Sentences with phrase «grand visions»

I have grand visions in my head of how wonderful the pieces will turn out, but I really need to learn HOW to do it so I do not wreck things up first like I am inclined to do.

Each agent starts in real estate with grand visions of big paychecks and luxury living, but the reality is, most don't stay in the business even a single year.

What bride (and groom) doesn't begin with grand visions for this special day?

This is not the first time we've seen grand visions of the future of intelligent computing from Google.

For example, some attorneys choose to enter into small firm practice for the flexibility it provides while other attorneys enter into small firm practice because they are ambitious and have grand visions for the future of their new firm.

But like many of the grand visions for «new green cities», from Abu Dhabi's Masdar to China's Dongtan, it must be recognized that these plans rely on the fickle and extremely resource intensive world of international trade and tourism for their survival.

Perhaps we were too fixated on grand visions.

Some get a bigger charge out of acting rationally and excluding identifiable bias than out of persuading people or getting high on grand visions and ambitions.

grand visions of Brtain in 2050 with zero accountability at the next election), but substantive action not so much.

From no - growth economics through a plenitude economy to a world powered by 100 % renewable energy, we are not short of grand visions.

Her meticulously obsessive paintings of vortex patterns, pinwheels, and cosmic particles set in kaleidoscopic motion are based on intricate mathematical systems, and evoke grand visions of night skies in which meteor showers, gaseous explosions and other sorts of astronomical phenomena are happening.

Though his images provoke a grand visions of mortality, complex emotion, and the natural world, the richness of Rabus» work lies in the small details.

Presented as a companion to Edward Burtynsky: Water, this exhibition offers eclectic perspectives from environmentalist critiques to grand visions of the untrammeled earth.

I don't have grand visions of an early retirement with millions in assets, but instead an adaptation of my lifestyle to reflect what's important to me and those around me.

We had grand visions of a towering, multiple - room structure with a trap door, a skylight, the works.

I had grand visions of converting one into a mini-camper with little 2x2 uprights and plywood seats that converted to beds and shelving all over the place.

Another big step is proactively speaking about your grand visions and goals for creating a strong school community.

As much as it frustrates those enthralled by grand visions and eager to impose «system solutions,» it provides a rich array of schools and systems from which families can choose.

Taking over for no less than Stanley Kubrick, Brando retains Kubrick's penchant for wide, low angles in telling an epic revenge story that predicts the grand visions of Sergio Leone, filling it with a mix of veteran character actors and Hispanic talent that would become the hallmark of uncredited screenwriter Sam Peckinpah.

But it's an involving character study, one that strays from the facts but nonetheless deepens our appreciation for the restless showman and his grand visions.

«When I talked to their minders at IAC and the incubator, executives were often dismissive of the two youngsters — happy to let them spin grand visions and soak up founder acclaim, while telling grownups, i.e. Wall Street analysts and investors, that Tinder was simply a lure to get millennials to pay later in life for IAC's profitable dating service match.com.»

ISB serves as the ultimate environment where scientific collaboration stretches across disciplines and across academic and industrial organizations, where our researchers have the intellectual freedom to challenge the status quo, and where grand visions for breakthroughs in human health inspire a collective drive to achieve the seemingly impossible.

«Much of modern developmental biology has a bias for grand visions of form and structure.»

Instead, when the neutrino results emerged, theorists rushed to propose addenda, including grand visions of new forces and extra dimensions, that could account for the Opera findings and keep relativity intact — much as relativity elaborated on Isaac Newton's model of physics but did not invalidate it.

Though she claims to have never played competitive basketball — or any sports beyond body building — when it comes to business endeavors and grand visions, Teresa Banks certainly subscribes to the theory of, «Go big, or go home.»

I had grand visions of being so prepared this year that I would have everything made and in the freezer by now but my Rosh Hashanah cooking is currently on hold until after my son's birthday party this weekend.

Steve Jobs initially had grand visions for iAd, but the platform hasn't been one of Apple's smash successes.

To put your team in a position to achieve your grand visions, you must start by creating a culture of winning.

We certainly can't expect it from our governments; despite our nostalgia for grand visions like universal health care or landing on the moon, they have become the road to political suicide today.

For all the grand visions of men on Mars, SpaceX's pitch is straightforward: The company says it will send your satellite into orbit for as little as a quarter of the going rate.

While some do have grand delusions that they're destined for greatness — a prophecy that's often self - fulfilling, interestingly enough — for the most part, they generally don't have grand visions for their companies.

He believes that small ideas are almost always better than grand visions.

«There have been exits on a smaller scale in the past, but we have grand visions,» says Kevin Yen, one of the event's organizers.

For now, MacMillan seems to be enjoying his second lease on professional life: he may be pursuing a grand vision of the future of digital media, but he doesn't act like a guy in a hurry.

It's an approach built on not a grand vision for the future of music but a deep understanding of industry dynamics and of how to exploit them profitably.

Looking back at his previous ventures, Surace explains that each had a grand vision.

«Erich has a grand vision,» Karypis said.

Most of what gets us to that grand vision is ordinary work.

Being an entrepreneur means having a dream, a grand vision about what must be changed in the world to make it better.

Heraud has a grand vision for Blue River Technology, which raised a $ 17 million Series B in December 2015, primarily from agriculture - focused investors.

When we do go into those details — why did you this, how did you do this — they have to be able to provide more than just a grand vision.»

Self - transcendence comes from collaborating with others who are driven by a greater and grander vision.

At least one pair of thinkers has recently offered a 25 - to 50 - year, future - shock outlook that could get anybody's juices flowing, provided only that the would - be company builders can figure out how to translate a grand vision of economic change into down - to - earth business opportunities.

LinkedIn's grand vision is the creation of a map based on its user activity that surveys every economic opportunity in the world.

The challenge is to create a grand vision for how to put these datasets together and use them in new ways, as Amazon has done.

So in the case of Cohen, he would be credited as the master creator, and his disciple - robot merely carrying out his grand vision.

More than just an accounting program, it's an integral part of the company's grand vision of enterprisewide information management that will get reinforced with the year - end release of Office 12.

But Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of non-profit One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) in Cambridge, Mass., has always had a grander vision.

Four months ago, the company put out an emotive online video ad, which indicates this «grand vision» to disrupt the mobile payment space, but no details on how.

Composed of over 25 prominent members in the payments space — including the likes of ACH, NACHA, and SWIFT — the IPFA promotes a grand vision for creating a global payments framework that facilitates interoperability and efficient cross-border payment processing.