Sentences with phrase «do the very thing for»

Steve... I think we're floggin» a dead horse here, but for what it's worth, understand that I'm not trying to convince you to think like I do, rather I wd hope that room wd be made for many theological differences.To think discuss and debate theology is well supported by the New Testament and history, and is perfectly within the bounds of what it means to engage our minds with the subject at hand.Theologians and biblical scholars have done this very thing for centuries, revealing a plethora of opinion on the evolving world of biblical studies.Many capable authors have written and debated the common themes as well as the differences between Paul, John, Jesus, the synoptics, etc..

Me: «OK buddy, after lunch I'm going to read you a nice story with your milk, and then we can both have a little rest» (which is nothing new, in fact we've been doing this very thing for about two years)

She contends it may be little more than an attempt by Toelk's family «to do the very thing for which they are accusing the defendants: exploiting the images of a young Richard Toelk for financial gain.»

Not exact matches

It has become not just a company extremely admirable in its growth, but, well, the very model for how to do things when you're scaling a company.

Those seem like obvious and easy - to - do things for most adults but for kids it's very difficult to do that.

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.

The most likely clients for a personal concierge service are top executives who find themselves at the office by 7 a.m. and are there most nights until 9 p.m., leaving them very little time to do all those things that often need to be done during those very hours.

People with humble backgrounds going on to do amazing things makes for a very compelling read any day.

«Data is a very strategic asset and the things you can do with it can give you a very strategic edge,» says Carl Ferrell, SAS's executive vice-president for the Americas and president for Canada.

As for costs, Pizza Hut spokesperson Doug Terfehr says, «While I can't share specifics of the investment, I can tell you this is biggest thing we've done in a very long time.»

This isn't a cure - all for the world's problems, but it's very clear that if we don't get started on addressing the problem, things will only continue to get worse.

«We really have to consider the fact up until not very long ago the best thing a woman could do for herself and her status and her future was to marry well,» she said.

Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown since 2010, told BI: «I've been very clear in the house that it's an important thing, we don't intend to lose it and I'm confident that we can retain it.

Ask yourself why you're doing the same thing you were doing last year; ask if there is a very good reason for it, and then ask again.

«Language Line had been doing the same thing for a very long time,» says Klein, who had held CEO and executive posts at several medium - sized companies before retiring, albeit briefly, in 2010.

The most important thing the international community can do is eliminate infected crops, and for this to be realistic, scientists need to invent a new diagnostic test that can very quickly detect the disease in plantations and at quarantine borders.

The one thing that is different now from when I started is the emergence of websites who will put you in touch with people who will do a lot of this work for you and for a very low price.

I'm a very goal - focused, hard - driving person and what gets me energized and pumped up for the day is when we're doing great things.

The problem with this free thing is, if you're going to hook people on free for four years, and all of a sudden start charging for things, that doesn't work very well.»

I don't know how things have worked out for you, but for me, whenever I've ignored my intuition - that little voice inside my Crown, things haven't worked out very well.

Trump attorney John Dowd was jubilant in a statement of his own, saying, «The only thing I have to say is that I'm very happy for the country and Bob Mueller did a great job.»

It was very challenging, it has a high chance that I might not be able to do it, but it was the right thing for me to do for myself and for the few thousand employees — so (I thought) let's give it a chance.»

I think it is very important for you to do two things: act on your temporary conviction as if it was a real conviction; and when you realize that you are wrong, correct course very quickly

I don't agree very much with a lot of things our president is doing, but I do agree with his guest worker program, so that people could work here and remit taxes, for crying out loud.

Self - protection is a very important thing for nations, but I just don't like to see it.»

But self - protection is a very important thing for nations and... But I just don't like to see it... I was not a big fan of going to war and in Iraq or Afghanistan for several reasons, several practical reasons.

«The argument is the types of things we're doing now with information technology just don't show up in GDP because a lot of what we do on the Internet is free,» or very nearly so, says Philip Cross, a former chief of economic analysis at Statistics Canada who wrote a paper on the slow - growth economy for the Fraser Institute think tank last year.

This sounds like it might be painful or difficult, but the surprising thing is that again you will lose a lot of cravings as well as be very satisfied with how much you're eating — if you do this correctly by eliminating carbs and eating more fat, and start burning fat for energy.

Shows says that her work sometimes requires that she tell business owners the very thing they don't want to hear, like they're targeting the wrong market, for example.

For one thing, the study didn't prove that the shot causes miscarriages — it only identified a very slight link between them.

But with rental websites like Airbnb becoming so popular, renting out your home or apartment for out - of - town visitors is a very real thing to do.

«It doesn't make sense for us to wander away and do things that we're not very good at,» chief executive Stephen Wetmore told analysts during a call Thursday.

One of the valuable things I found at Ryerson was a very underutilized budget for the debating team at the school, and with a friend and some other people at school we really strived hard to build [the team] into something, and we did.

These changes could mean even more growth, but they also represent a series of gambles for a company that has done very well by keeping things so simple for so long.

Its relatively clear, bass - boosted sound is solid for what it is, and while its over-ear hooks don't feel totally necessary, the whole thing fits very tightly in the ear without feeling like a nuisance.

«That would be a great thing for Canada... I don't know if they've landed this, but it's potentially a very big deal.»

«It's your responsibility as an employer to set your employees up for success, and making sure their values and work ethic is in line with your culture before extending an offer is the very first thing you can do for them and the rest of your workforce.»

The whole thing can be a huge pain in the ass, and for multinationals who do not keep very good records of their China operations, they might simply be unable to support their claim.

«We are not building this for 100 days but for 100 years, so this is only the very beginning... Next year we will be doing bigger things than this year.»

People are the most important thing in a startup so people and talent always comes first when deciding - especially for early - stage investments, which is what I do - because the team is typically very small.

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GREENBLATT: Well you know I taught at Columbia as I mentioned for the last 22 years and so I tell my students that first day of class actually, I tell them that you know I don't think there's a lot of social value in being an investment manager, it's not that I don't think investors who do work set help set prices and allocate capital and all those things, but I just think A, they're not very good at it, and B, it'll get done without you.

But when I took a step back, I realized that I was working a lot for very little income whereas other things I love doing brought in much more money.

The very first thing I do when deciding which movie I want to see next is check its rating on RottenTomatoes and if the film is North of 80 % then it's a «no brainer» for me to go and see.

A lot of young people that I know in Beijing — high school and college students, young professionals, musicians, etc. — were horrified by the violence that occurred in Paris and very eager to express a real sympathy for Parisians, which they did in the ways that young people express themselves today, via smart phones, social media, and all the other things that wouldn't have occurred to me.

My students at Peking University, for example, are extremely supportive and think very differently about what I do, and I think I have convinced them that as future policymakers, especially in finance and central banking, rather than join the hype that has always accompanied every growth miracle it is their responsibility to be focus on risks and on all the ways things can go wrong.

Bad reviews may be a negative thing for you, but at the very least you can react to that criticism by changing the way you do business.

Pure barre has done amazing things for my body (and most importantly) my mind and spirit during a very stressful year.

From the very beginning of our company, we have made decisions with the future in mind and have always sought to do the right thing, not just for right now, but for the next 100 years.

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