Sentences with phrase «good anecdotes»

To his credit, a warning just in the nick of time could, hypothetically save a life, though at this point all of the evidence that Citizen's impact is net positive and not net negative is from isolated feel - good anecdotes, like Frame's awed account of a man using Citizen to rescue a baby from a hot car — an incident that I will not recount in detail here beyond saying that Citizen seems happy to celebrate incidents of citizen intervention so long as the outcome is positive.

They offer some good information has have some good anecdotes about the film, but they each sound as if they are about to fall asleep, so it can be difficult to sit through the talk.

Although his heavily accented English is at times an impediment to understanding, he comes across as a humble and interesting guy, and also shares good anecdotes and practical filmmaking tips (shooting down directly into a flame will result in smoke damage to a camera, so use a mirror, kids!).

There are good anecdotes in there, but it probably wasn't as good a story as he could tell if he was minded to tell it....

Rather than airy - fairy promises and feel - good anecdotes, he offers solid basic advice for the everyman and everywoman.

I was talking to a Rovers fan in the pub the other week, already you're probably thinking `' well this anecdote is made up, what self respecting Wanderers fan would do such a thing `' but you'll have to take my word for it.

My experience, after all, is just «anecdotal» evidence; however, as any good conversationalist will assert: there really is nothing like a good anecdote to get the party started.

They allow for more personal stories as outfit posts can sometimes be a little dull sometimes unless there's a good anecdote for the outfit.

I adore full pleated skirts, and you wear it so well Your anecdotes are so great, too, and the way you write draws me in immediately!

About Site - New Mandala provides the best anecdote, analysis and new perspectives on the politics and societies of Southeast Asia.

My best anecdote was about how I was so drunk the previous evening that I'd walked into a shop.

And that was my best anecdote, remember.

Do you have a good anecdote about yourself?

About Blog - New Mandala provides the best anecdote, analysis and new perspectives on the politics and societies of Southeast Asia.

«MGSV is a tremendous piece of work and is one of the best anecdote generators I've ever played.

There's a good anecdote about how Steve McQueen discovered an actual fire on one of the sets in the studio and enthusiastically investigated it to learn more about his role.

There is at least a good anecdote about how four copies of Bottle Rocket, none of them opened, got Fed - Ex'd to Murray's house before he accepted the part in Rushmore.

Some of the better anecdotes and stories are buried within chapters that could have been shorter.

Crime novelist Laura Lippman has a good anecdote — a hilarious Mad Libs - style game in which she re-writes Franzen's Time cover story to feature herself, instead.

I recast a few of their best anecdotes in a historical milieu.

Avoiding a downturn feels good and makes a good anecdote, but that's not the same as making money.

Perhaps the best anecdote of the consequences of investor behavior comes from the legendary investor Peter Lynch.

Spicy Chile Tours offers free walking tours of Santiago, with a mix of historical information and the best anecdotes and recommendations for enjoying the city,

About Blog - New Mandala provides the best anecdote, analysis and new perspectives on the politics and societies of Southeast Asia.

«The best anecdotes are stories about yourself that get a laugh, such as a silly mistake you've made that everyone can relate to,» Lee says.

Not exact matches

Melania Trump, the presumptive nominee's wife and Monday's headliner, delivered a lot of boilerplate about Donald's greatness but none of the humanizing anecdotes that typically distinguish a speech from the person who knows the candidate best.

Why it's a must read: The writing style is a bit corny and the anecdotes incredibly out - of - date, and yet it's a well of wisdom that has yet to run dry.

In this book, Branson uses anecdotes and case studies, Branson provides a roadmap for success through strategies like thinking big and building small, as well as having empathy for employees.

Right now, the archive is locked down and not available, but even today it is not exactly a treasure trove of worthy anecdotes and well - researched insights.

And though Bay Street types might chafe at the comparison, Ferrante's anecdotes from life in La Cosa Nostra make as good a framework as any for conveying maxims about getting ahead in the business world.

There is no such thing as a one - size - fits - all anecdote that will turn a speech into a crowd - inspiring oration, and I had to tell her honestly that good speech writing is not a magic trick that entails cherry - picking anecdotes on the order of «Let's win one for the Gipper!»

And he offers anecdotes aplenty about booze, drugs and sex — the latter of which he encouraged at his own agency, because «nothing got creative people to come in early and leave late better than the prospect of sexual adventure.»

Morin writes with searing honesty, incorporating anecdotes from her work as a college psychology instructor and psychotherapist as well as personal stories about how she bolstered her own mental strength when tragedy threatened to consume her.

My theory (admittedly based on anecdotes) is that some voters may be getting tired of hearing how good the Liberals say they are — all those boasts about how feminist they are, their brave resistance to racism, about how good and decent they are.

Eventually, Rockefeller's oil operations became so vast that he could fund all of his expansion efforts from his own profits, but there was a point in time in which Morgan was mad as hell that he couldn't get an asset override on Rockefeller's wealth, and you better believe there is a take - home lesson in that anecdote.

A good balance between theoretical discussion, real anecdotes, and commonsense observations.»

In Ishmael's House is not intended to advance the historiography on the subject, but Gilbert's popular audience may prefer his well - written and engaging series of facts and anecdotes.

We learned in those days to avoid intruding with the assortment of anecdotes, easy encouragement and doctrinal baggage that had so often been the stock in trade of well - meaning ministry both as we visualized it and as we had seen it practiced.

If you read the Bible, you'd see that it's filled with idioms, anecdotes and illustrations about money, finances and thus covers PERSONAL finance very well.

A collection of anecdotes about Turner's tumultuous relationship with popular culture through the years, Hear No Evil can best be described as a lighthearted tribute — to growing up, to the evangelical Christian subculture, to music.

I would challenge not only the anecdotes in the story, which I don't think are anything but lies or half - truths at best, but also the numbers, because the resurrection and the rapture are two entirely different things — although they're both equally ridiculous notions to posit.

The motion that analysis of a failure might very well elicit much more interest and commitment than an anecdote about success had seemingly occurred to no one.

It is readable, well «researched, and has the journalist's eye for the telling anecdote.

It opens with an anecdote drawn from Moses» days as the second - best freestyler on the Yale swim team.

The stream of shocking anecdotes concerning sex education in non-Catholic as well as Catholic schools is wearisome confirmation of this process of sexualisation of youth by their respected, adult mentors.

For years he had assured himself that he was better than the «racist, homophobic Clinton - haters» that he milked for incriminating anecdotes and the movement colleagues who dissembled for the movement: «Whatever else I may have been, I wasn't a liar.»

Have a wonderful holiday with lots of good food and we'll be back in the beginning of January with more recipes, videos, anecdotes, maybe some Bali photos and what not.

We ate around the coffee table, plates on our laps like good quarter - lifers, to the tune of high school anecdotes, a dachshund puppy (not mine) running around, and some classical music just audible beneath the chatter.

The book is sprinkled with anecdotes from the Frankies» travels to Italy, and every piece of advice is given like it was your best buddy speaking.

This year, in recognition of past America's Classics Award recipients, Rizzoli and the James Beard Foundation is publishing James Beard's All - American Eats: Recipes and Stories from Our Best - Loved Local Restaurants, a photo and anecdote - filled cookbook featuring more than 75 recipes from eateries across the country that have been honored with the America's Classics Award.