worry about is personal ambition.

The cult has often been seen as little more than a gross form of flattery, motivated by the political ambitions of provincial elites, or the consequence of crude manipulation or megalomania on the part of emperors, the best of which, it is often remarked, were reticent about its development.

When they face their fellows they are not thinking primarily about what they can get out of them and, as for life as a whole, their ambition is to be gentlemen, as George Bernard Shaw has defined one — a man who tries, in one form or another, to put more into life than he takes out.

As the years went on, Richard seemed to grow ever more knowledgeable, poised, intellectually many - sided, and well informed about the vast array of conflicts, arguments, clashing ambitions, and hidden purposes that mark our national civic life.

Is it really likely that when the Romans heard Paul's words about creation being «subjected to futility» in 8:20 they «could well have thought about how imperial ambitions, military conflicts, and economic exploitation had led to the erosion of the natural environment throughout the Mediterranean world, leaving ruined cities, depleted fields, deforested mountains, and polluted streams as evidence of this universal human vanity»?