Sentences with phrase «are big people in»

There are big people in Wisconsin.»

No, it's called gravity, and there is no big person in the sky forcing everything to fall.

[Barry Alvarez] always used to say there's always going to be big people in Wisconsin.

I'm writing this article because although I am a coach, and a yoga teacher, I still have to remind myself daily that being the biggest person in my yoga class is okay.

Not exact matches

Generation Z — people born after 1996 — is about to hit the working world in a big way.

When a relationship hits a serious stage and couples get married or commit to each other in some big way, people are often too overcome with excitement or too overwhelmed by the prospect of spending forever with this person to have a deep discussion about where their priorities lie.

Times editorial board member Elizabeth Williamson writes that wealthier tech employees seem to support Clinton; meanwhile, those living in «a less glamorous Silicon Valley, inhabited by brainy young people whose long hours power the big companies and whose college debt is so heavy that some of them can't even qualify for a credit card» are «feeling the Bern.»

«A lot of hackers are asking for bitcoin, and that's a big worry of people in the space and regulators,» as Lorentzen says.

The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater in England) had demanded a bigger cut of a business deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.

With every Mars rendezvous we will be sending a Dragon — at least a Dragon to Mars, and ultimately the big spaceship — so if there are people that are interested in putting payloads on Dragon, you know you can count on a ship that's going to transport something on the order of at least 2 or 3 tons of useful payload to the surface of Mars.

Independent developers — often just a handful of people and sometimes just a single individual — are popping up faster than mushrooms in a Super Mario game, and they're taking a big chunk of the pie through a thousand little slices.

«In a year from now, what we want is for this not only to be nationally present, but something that people see as a big part of their every day lives,» Elliott says.

And it's a break from the past: Gathering the 50 smartest people in an industry together in one room to talk shop is not necessarily something that would have happened during the highly competitive Mad Men era of big advertising.

The consulting that I was contracted to do for her was exciting and her company was making a big difference in the lives of people who really needed it.

And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.

From humble beginnings to one of China's richest people, self - made billionaire Zhang Xin told «Managing Asia» in 2012 why wealth was not her biggest motivator.

The good news is that there are some easy things that people can do regularly that can make a big difference in their performance and long - term prospects.

Stiglitz told us that this decades - old debate about how to balance the creation of short - term and long - term value is recently gaining new life in the US because of the venomous class class tensions and ugly politics arising out of income inequality, and because people in positions of power are looking at the big picture and realizing that something has to change.

In fact, the bigger you think... the easier it is to find people who want to think big — and do big things — with you.

«The best way to make some progress on this... wasn't to go out and hire a consultant, as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day,» says Toronto Mayor John Tory.

I wanted to get a sense of whether or not these sneakers were as comfortable and easy to fall in love with as other cult - favorites (Allbirds being the most obvious)-- specifically because the greatest indicator of a shoe becoming «the next big thing» is generally whether or not people actually like wearing them.

«I'm a big investor in people's enthusiasm,» he says.

How do I reach out and grab people in different ways because I'm never going to compete against the big category spenders?

«One of the biggest attractions of Invoke was that [people] could wind up getting hired in an agency and being employee number four or five at Hootsuite,» says Tedman, who is no longer involved in the company's day - to - day operations.

In a realm of swirling, incomprehensible big biological data — which is, perhaps, another way of thinking about the human body — the opportunity to use computer learning to better anticipate which drugs will work well (and not so well) in any one person is one we shouldn't pass uIn a realm of swirling, incomprehensible big biological data — which is, perhaps, another way of thinking about the human body — the opportunity to use computer learning to better anticipate which drugs will work well (and not so well) in any one person is one we shouldn't pass uin any one person is one we shouldn't pass up.

Open - plan offices and specific «perks» that seemed great in other people's businesses may not work for yours, and your real concern for that big office plan should be in what makes your worker strongest

Be respectful and don't interrupt people who are working, but catching someone making a coffee in the kitchen, give them a big smile and learn a bit about their day in a friendly, non-creepy way.

For Fernandes, he's a «big believer» in being an entrepreneur, but in conversation with CNBC, he added that people can garner a lot through «invaluable experience,» with the CEO himself having learned a lot from working at Warner Music and with Virgin Group founder Richard Branson.

The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.

As the always - incisive Bryan Roberts, framed it for me in a conversation around this time last year, hospitals «are essentially big capital assets trying to stuff people through them.»

In the last few years, ironically, credit bureaus that handle reports on people refinancing mortgages have become big customers of factors because the banks to which they sell the reports are experts at cash management.

One of the biggest problems I see in the entrepreneurial community is that people are trying to be too controlling.

The problem with a lot of these fads, and offices in general, is that many are made at the behest of the big boss making assumptions about what their people need to work their hardest.

Steve Buckley figured that out and thought the best way to make some progress on this, and I think he's right, wasn't to go out and hire a consultant as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in from the DMZ and so on who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day.

You could also earn some tips in the process so it's a great option for people that are looking to do something in their spare time, similar to the big ride - sharing apps that are hogging up app stores everywhere.

I was working lots of hours during tax season and felt that I could make a bigger impact in people's lives if I quit and started my own business.

While investors will have to find stocks with higher yields, pay more for them and take on more risk in bonds, the biggest change in a permanently low - rate world is that people will need to set aside more of every paycheque if they want to keep the same goal for retirement income.

In addition to serving as the chair of Virgin Unite, she is also the founder and trustee of her own non-profit, Big Change, and the co-chair of We Day UK, an annual event that celebrates young people making a difference in the worlIn addition to serving as the chair of Virgin Unite, she is also the founder and trustee of her own non-profit, Big Change, and the co-chair of We Day UK, an annual event that celebrates young people making a difference in the worlin the world.

The difference is that they have done it by connecting with other big brands, rather than people, in their area.

The venture - backed startup path is such a big part of society in this zeitgeist right now that it's attracting people that it's not the right fit for.

«In everyday interactions with significant others, people often assume that momentary distractions by their cell phones are not a big deal,» another researcher involved in the study, Meredith David, saiIn everyday interactions with significant others, people often assume that momentary distractions by their cell phones are not a big deal,» another researcher involved in the study, Meredith David, saiin the study, Meredith David, said.

It is the biggest scam ever, such a huge gigantic scam that's going to blow up in so many people's faces,» he said, adding: «It's far worse than anything I was ever doing.»

She added: «The biggest mistake people make is thinking it's really not that important, and they just take a picture with their phone in the house or backyard with clutter and real life peeking through.

There's one I use that promotes my mission, which is «helping people and business tell stories in ways that lead to bigger, better things.»

Late this year, Imax announced two big movie releases in China: Dragon Blade, starring Jackie Chan, promising a «thrilling story of heroism, friendship and betrayal, which has never before been depicted on film,» and John Woo's The Crossing, a two - part historical epic about the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

I'm not cavalier about other people's money or jobs, but here that doesn't qualify as risk, which is weird because in many, many countries, quitting your job and starting a company and taking money from someone and losing it is a big, big no - no.

Because disruptions are nothing new: We've seen dozens of them in recent years: A young entrepreneur has a big idea, shakes things up and emerges with a multi-billion dollar business that leaves people gaping, imitating, disbelieving and envying, all amid a dizzying swirl of emotions.

THE BIG PICTURE: The BlackBerry, pioneered in 1999, has been the dominant smartphone for on - the - go business people and had also crossed over to consumers.

The company has donated people - hours and expertise in building out the platform itself and has also made cash donations to the International Rescue Committee and to UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency — but it's the hosts that will make the biggest social impact.

But the biggest lesson for ensuring that I was being an interesting person who drew others in came down to asking the right questions.