Sentences with phrase «away than the promise»

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Along with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Buffett is a founder of The Giving Pledge, which is a promise made by more than 100 billionaires to give their fortunes away.

Republican lawmakers in the Senate are days away from perhaps a final deadline on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, a seminal promise from the party for more than seven years.

These 14 billionaires just promised to give away more than half of their money like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett

The problem is it's easier to give someone more of something than take away what you've already promised.

Three tactics proved especially promising: 1) moving away from «direct» sales and toward integrated campaigns that drove purchases in retail stores; 2) using DRTV as an inexpensive testing vehicle, rather than an all - or - nothing launch pad; and 3) maximizing margins by relentlessly optimizing costs and sales prices.

I promise you'll walk away with a totally different mindset than you had before you started!!

It seems that is largely the case here, albeit as a weapon for supporting pipelines — if you can promise someone that the pipeline will enhance energy security, they are more likely to smile and nod than to ask you to define it, so you can get away with it as a soundbite.

Often, a niche may look promising from far away, but as you get deeper and deeper in it — usually after launching and investing some money into — more competitors turn up, customers seem a lot more finicky, and it seems a lot more difficult than it actually was.

God's promised fulfillment includes, among other things, the image of a New Jerusalem where «death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away» (Rev. 21:4) As we begin to engage in the business of genetic co-creation, how can we be sure that our path goes toward this fulfillment rather than toward some irreversible destruction?

(Can't give you the details as I'm writing a memoir and don't wish to give the good bits away in case it gets published) Even though I have doubted all the other stuff along the years — promises etc that didn't come to pass, despite my diligent prayer and obedience, I still cry out to «something out there» because I am spirit in a human body, and know that I am on a journey that has to mean more than simply this earthly plain.

STONER»S PRAYER Now I pass out into sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep Grant no other stoner take My weed and bong before I wake Keep me safely in thy sight And grant no crackhead's thrill tonight And in the morning let me awake Breathing scents of wake «n bake God protect me in my dreams and make this better than it seems Grant the time may siwftly fly When myself shall be so high In a green grass weed bed Where I long to rest my head Far away from all these scenes And the smell of bammer smoked by beans Take me back into the land Where the cops never take you out Where the weed won't burn my throat like sand; Where the scent of chronis blows Where the good Mary Jane grows; Take me back and I'll promise then Never to leave BC again... - Anonymous

He concludes by describing the personally comforting, otherworldly salvific «promise from Jesus to soothe our sorrows, heal our hearts, and drive away our fears,» for whosoever believeth «will be part of something far more powerful, enduring, and good than all the forces here on earth.

«Brown Panther seems in great form and this has been the plan since Dubai; we have to give weight away to five talented rivals which is less than ideal but Panther was, arguably, as good as ever in Dubai last time and we are looking forward to what promises to be a terrific renewal of this valuable and prestigious event.»

Unlike newborns, and younger babies, infants of this age are even more interactive than their younger selves, usually well - established into a sleeping and eating routine (that will not be blown away permanently by a few disruptions due to travel — promise!)

I promise you will come away with more than you could imagine.

If their supporters weren't playing away from home with smaller parties, they might well be less than fired up by a governmental agenda that perhaps wasn't delivering all that was originally promised.

With a coalition minister so silent on the problem that even a staunch politico might struggle to name Mark Prisk, the coalition government has lost its momentum since Grant Shapps — a man more fond of announcement than action — was reshuffled away to prevent him making another promise he couldn't keep.

More than 700,000 students in more than 1,200 New York City schools — including large high schools in all five boroughs — would face higher class sizes, have fewer teachers and lose after - school academic and enrichment programs if President - elect Trump makes good on a campaign promise to pull billions of federal dollars away from public schools to pay for private vouchers, a UFT analysis has found.

This dress better than most answers that question... it's the place where the worries of life slip away... a place of promise and potential... where problems can be solved and beautiful things await.

• Jessica (Candice Bergen) sings her blaring promise that it'll be «Better Than Ever» as Phil (Burt Reynolds) blanches in the mirror; Alan Pakula refuses to cut away — Starting Over...

When Celica is taken away from Alm's isolated village and revealed to be more than just a normal kid, Alm promises to find her.

(In French, English and Russian with subtitles) Jean - Michel Basquait: The Radiant Child (Unrated) «Better to Flameout Than to Fade Away» bio-pic recounting the meteoric rise and untimely demise of Basquait (1960 - 1988), the Brooklyn - born, black graffiti scofflawt - turned - legit fine art phenom whose promise future was consumed by the heroin overdose which claimed his life at the age of 27.

Over time, the promises will melt away, and, in most states, performance standards will be significantly lower for disadvantaged students than the modest bar set by No Child.

Fuel economy figures are a ways away from public release, but Ford promises Transits will «achieve an average of 25 percent better fuel economy» than the old E-series.

It does, however, promise to provide a few things we haven't seen before in eReaders — lots of individual developers and companies of all sizes offering new features to users, attempts to expand the usefulness of the Kindle without taking away too much from the focus on reading, use of the wireless for features other than book downloads and basic browsing, the ability to cater to the needs of specific demographics, personalization and customization.

Some people have said the government's recent economic statements have more to do with them wanting to back away from their election promise to lower taxes than anything else.

But rather than sticking that cash in your wallet and letting mocha lattes and vending machines erode it away, store it in your savings account and earmark it for a higher purpose, like that vacation you've been promising yourself the last three years.

Each year, the Foundation receives many more grant requests than it can fund, and often we must turn away exciting studies and promising scientists.

On the downside, Hilton did away with its award charts in 2017 in exchange for the Hilton Honors points calculator and a promise that the number of points needed for a free night wouldn't ever be higher than what the price was for that particular hotel category.

Inkle described Heaven's Vault as its «most ambitious, beautiful and complex game to date» when it was announced, and Ingold didn't back away from that claim, calling it «bigger, better, and deeper» than 80 Days — quite a promise, given how good 80 Days is.

Get your body ready as we are less than an hour away from a new Nintendo Direct that has promised to highlight information about games heading to the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS in the coming months.

Although it's still more than eight months away, Women of Abstract Expressionism promises to be groundbreaking.

With no fewer than 205 galleries from 36 countries exhibiting in two expansive piers, The Armory Show 2016 promises to offer a lot of art to take it (and walk away with) when opens in New York City on March 3 - 6, 2016.

Tate had considered promoting the performance on January 6 — which, without giving anything away, promises to be spectacular — as the main event, rather than the tree itself.

But still, the client remains disappointed because he came away with less than you'd promised.

The promise of a brand new Android tablet wrapped underneath your tree for less than $ 200 is hard to ignore; couple that with the fact that should something go awry, Dell is just a phone call away, and the Venue becomes a no - brainer.

The lack of a true crafting system and an unnecessary character customization system takes away some of its sheen, but the over-the-top Arcade mode, an impressively deep map editor and the promise of ongoing in - game events makes this a far more attractive time sink than previous entries.

The OnHub router promises to whisk your Wi - Fi woes away, while the iBackPack crams more technology into a bag than should be reasonably allowed.

Many times, it's because they have allowed into their lives mosquitoes that masquerade as friends and colleagues, new tech tools that promise more productivity, or time - saving activities that do nothing more than pull your attention away from what really matters and what's going to make you money.