Sentences with phrase «accept the status quo of»

«But having accepted the status quo of what people want these days, we said we'll produce what we hope to be a very sporty version of this type of vehicle.»

I think the problem that makes many authors frustrated is that the publishers don't nurture all creative types, and they have been so selective that they've put themselves in the position of people now having options rather than just accepting the status quo of an industry that failed to nurture their talent and passion.

You however, you want to be a trader, which means you have the mentality of a badass «rock star» who doesn't accept the status quo of what society has to offer.

Not exact matches

Memorable bosses stand out because they are willing to take an unpopular stand, take an unpopular step, accept the discomfort of ignoring the status quo, and risk sailing uncharted waters.

We are the voice of a generation that refuses to accept rampant gun violence as a status quo.

To recognize this «given - ness» does not mean to accept the political or economic status quo, as if it reflected presumed orders of nature; it is rather to acknowledge that limits in knowing, as elsewhere, accompany our (common) existence as human beings.

Who is misled, misinformed, and softly wooed into simple acceptance of the status quo, into accepting the way things are, into believing that things can never be changed — that the poor will continue to get poorer and the rich richer.

The dynamics of being poor are such that the oppressed poor finally accept the inhumanity and the humiliation of their situation; they accept the status quo as the normal course of life.

Will we accept some of their customs and perspectives or are we saying that «you're welcome here» with the understanding that they will blend in with the status quo?

The Catholic Church's nuanced teaching on the condition of souls, whether Catholic or Protestant, can help people be charitable toward those with whom they may disagree, but it was never intended to be a license for religious indifferentism or gentlemanly negotiation of acceptance of some status quo, e.g., «You try to accept the Pope and we'll work on accepting Jesus into our hearts as our personal Lord and Savior.»

Don't accept what has become status quo for our club and stay silent or the board will hand him another contract to ensure more years of underachievement (on the football field and not in fiscal terms).

Because the sentimental AKB brigade continue to dwell in the past and accept the mediocrity that has painfully become the status quo of this club.

Two things — this «whole blog is about accepting the status quo» — look around you on this site, the AOBs are out in force, the most numerous and vocal of all the «Arsenal supporters» on here by far.

Few months back I considered myself a rabid AOB sort of a Piers Morgan type, after some time I came to terms with myself that nothing was going to change, it did not matter my tirades or how many comments would post, things at ARSENAL would not change, our destiny is intertwine with AW till the day he decides is enough for him or his Contract is over, for sure not before that, SO there is no point anymore in pointing AW deficiencies nor trashing the Man, he reached the top of his abilities and is consistent with that, making the top 4 reaching the last 16 at the CL and as a BONUS last year maybe this one the FA Cup, reality is he will not reach anything more and we just have to settle and accept (as he has done) our STATUS QUO a good team but not good enough........

Anyone thinking of continuing with the status quo and accepting the club's current mess need to really wake up now because this is reality.

Perhaps what I notice most is Waldorf imbued me with a love of learning that keeps me constantly occupied, excited, and unwilling to accept the status quo.

But it's also possible that the White House is caving altogether, passively accepting the gutting of improved school food nutrition standards by corporations with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.

How do we avoid the wrong paths of either accepting the status quo meekly or giving up altogether and preparing to leave?

At a stroke, sortition — selection by lot — would achieve Andrew Adonis's and Paul Tyler's objectives (Status quo is not an option, Comment, 23 April) of making the second chamber more representative (in the same way a jury is representative) and cheaper to run (I'm sure most of us would accept a fraction of the daily # 300 peers currently get for attendance).

«We've been told to sit quiet and accept the status quo,» said Hochul, who told the crowd she was attending «on behalf of Governor Cuomo.

In a statement announcing their endorsement, the Freedom Caucus said «our constituents will simply not accept a continuation of the status quo» and that «under the present circumstances and without significant changes to Conference leadership and process, [Webster] would be best equipped to earn back the trust of the American people.»

Most commentators and evidence producers appear to be accepting key features of the status quo as unchangeable givens: party centralisation, high spending parties and voter discontent and disaffiliation.

«If you say, I have to have 100 percent of what I want, then you have to accept the status quo.

After Mayor Bill de Blasio swept up more than 70 percent of the vote in a Democratic primary many anticipated he would win — bringing him one step closer to re-election — he said he had made progress in his first term but would not «accept the status quo» and keep pressing for change.

They have prided themselves on being a party of moderation - shorthand for «accept the status quo» - and as such should not be trusted.

And in a year in which the status quo at state Capitol is under assault from virtually every direction, Martland is calling on Breslin to return the insurance largesse, labeling it a fundamental conflict of interest that he accepts such a large portion of his campaign war chest from an industry he's supposed to be regulating.

However, as word about disenfranchised communities continues to make headlines and the next generation of environmental and social activists — who Zenner says are unwilling to «accept status quo bullshit» — continues to speak up, she is confident we can find solutions.

Discomfort in what I had accepted as the status quo... ALL of that is what prompted me to make a change.

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Dating in the gay and lesbian community has always come with its set of challenges, but with Bespoke, these challenges don't have to be accepted as the status quo.

Seattle, WA About Blog Equestrian Blog for people who are tired of tradition, accepting the status quo, and otherwise ignoring rampant horse welfare issues.

We've sat through an entire generation of fantasy and science fiction films about a protagonist gifted with extraordinary powers who first Resists, then Accepts The Call, which almost always involves saving the world, defeating a powerful villain, and re-establishing the status quo.

Experience suggests that when parents, policymakers, or civic leaders are made aware of the costs, rules, and protections the agreements impose, they are much less willing to accept the status quo and more willing to back hard - nosed district leadership.

Founded in 2004 as a school designed to meet the needs of a new economy, BART's history is one of not accepting the status quo.

Unwilling to accept status quo, she battled to get her daughter and youngest son into Hunter College Elementary, the state - funded school for the gifted that even parents who swear they will only send their children to public schools are willing to make an exception for, as well as spend thousands of dollars on test prep.

It takes a lot to change a status quo that's been accepted with few questions for generations, especially one that affects tens of thousands of California teachers, millions of public school students and so many parents.

Furthermore, this support of community schools demonstrates a willingness to not accept the status quo and prescribe more charter schools, as is the policy of the current mayor, but instead to do the research and find ways that empower the community.

We can no longer accept a status quo that has allowed so many schools to fail our students year after year, where only 7.9 % of all 11th graders test college ready and more than 120,000 attend low performing schools.

A quarter (23 %) of people support all existing grammar schools being forced to accept children of all abilities, whilst the status quo option of retaining existing grammar schools but not allowing any more was backed by a further 17 %.»

He is responsible for a number of international patents stemming from ideas that set out to challenge the status quo in one way or another, life experience which gave him his tenets: always challenge accepted norms, the past is never dead, and believe what you read at your peril.

To persuade one of the Publisher Defendants to stay with the others and sign an agreement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote to an executive of the Publisher Defendant's corporate parent that the publisher had only two choices apart from signing the Apple Agency Agreement: (i) Accept the status quo («Keep going with Amazon at $ 9.99»); or (ii) continue with a losing policy of delaying the release of electronic versions of new titles («Hold back your books from Amazon»).

To look away is to accept the status quo, to leave each man to his tiny sphere of influence, the small buffer of pride and poise that surrounds and keeps him.

Full of encouragement to work hard and the tools that will get you there, this is a great tool for anyone who refuses to accept the status quo.

The irritating aspects of many RPGs — random encounters, fetch quests, forgettable NPCs — are often accepted with a sigh and «that's just the way it is», but Xenoblade instead questions why this is so and offers alternatives which are frequently better than the status quo.

Some staff members here at AllGamers clearly remember how Gran Turismo disrupted the gaming status quo, which until that point had accepted console racing to be Ridge Racer or Sega Rally and all kinds of clones.

Are we guilty of simply maintaining the status quo by accepting that teaching and art practice are two separate and distinct activities?

Ever since, I have been on the alert for what could be called «status quo» art — beautiful, even intellectually compelling and culturally relevant, but within the confines of the expected and the accepted.

This is climate denial of the status quo sort, where people accept the science, and indeed make long speeches about the immorality of passing on a ruined world to our children.

Further conflation is apparent in the same article (discussed at Climate Etc.) and even phrased using terms of (religious) culture: «It is to find the essential balance between orthodoxy and heresy, between a total commitment to the status quo and the blind pursuit of new ideas, between being open - minded enough to accept radical new ideas and so open - minded that your brains fall out.

Those who want to preserve the status quo have continued to deny and attack the expert consensus because it's a «gateway belief»: when people are aware of the high level of scientific agreement on human - caused global warming, they're more likely to accept that climate change is happening, that humans are causing it, and support policies to reduce carbon pollution.