Sentences with phrase «for ordinary conversation»

There is much to be said for ordinary conversation, for discussing the question with one's friends.

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For if, realistically considered, each «mind» to be stocked with information is as separate from every other one as one Kansas silo waiting to be stocked with grain is from one other in a rail - side row, contact and conversation between students can only be regarded as inefficient — as «noise» in both the ordinary and the technical sense.

Allusion is actually quite common; in ordinary speech and conversation, we can not do without it, for if everything mentioned were immediately glossed, a single page of text would stretch into hundreds of pages and assertion would be forever deferred.

Regarding David Dean, I often see him outside the Emirates, my entrance being next door to the Diamond Club and have had many conversations with him, If I had a # 1 for every time I've pleaded with him to come back I'd be rich man, extremely amiable guy, has time for everybody, be they a Diamond Club member or ordinary fan.

Lots of people have spoken at EU events I've attended have said they want to have a conversation about how we can try and have get a Europe that look like it works a bit better for ordinary citizens — not the rich guys in suits zooming about doing the deals but on things that make a difference to their lives like better rights at work.

It's not out of the ordinary for our conversations to include comments like: «did you see Crystalin's new shoes?»

It takes a lot of efforts for them to come up to a person and start an ordinary conversation.

2010 The Social Network 2009 UP IN THE AIR 2008 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE 2007 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 2006 Letters from Iwo Jima 2005 Good Night, And Good Luck 2004 Finding Neverland 2003 Mystic River, Clint Eastwood, presented by Laura Linney 2002 The Hours, presented to Scott Rudin by Julianne Moore 2001 Moulin Rouge, presented to Baz Luhrmann, by Stanley Donen 2000 Quills, presented to Peter Kaufman, Julia Chassman and Philip Kaufman by Geoffrey Rush 1999 American Beauty, presented to Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinx by David Denby 1998 Gods and Monsters, presented to Bill Condon by Clive Barker 1997 L.A. Confidential, presented to Curtis Hanson by David Denby 1996 Shine, presented to Scott Hicks and Jane Scott by Isaac Stern 1995 Sense & Sensibility, presented to Lindsay Doran by Alan Pakula 1994 Pulp Fiction, presented to Laurence Bender by Jennifer Beals Forrest Gump, presented to Wendy Finerman by Inez Glucksman 1993 Schindler's List 1992 Howards End 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 1990 Dances With Wolves 1989 Driving Miss Daisy 1987 Empire of the Sun 1986 A Room with a View 1985 The Color Purple 1984 A Passage to India 1983 Betrayal 1982 Gandhi 1981 Chariots of Fire 1980 Ordinary People 1979 Manhattan 1978 Days of Heaven 1977 The Turning Point 1976 All the President's Men 1975 Nashville 1974 The Conversation 1973 The Sting 1972 Cabaret 1971 Macbeth 1970 Patton 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

In a conversation for this series, Machado explained how Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House became a kind of call to arms, especially a scene where a little girl refuses an ordinary water glass — insisting instead on drinking from an adorned «cup of stars.»

To him, asking about someone's salary is as ordinary as asking them what they had for lunch — it's conversation starter (a run - of - the - mill get - to - know - you question).

For example: A street beggar holding out an ordinary paper cup cup won't start a conversation.

Grassroots movements offer up a multitude of creative and inspiring ways for ordinary folks to get involved in changemaking, both from the bottom up, and as a conversation space through which we can come to terms with our own power to make a difference.

Examples of such systems or economies can be found in, for example, Aboriginal cultural property, Open Source software, the fashion industry, blogging, academic citation, ordinary conversation, journalism, historical publishing practices, and the world of libraries and education.