Sentences with phrase «interesting person you spoke to»

Who was the most interesting person you spoke to?

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Speaking of fairness suggests to me what makes things feel fair, which tends to mean whatever answer we go with result from a process people feel took their interests into account, which usually means it resulted from a reasonably democratic answer.

If the person you are speaking with does not have to act in your best interest, they may not give you straightforward advice.

It's about speaking to the people who really think they're not interested and getting them to fall in love with Amy Winehouse.»

Speaking at events is a great way to get your company's name out to people already interested in your industry.

Now, Salesforce.com, an internet software company that also showed interest in acquiring Twitter, has raised concerns with Europe's antitrust authorities about the potential takeover, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.

Run startup events there; invite founders & investors to speak; invite tech press, curate and showcase interesting people and projects.

This experiment confirmed that a person's mind is indeed conveyed through the voice: In comparison with either a transcript or a student's carefully written pitch, a spoken pitch led to more positive impressions of candidates» intellect and more hiring interest.

A common mistake made when people talk about a product they are very familiar with is to speak in a monotone - causing the other person to quickly lose interest in your presentation.

In the years leading up to last fall's boom of interest in crypto, Silver says that he used to be heckled at every conference he spoke at, but that now, «rather than being booed off the stage and being told that everything was a utility token, I was wrong, that I was killing innovation, and that I was this horrible person,» people are actually listening.

Although President Trump hasn't spoken about NASA's moon mission in detail, people close to him — and some former NASA officials — have made it clear that there is interest in the White House to return to the moon in partnership with private space companies.

People thought it would take years to become relevant; I remember a man coming up to me after I spoke about cryptocurrency and telling me that my talk would be interesting in a decade.

One reason Uber is in talks to raise money again just a few months after a prior round is because of an overwhelming amount of investor interest, said a person with knowledge of the company who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the process is confidential.

It's interesting to see these people light up when they're speaking about their own faith traditions and also see Morgan light up when he learns something he didn't know before.

Statistically speaking, the festival of football currently taking up every television screen, advertising space and water - cooler conversation in the land is not of interest to the majority of people.

I've been speaking at many small colleges that have historical ties to the oldest mainline denominations in the U.S. I have been noticing something interesting: a terrific hunger for a deeper spirituality on the part of many young people who come from evangelical backgrounds like mine and also like me are looking for something outside of the right wing conservatism they come from.

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Now, there is a big difference between the Open Air preaching and One to One witnessing, because in the open air, you are speaking to a large group of people and have to have just enough controversy to keep the interest of the crowd.

Christians, Jews, Muslims and all other people have in interest in engaging traditions of reasoning that speak of the obligation to seek justice — including, perhaps especially, justice in the conduct of armed struggle.

These interests, or, to speak more concretely, the people who have these interests, are always «located» culturally, socially, economically, and politically.

When we read Genesis in an awareness of what is to follow, we know that these stories of origins were created and preserved through the centuries not so much to inform ancient Israel about the past as to inform about the present; not so much to speak of what once was as to make clearer what now is; not so much to show interest in what had gone before the history of the people of Israel as to make that very history clear in its significance and meaning.

I recognize, of course, that a good deal of Whiteheadian metaphysics is presumed here; but if Muray is interested in speaking to people who are not Whiteheadian metaphysicians then he needs to do some explaining, to give examples, to tie this language down, convincing the rest of us that something in fact is being said here.

People who say they are speaking «as a white male» or as an «African American female» are to be told in no uncertain terms that they have nothing interesting to say unless they are prepared to speak as themselves.

People talk about lack of ambition from The club Not going for these players they want but the fact that non of the clubs were trying to catch up to / complete with show interest in these players speaks volumes.

How many assists did Ozil have last season?If Arsenal had a clinical striker last season we would've won the league.But of course our so called super sub and Mr. Stamina passed with flying colours.It's funny how people only look at his laziness yet forget about his other qualities.You need to look at which outweighs the other.Some are also saying he's staying because no one is interested in him.That's funny.He could even go to Madrid next season and would even be their highest assist for consecutive seasons.It's funny how we talk of him like he's nothing.How I wish he left last season to a top club with clinical finishers.He's even wasting his talents here honestly speaking.

Surely if clubs were interested his agent would have spoke to him about it, people must have approached Elneny without asking our permission and he didn't want to drop them in it.

«I had a lot of options and a lot of interest but, having met the people and spoken to the manager and seen what the club is about, in my mind this was the perfect decision.

This doesn't serve to normalise anything and I don't get how it «promotes» breastfeeding... if that was really her goal, she could have set up her own stall and spoken to people who were actually interested in her cause, not sat out the front of the formula stand creating a spectacle.

To start, I always make sure that I am the right person to be working with that client because maybe there are doulas who are better at dealing with parents who are not interested in being active participants and joint decision makers in their births... Who can work with clients that say «I will never speak uTo start, I always make sure that I am the right person to be working with that client because maybe there are doulas who are better at dealing with parents who are not interested in being active participants and joint decision makers in their births... Who can work with clients that say «I will never speak uto be working with that client because maybe there are doulas who are better at dealing with parents who are not interested in being active participants and joint decision makers in their births... Who can work with clients that say «I will never speak up.

Finally, whereas Mr. Trump will take the GOP stage and likely use it to glorify his wealth and his success in vanquishing his political rivals, Mrs. Clinton should assume a more humble tone; she should speak to those who doubt her ability to lead, and perhaps most importantly, in her ability to represent «the people's» interests.

One outer London Tory councillor I spoke to said that they were finding very few people with any interest in the race.

Each of these speakers spoke not only to different segments of the American electorate, but they also each gave testament to who Hillary Clinton is as a person and what drives her interest in being president.

The private sector participants spoke about the work that has commended on the Apapa - Wharf Road, contractors that have abandoned work on the Lagos - Ibadan Express Way, the need to revive Railway for ease of transporting goods from ports, the need to stop multiple checks at airports leading to delay, decry planned increase in alcoholic drinks, the need to take interest in education in other to avoid situation where I'll - trained people man critical sectors, the need to revive eastern ports including Onitshe, Warri, Port Harcourt and Calabar.

Today we inhabit a society in which prejudice, fear and hatred of foreigners increasingly erodes logic, morality and even national self - interest; where MPs are targeted; where judges are described as enemies of the people, where a foreign woman who insists on the primacy of parliament is subject to racist abuse and rape and death threats, where you can be verbally and physically attacked if you speak a foreign language in the street or simply happen to look foreign.

From an eyewitness account of the Tuesday Town of Sanford Board meeting, we heard the following: «People speaking included those with land and with leases who had signed the petition asking for the resolution that was passed to be rescinded, for board members with conflicts of interest to recuse themselves from shale gas decisions, and for no resolutions on shale gas extraction to be passed without notifying the public a week in advance and allowing full participation.

He added: «I have had the opportunity to speak to many people who have the best interest of our party at heart.

On a recent People Before Politics Radio Show, Dr. Giulio Cavallo, Chairman of the Westchester Independence Party spoke on the conflict of interest when major party chairman elect themselves to be Commissioners of the Board of Elections that represent their party.

I have had the opportunity to speak to many people who have the best interests of our party at heart and sooner rather than later I will make my political future clear.

Speaking on the book launch, the Turaki Adamawa said «It is amazing, and speaks volumes of his intellect, focus and dedication, that he found time, amidst all that was going on — merger negotiations, campaigns, elections, ministerial confirmation, and soon — to put together this book; a book that tries to chronicle and put on record the very difficult journey of a number of disparate but progressive and determined opposition political parties to come together in the interest of the country and our people to present a viable alternative to Nigerians in the last national elections.»

Former President Mahama speaking during the maiden lecture of the Ghana Institute of Social Democracy, a political training institute set up by the NDC said people are no longer interested in how they can work to better the lives of Ghanaians but, rather, that of their own.

They believe other people who have expressed interest in the presidential race should have been given the opportunity to speak at the event.

Speaking ahead of the European parliamentary elections on the 22nd of May, Ms. Bennett said the European Union needs to become more democratic and work for the interests of its people rather than big multinational companies.

«And that's not just New York, it's a problem all across the country and it's a problem in reality and it's a problem in perception and if it's a problem only in perception, it is still a real problem because people have to trust the justice system and the trust has to go both ways,» Cuomo said, speaking about police and community, but also referring to the oft - cited conflict of interest around police and prosecutors who regularly work together but can then be at odds when an officer is suspected of a crime.

Cops are now hoping to speak to eight men shown in an eyewitness video in connection with the attack, and have released a photo of a person of interest, but had not made any arrests as of Monday evening.

Mr Mahama announced to party faithfuls in the Upper East regional capital, Bolgatanga, after a Unity walk earlier this month that: «I have spoken to many people who have the interest of the party at heart.

Essentially, the official said, speaking on background, the councils work on an honors system: Recusals are merely a safeguard because the state picked honest, legitimate people to sit on the panels who are thinking in terms of the regional good, not their own self - interest.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he has already spoken with several people interested in becoming New York's attorney general even before the state Legislature starts the process to replace Eric Schneiderman.

[60] Attributing the party's losses to its failure to engage with the electorate, she told the programme that Labour needed to speak up for the interests of the Scottish people, and accept more devolved powers for the Scottish Parliament.

Speaking just 11 days before he is expected to go to Buckingham Palace to call the election, Brown says he will offer the nation «more fairness, more responsibility from vested interests, a greater sense that people have more control over their lives.

However, we worry that displays of hubris or overt attempts to politicise the debate for narrow self - interest could cause a backlash among the very people the organisers claim to be speaking to: members of the public who do not trust science.»