Sentences with phrase «first thing i promised»

New debt was the first thing I promised myself I would not do.

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One of the first things Morneau did as finance minister was keep Trudeau's election promise to reduce the 22 % tax rate to 20.5 %.

Visit Tangerine's new web site, and the first thing you'll see is a promise not to change.

The first thing we wanted to do was to see if the participants in our study lined up reasonably well with Mamoon's benchmark of 4 as a goal for promising SaaS companies.

To this point, the ECB and other policy makers have been all about promises and inviting others to take the first step and it appears that we are seeing much of the same thing this morning.

The first means an organizational structure that delivers on the promise of focused integration, not willy - nilly experimentation and iteration; the second means partnerships, and outbound marketing, and a whole bunch of other things that Google has traditionally not valued.

The first thing that I want to point out is that this is a promise for believers.

I recently was asked to give a talk on «the social meaning of the Eucharist,» and the first thing I said was, «You have to promise that if I tell you what the social meaning of the Eucharist is, you won't stop going to mass.»

«I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do.

God allowed the legs to be amputated in the first place and promises all things work together for the good of those who believe.

The first five chapters of the Wisdom of Solomon deal with the promise of immortality for those who are just, and the author attacked the view of those who, seeing no permanent meaning in life, decided to enjoy the good things of life while they could, no matter what suffering their self - centered actions might bring to others.

That just sounds like a terribly high price to pay just for the promise of some kind of existence after death, and it's a selfish thing to even want in the first place.

As we promised earlier this week, First Things is continuing to expand our range of content offerings.

I can sort of understand believing in a First Cause / Prime Mover / Ultimate Energy type of thing (Theism), but to believe in any of the man - made stories about what this being demands, wants, needs or promises, if anything, is simply not my default position.

But every single time I look at the stars, the first thing that pops into my mind is God's promise to Abram.

In Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper, popular Promise Keepers speaker Tony Evans offers a strategy for accomplishing this: «The first thing you do is sit down with your wife and say something like this: «Honey, I've made a terrible mistake.

Things didn't look promising after ASU did not extend Graham's contract, despite getting a seemingly automatic one - year contract extension after or during each of his first four seasons as Arizona State's head coach.

We can put the blame on many things but it won't help the fact that we lost our first league in a promising season.

we have waited a long time for this club to truly step up, which is a difficult ask... to do so properly they will need to overextend themselves and get well outside the comfort zone they have become accustomed to... at the very least they owe their fans, most of whom supported this franchise for at least the first 8 years of this 10 year plan, one real shot at the «promised» land... remember phase one was build and save, phase two was the fire sale of all our top players, phase three was supposed to be our metamorphosis, when we were literally told how we could compete with any club in the world and phase four appears to be rinse and repeat, under the guise that we just can't seem to find any players that are better than our current lot (can you even imagine the state of world soccer if that were truly the case)... it's time for you Mr. Kroenke and Mr. Wenger to ask not what the fans can do for you, but what you two can do to make things right again for the fans... if you can't do this earnestly and honestly, simply move on before the only thing left in the cupboard are bitter memories and what could have beans?

Joel Campbell also arrived with great promise but never seemed to like waiting patiently for a place in the first team, but Wenger refused to sell him and obviously believes that there are great things to come from the Costa Rican international.

I would be one of the first to be bragging if we got Kante before he shown the EPL what he could do but I do think one thing Arsenal have been lacking in signings is getting the right quality, players with promise but also realizing it.

If i was manager of arsenal first thing I would do is make steve would take care of defending (if you remember he did and arsenal improved so much but he got credit and then rumours about wenger stopping him from coaching popped up and he became a quiet yes man and our defence fell apart as usual, I'm sure you guys remember this) The next thing I would do is make alexis captain and promise him ambition.

When my first was born my husband and I promised each other one thing: whatever works for us is what we'll do.

Here are research - based, parent - tested tips to gently get your baby to sleep.When it comes to baby sleep habits and sleep training, I've been through my fair share.Anticipating the birth of my first child, I read books, got prepared, and promised to do things the «right» way.

I promised I'd call first thing in the morning.

One of the first things Gillibrand did in the 24 hours after news broke of her selection by Gov. David Paterson to replace Hillary Clinton in the US Senate was to promise the Empire State Pride Agenda she would support the legalization of gay marriage.

Only to arrive and find an empty room and one shell - shocked civil servant promising me we'd get on with things shortly — but first he had to get us some desks.»

Nothing to do with us, the first thing the new leader of Labour should do is give a cast iron promise to jettison Scotland from the Union.

Governor Cuomo promised the «most transparent administration in state history» early in his first term; however, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) said of Cuomo, «The only thing transparent about Gov. Cuomo's administration is his obvious attempt to avoid disclosure.»

«Among other things, we wanted to ask the first minister on camera about the effect of the Trump golf course development on local residents, including a 90 - year - old woman who hasn't had a proper water supply for four years, and about what happened to the 6,000 jobs his government promised when approving the development.»

So, as promised, I missed the first presentation of tonight's debate, but with all of the live - blogging going on, I feel like I might just could skip the rebroadcast of the real thing (only kidding, but man, a Tivo would kick ass right now).

Even though, the government has a 4 - year mandate within which to deliver all the things we promised, it appears we are fulfilling almost all our campaign promises in our first year in government.

State officials promised late Friday that tens of millions of dollars will start flowing first thing next week to financially strapped contractors on the SolarCity construction project, saving the jobs of 200 workers laid off earlier in the day because the state had fallen months behind in payments.

He did the same thing in the 2000 US Senate race when he was running against Democrat Hillary Clinton, finally allowing reporters to examine his returns in late August — about three months after he first promised to do so.

Microsoft Bids Farewell to Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with Preview of Windows 8 and Two - Way TV Microsoft kicked off the CES much as the company has done since its first keynote in 1998 — extolling the virtues of Windows and promising big things from its operating system in the future

The reflex may be more pronounced for some people than others, she adds, but having a bite first thing in the morning is a promising way to get things moving.

Promised myself I would not let exercise be the first thing to go by the wayside when I got busy with Girls Season 5 and here is why: it has helped with my anxiety in ways I never dreamed possible.

The first thing that I want to say is that despite all the wonderful claims and promises found online about thyroid diets, there's little to no good evidence that eating any specific food will improve your thyroid condition, unless you're deficient in certain things.

«Promised myself I would not let exercise be the first thing to go by the wayside when I got busy with Girls Season 5 and here is why: it has helped with my anxiety in ways I never dreamed possible,» she wrote in an Instagram caption in 2015.

The weather on our second to last day was a lot more promising than our first full day (as I blogged about here) so we were able to knock out a lot of things.

But one thing I promised myself when I first became a mom was that I'll always stay true to myself, inside and out.

«The only thing we overlook is the harbor» is Cat's Eye Pub's promise, and the team upholds that promise by serving up first - class food and drink.

It's a strong package that suffers partly because we were promised so much in the first place, partly because so much of it is available online for free, and partly because the new stuff is exactly the sort of thing Valve would have released for free in times gone past.

Another nice thing about Circle of Friends is that it escapes a happily - ever - after scenario to provide more bite and toughness than it first promises.

Annie is pining for the day when her real parents, who left her as a baby with a note they'd promise to return, will come back to claim her, but things take a turn in her life first when crusty billionaire Will Stacks (Foxx, Horrible Bosses 2), who is running a losing mayoral campaign, decides to take her in so that he can boost his public image and gain ground in the polls.

He showed his instant star power with this first entry, and Tom Hiddleston flashed his promise of things to come as Loki.

The rest of the film continues in this same manner, where it stylishly builds promising ideas in its first act and then sucks the fun dry by playing things safe in most of its runtime.

Despite that, the promises of a sequel actually excite me for two reasons: the first being that it is clear that a great degree of care and thought went into setting up this world (the opening credits are a hefty exposition dump explaining how things came to be), and also the fact that with the traditional story out - of - the - way and told, there is more freedom to get a little crazy with delivering ridiculous fun.

Don Jon is a decent first effort in both writing and directing for young Joseph Gordon - Levitt and a promise of things to come.

Scott's early montages explaining Getty's accumulation of wealth and power (thanks to Saudi oil, among other things), intercut with the present - day (1973) kidnapping and family drama, give the first half of the film an energy that promises great rewards, a promise thereafter unfulfilled.