Sentences with phrase «came up to me the other»

«A lady came up to me the other day,» he said, «and said, «You Pat Boone?»

Someone in my building came up to me the other day and said, «Your son is doing the building a public service.

«One of my neighbors came up to me the other day and said, «You know, I really like Shawshank, but one of my favorite films is The Hudsucker Proxy!

Not exact matches

We still have all the different soundbites on Iran and the May 12 deadline is coming up,» Petromatrix strategist Olivier Jakob said, referring to an upcoming date by which the United States has said it will withdraw from a nuclear deal with Iran if the other signatories to the deal do not meet certain conditions.

But, relaxing in the sun, Bannon had some time to reflect and come up with a new and healthier model for thinking about vacations — one other guilt - ridden business owners might benefit from.

30 minutes later he came up to me and told me he was thinking about our discussion and I have a couple of other ideas for you.

According to Desmond, about half of the event's revenue comes from sponsors, while the other half comes from ticket prices — both from general attendees, and start - ups that participate in Startup Alley, the exhibitor portion of the event.

Having stood up to Mr. Comey, Silicon Valley should demonstrate the same fortitude when it comes to China and Russia and absolutely refuse to allow intrusions by these and other police states.

With these and other changes afoot, it's worth taking a look at current global rankings to see how China, the US, and other countries stack up when it comes to air quality, total energy use, and renewable contributions to power production.

«When [Michel and I] decided to get married, we understood: We're not promising to love each other forever, because you can't do that, but we are promising to work on whatever problems come up,» she explained to Glamour magazine in 2014.

Foreigners are coming in and buying up property with anonymous shell companies and some of that is perfectly legitimate but some of it is clearly money laundering and corrupt officials and other people using their cash to park it in property and making it impossible for the people who live there to afford it.

«We were able to come up with a road map to achieving this and because it was so thoughtfully done, it was then very easy for other governments to look at it, study it, and say, «Wow, everyone can work with this?

I won't reveal yet who my favorites are, but I will say that these young scientist - founders came up with very creative solutions for preventing infections in some common surgeries, tackling resistance in targeted antibody drugs, improving gene vectors for cell therapies, helping the vision - impaired «see» faces and better read their environments, imaging hard - to - see spots in the lungs and other organs, improving genetic risk analysis, and expediting the logistical operations of hospitals.

I think you have to hope that... they step up, as Bell has done and make these kinds of investments that triggers a response from their competitors and that other people are at least prepared to look, even if it's on a limited basis like Beanfield has, at coming into the marketplace.

In other words, when it comes to creating a template for scaling up your sales force, cut once and measure twice, or maybe five times.

As a morning person, I tend to complete those activities before noon, which then gives me time to address other urgent items that come up during the day.»

Other private ventures have set out to master fusion, made some initial progress, but run out of capital and investors» patience when it came time to scale up to the next level.

Bringing refugees to the U.S. will be a long and arduous process that may never come to fruition — but that doesn't mean businesses can't step up in other ways.

I've seen entrepreneurs work for days trying to come up with a fair offer for someone they'd love to have onboard - sweating the numbers, comparing the offer to the comp of other key players, checking with outside advisors, doing every bit of homework possible in order to get to their best proposal.They become heavily invested (financially, but even more psychologically) in the offer and the outcome because they believe it's fair to everyone and the absolute best they can do.

There will certainly be other things that come up in due diligence, but a reasonable outline of how to treat items that fluctuate, such as inventory, liabilities, pre-payments, accounts receivable, and so forth, should be covered.

If you are finding it hard to come up with enough content to meet the needs of your following, consider repurposing content from other relevant Instagram accounts.

It's much easier to do this than having to purchase the fish and still come up with other capital to pay a marketing company for their services.

Considering that a researcher might find a vulnerability in a tool in 2018 and not report it, it's imperative for the small business owner to take a step further in protecting themselves, even if it means working with other business in order to come up with an affordable solution.

DARPA is offering $ 2 million (U.S.) to the brilliant mind who can come up with an AI solution for managing wireless spectrum, which are the airwaves over which cellphones, radios, TVs and other things transmit.

This topic came up recently at a meeting where everyone was bemoaning the funding cutbacks in social services in many cities and the fact that outreach efforts, awareness campaigns and other marketing initiatives were among the first things to be dropped.

Leaders who master the practice of good listening will be more apt to intuitively understand the other person's story by searching conversations for depth and meaning, digging deeper than casual listeners, and getting to the root of an issue in order to come up with the right solution.

The discovery of the network leads to some intriguing theories about why people often fail to come up with creative solutions when they're focusing on a problem but succeed later, when they're doing other things, like taking a shower or watching a movie.

If we can give customers the feeling of giving back, we can extend into Toms Hotels or Toms Banking or other ideas we haven't come up with yet, because the One for One model can be relevant to many things consumers do.

You may, in other words, evolve into a great leader yourself, but that usually comes after a period of signing up to support another person's vision.

Without net neutrality, the large cable companies and other ISPs would be free to provide multiple levels of service, and there is a concern that new ventures and up and coming entrepreneurs would be faced with a barrier to entry that they simply couldn't afford to clear.

Gates brought up the values alignment problem when it comes to AI: «One thing to make sure the people who create the first strong AI have the right values and ideally that it isn't just one group way out in front of others.

You don't have to go to the place that comes up first when you Google «fun tours» in X city — one that every other tourist will also be on.

Another good option is encouraging employees to work from home if they don't feel 100 % up to coming in, so they can save on using a sick day and don't infect others.

Good news is that we will be notified immediately when something needs to be cleaned up, because a car that comes across debris will notify every other car.

Talks to draw up a new executive in Germany between the pro-business FDP (Free Democratic Party), Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU (Christian Democratic Union), its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Greens came to an end at the weekend, after the FDP decided to walk out for what it saw as a lack of compromise from other parties.

Roll - ups are inexpensive — usually in the $ 20 to $ 30 range — they're great for travel since they pack up easily, and they're also good for use in kitchens or other places they're likely to come in contact with food.

Google says it wants to develop ways to incorporate other kinds of analytics and advertising, by coming up with a centralized library of code that can integrate with any analysis or advertising network's back - end.

«Ontario is in competition with other jurisdictions,» Hornung observes, «be it New York state, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, who are all trying to encourage these manufacturers to come into their jurisdictions and set up shop.»

This means engaging on social media, posting to a company blog, sending an email to loyal customers, and coming up with other creative responses that make sense for your market and your brand.

When it comes to Princess Charlotte or Prince George, or any other royal children for that matter, they better not put up a fight about eating because if they're not done by the time the Queen is done eating, then they're going to be a little hungry!

Part of the reason comes from job cuts that left more compensation on the table for other workers to snap up.

The new report comes a few months after WSJ also reported that Facebook would be willing to pay up to $ 3 million per episode for potential high - profile shows — an amount that rivals the price of top shows on premium cable channels — as well as smaller outlays for original sitcoms and other scripted shows.

This is where the convenience of Dollar Shave Club really comes across — any week you see you're running low on soap or whatever other bathroom supplies you need, you can order some and they'll show up with your next box that was already scheduled to come.

We've all come to know the drop boxes and depots that have sprung up across Canada to collect our increasingly disposable computers, mobile devices, spent batteries and other electronic waste.

«Or you can sell it to some porn shop operator, and he'll take the painting and he'll make the boobs a little bigger and he'll stick it up in the window, and some other guy will come along in a raincoat, and he'll buy it.»

However, Ammann told Fortune that the company doesn't plan to team up with other ride - hailing companies when it comes to its driverless car ambitions.

Once upon a time, investors had to crunch their own numbers to come up with company metrics, earnings estimates and other information that would help them make buying and selling decisions.

David Kennedy, a former Marine intelligence specialist, explains what he thinks would be the most devastating attack on the country and why it's crucial to keep up with other countries when it comes to our cyber capabilities.

The pressure in this case is coming from brokers who want to set up their own virtual office websites (VOWs)-- essentially searchable online databases similar to Realtor.ca — and furnish the sites with the same kind of details (mainly negotiated sale prices) they can pull from MLS and give to clients through other means.

As you strive to come up with share - worthy content and link to interesting content by others, your own readers will find your content more interesting.