Sentences with phrase «gumption from»

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To be sure, it would take considerable energy — and gumption — to eliminate small talk from daily life.

From being a straight D student in high school, to building a real estate colossus she'd sell for $ 66 million, to reinventing herself in media topped by her star - turns on «Shark Tank,» Barbara Corcoran runs on pluck, gumption, street smarts and lessons her mother taught her, which she shares on this memorable episode of «All Business With Jeffrey Hayzlett.»

When I do try new food with Josie there is a terrific mess that occurs from her overall gumption.

That's right — the powdered laundry detergent booster that can be purchased plentifully and cheaply from Amazon grows into stunning crystal formations with just a little bit of know - how and some science fair - style gumption.

(And, yes, if that sounds like a line from «Wear Sunscreen,» it is, as Deanna functions as a sage gumption - dispenser to all who come into contact with her.)

Here's hoping the Academy's notoriously insular music branch has the gumption to throw a Reznor or a Daft Punk into the mix (despite their usual aversion to names from the pop world), or at least to nominate new category staple Alexandre Desplat for his most interesting composition of 2010.

He's an up - and - coming master filmmaker with enough gumption to tell an unusual story, and to jump from the sprawling, infuriating, epic and brilliant three - hour Magnolia to an 89 - minute Adam Sandler comedy.

Tika Sumpter as Michelle oozes class and a headstrong personality from the get go, and also makes sure to be distinct but, at the same time, showing more personality and gumption than most female characters written in this kind of role.

Featuring a version of the supercharged 6.2 - liter LT4 V - 8 from the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Cadillac hopes the 640 - hp CTS - V has the gumption to take the super-sedan crown away from BMW M and Mercedes AMG.

Extra gumption comes from modifications made to the valvetrain and camshaft.

With 645 hp and 600 lb - ft of torque from its monstrous 8.4 - liter V - 10 engine, the Viper has more than enough gumption to land it squarely in the path of more expensive and exotic metal from other manufacturers, meeting the criteria for the power category.

With a lot of gumption and the assistance of FG Press, I set up guest posts and interviews on top blogs and podcasts, a Twitter battle with a tech celebrity, reviews and blurbs from real life startup CEOs, partnerships with blue chip organizations like TechCrunch and Techstars, and more.

If there is one chief lesson to take away from all of this, it is that doing well as an investor requires patience and the gumption to stick with your ideas.

L.A. Noire centers around Cole Phelps, a war hero from the pacific theater of World War II with the gumption to step out of his patrol uniform and into the thick of 1947 Los Angeles crime.

Obviously I haven't found any paleo - thermometers conveniently sticking out of said coal seams from which I could read at what temperatures they were formed (I'm sure there are geomarkers that are used as well as recent tree rings), but I currently see no such equivalent conditions on earth and I wonder how «climate scientists» (I always use quotation marks to indicate something I've seen printed elsewhere but don't believe myself) can have the gumption to assume we're currently living through the worst of times climate-wise.

Forest gumption: How scientists are tapping everything from drones to pruning shears to stem global warming (Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 3, 2018)

Instead of profusely apologizing for your gap, try to drive home your conviction and gumption about the next phase of your life to the recruiter sitting across from you, because that is what they want yo hear, and that is what gets you hired.

The responses would either be from resumes that were mailed in, or, if someone had the gumption, they would drop the resume off in person.