Sentences with phrase «how ordinary people»

«Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime; Winston Churchill lost every public election until becoming prime minister at age 62; Henry Ford went bankrupt five times; Albert Einstein was a terrible student and was expelled from school; Sigmund Freud was booed from a stage,» says Waldschmidt, author of «Edgy Conversations: How Ordinary People Achieve Outrageous Success,» (www.EdgyConversations.com).

Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin spoke last week at the University of Toronto's Access to Civil Justice for Middle Income Canadians Colloquium about how ordinary people risk being priced out of the justice system.

Nafisi's book reminds us not to get too caught up in the religious trappings of women's rights issues in Iran, but to pay close attention to the powers at play and how ordinary people are affected by the social constraints used by totalitarian regimes and other less vicious looking conventional mores.

I have seen academic colleagues become so enchanted by zombie nouns like heteronormativity and interpellation that they forget how ordinary people speak.

Maurizio's point about how ordinary people engage the climate issue is very well taken.

Rather than focussing on the important but inherently incremental developments in the science behind the issue, the media would do us all a favor by maintaining a consistent message regarding the underlying issue (i.e. human action is causing climate change, and climate change has the potential to do great harm to our way of life) and focus on how ordinary people can take steps in their own lives to help address the problem in ways that don't require inordinate sacrifice.

But will agents consider this a negative when I approach them with one of my new completed titles such as «The Joy of Being Retired: 365 Reasons Why You Will Love Retirement» or «Look Ma, Life's Easy: How Ordinary People Attain Extraordinary Results»?

In the early 1960s, Yale University social psychologist Stanley Milgram, himself the son of Jews that escaped the Holocaust, wondered how ordinary people could be persuaded to act so pitilessly as the Nazi war criminals.

In his disturbing child - abduction thriller, The Captive, writer / director Atom Egoyan explores the ambiguous nature of the human condition and how ordinary people react when drawn into dreadful circumstances.

Was a time his gift for how ordinary people talked and thought translated into definitive statements about the United States; now it seems that all he uses it for is passing, fleeting music in otherwise earthbound productions.

I didn't find this movie particularly original, but it is a thought - provoking and poignant glimpse into how ordinary people cope in difficult situations, and it's worth mentioning that it is also beautifully shot.

I'm interested in the woman's journey, but also in how ordinary people negotiate life.

With only a few profanities, one instance of mild sexual innuendo, and mention of menopause, it covers a ten - year period (Lacey Chabert plays the older Brooke), showing how ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things.

It's not about the thrills of killing zombies, this game focuses on the realtionships between characters in a zombie apocalypse scenario, and makes you see how ordinary people can get along (and indeed fall out) in this scenario.

From community - supported local farmers, community gardeners, and seed saving activists, to underground distribution networks of contraband foods and food resources rescued from the waste stream, this book shows how ordinary people can resist the dominant system, revive community - based food production, and take direct responsibility for their own health and nutrition.

But questions remain about how ordinary people can use their new toys.

Now based in New York, he has just published The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century, which claims that states, governments and politicians are increasingly powerless.

From the Holocaust to Vietnam and Iraq, this title explains how ordinary people can commit the most horrific of crimes if placed under the influence of a malevolent authority.

She often pronounces that such - and - such a belief is ridiculous and derides the people who accept it, without explaining how ordinary people could possibly be expected to know that it's ridiculous.

It was like television - it was how ordinary people consumed information.

Thoughtful, funny, and compulsively readable, this guide shows how ordinary people can build solid livings, with independence and purpose, on their own terms.»

Professor Dawkins speaks of «cells» and «protoplasm», but that is not how the ordinary person thinks of their body in «plain English».

Lucky, you are reading this post today, because I am going to share with you how an ordinary person like me has been able to live an extraordinary life living and traveling around the world.

Not exact matches

While the research has applications for marketers (highlight the ordinary to reach an older demographic and the extraordinary for younger people), it may also come as a comfort to bewildered folks in their mid-30s who are shocked by exactly how much they're enjoying routine experiences that would have bored their younger selves to tears (not to speak too much from personal experience).

The average person rarely considers how ordinary things can be made better or improved — those with the entrepreneurial spirit can't help themselves.

Heath defines moments as brief experiences that lift people out of the ordinary; change how they view the world; inspire and capture up - swells of pride; or deepen bonds with others.

Now you put these ordinary muslim against well trained fighting forces and the muslim people no matter how many would still fail.

No money involved there, but how can we dissuade people from learning it, I got it... throw in some Christian faith, high - jack it from ordinary people and use said faith to attack said theory even though it really doesn't matter — but hey, its a wedge issue and might get said right - wing politician into power by exploiting peoples faith.

It's all too easy to see how we may become a country in which the big rewards are reserved for people with the right connections; in which ordinary people see little hope of advancement; in which political involvement seems pointless, because in the end the interests of the elite always get served.

Serendipitously, two weekends ago when he did that, it was a chapter about how discussions of theology need ordinary people to be involved, how well - educated and well - read and well - travelled scholars also need us low church experiential local folks talking about how we see and experience and know God, about how theologians are hiding in every walk of life.

Six ordinary people explain how giving up just a few hours a week dramatically changed their lives for the better

Sadly, I've seen how the Fox church people treat compassionate Christian moderates on an ordinary day, so it won't be too much of a fight.

It's a bittersweet story of how religious beliefs can divide ordinary, nice people.

Already many of us — in, for example, our quickly progressing knowledge of risk factors — are learning how to stay around a long longer than the ordinary persons of the past.

When Christians develop their own private language for one another, they forget how Jesus made faith accessible to ordinary people, he says.

, debuchy was france 1st choice before he came to us.why is theo walcot under performing?look at bellerin, the guy is going backward, he is not the type of player we new 2 seasons ago, his performance against beryan when we defeated them 2 1 at emirate the same player couldnt track down ordinary richalison.we keep blaming this players, though some are average but ARSENE WENGER does nt develop players, the dressing room is lost, our players are mentally weak, everything we do is outdated, wenger needs to go, our fans in london are not doing enough to make these people know what we fans are going through, i fear for nelson too, cos that guy is exceptional, but soon fans will start condemning him, and its not his fault, how do you expect him to develop when hes being played out of position?WENGER MUST GO!!

How are ordinary people supposed to know the difference?

With the advent of the Internet and how it has (a) naturally opened things up and (b) given ordinary people a megaphone — along with (c) advances in DNA testing — closedness in adoption is on its last legs.

How is an ordinary person supposed to know what «no evidence» means?

By offering revealing anecdotes about ordinary people as well as helpful suggestions about changing everyday behavior, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families shows how and why to have family meetings, the importance of keeping promises, how to balance individual and family needs, and how to move from dependence to interdependence.

We took a look at the most creative, out - of - the - ordinary parties we could find, and we have to say, some people really know how to go all out!

And that seems to be that some people have got a lot but how are ordinary people supposed to buy a house these days?

What I think Nigerians must cudgel themselves with is how the likes of this strange character emerge to have seats in what is supposed to be reserved for the most accomplished, responsible and patriotic senior citizens whose wealth of experience the country requires to change the conditions of the ordinary people.

I guess my comment - written in too much haste and not enough thought - is a good example of how «ordinary» people can be earning a lot more than is typically expected or assumed, and in turn how popular perceptions of income distributions can indeed by quite far off the mark.

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 true that it can be extremely difficult for the ordinary person to understand how the political process works, the scope and nature of corruption and conspiracy, etc..

But both are crucial parts of a competitive campaign and shape how it is possible for ordinary people to take part in the electoral process beyond casting their vote.

Through my work I have learnt how rich and fascinating the lives of ordinary people can be.

It was the system of detention, of stuffing ordinary people into prison buildings, often among foreign criminals, with no sense of how long they'll be there and no sense that anyone is really listening to them.

Yet being interested in kickball — and being seen to be interested in it by tweeting all day long each Saturday — seems these days to be how MPs attempt to convince the public that they're just ordinary people after all.