Sentences with phrase «keep the status quo of»

You can not hold the position that we should keep the status quo of letting people sell whatever giant clips and assault weapons to whoever they want whenever they want can you?

The first option is to keep the status quo of the fee cap set at # 9,000 a year.

Those communities that want to keep the status quo of their existing good and outstanding schools will be able to do so.

At various points in his speech, the graduates erupted into applause regarding keeping the status quo of free tuition.

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But, because they're totally consumed in the process of keeping themselves fed every day, they have little interest or ability to look or think ahead — and virtually no appetite for changing the status quo.

So whilst the closed door discussions will be about how to keep the status quo regardless of the rapidly increasing power costs and breakdown of service that is now being experienced around the country, the open conversations being had by the people are excited discussions about the future because we trust the likes of Elon Musk and Mike Cannon - Brookes to get the job done more than we trust big power and Government to come to any kind of meaningful and affordable long term solution.

Religion is the cause of most of the worlds problems... it is created by men that wanted to keep the status quo (e.g., don't be worried now if you are poor... you will get paradise later... good grief!)

It whittles down your spirit, a little at a time, until one day you realize it's not you going to church anymore, but some ghost of you, some cardboard cutout you send out to maintain the status quo, to keep up appearances.

If the evolution to a decent capitalism is thus prevented we need to keep in mind that at least some variants of socialism would be considerably preferable to the status quo.

Seems like a few of the big name guys have kept the southern bible belt going in their pockets, and using their political clout to advance big business interests, and keep the status quo moreso that practicing religion on a truly christian level anyway!!

One thing that has kept me going is the thought that the Pharisees in Jesus» day represented the status quo, and Jesus re-interpreted lots of things, so there must be a place for the new as well as the old.

Nothing to do with keeping up the status quo, they are literally in fear of what will happen to them and their lives if they were to announce they didn't believe.

What part of WORLD CLASS PLAYERS they don't get...... we are condemned to keep the STATUS QUO while this team keeps this mentality imposed by the owners and supported by the Manager..

It'll be the status quo, just a lot less of it, allowing players like Bautista and David Ortiz to exist, yet keeping the flips rare enough to appreciate.

If you want to keep the status quo and struggle every year just to qualify for the CL, then don't make any moves to strengthen the spine of the squad.

No, through inaction there is unchallenged rule and the continuation of a status quo that keeps our club below where it should and could be.

It is certainly anti-establishment: There is a lot of money around keeping the status quo, and local farmers don't have an industry mouth - piece to make their case.

For over 25 years, Mass Audubon has supported the status quo that prohibits hunting on Sundays in keeping with our long - held belief that hikers, families, bird watchers, wildlife photographers, amateur naturalists, and others should have one day a week free of hunting to enjoy in safety the serenity of nature on public and private lands.

Perhaps what I notice most is Waldorf imbued me with a love of learning that keeps me constantly occupied, excited, and unwilling to accept the status quo.

«Across the nation, several states including New York overcame the outsized voices of the guardians of the status quo and passed common sense gun safety reform that bans lethal assault weapons and helps keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill,» Cuomo said in the statement.

«Certainly, we need the roads paved, we need the sewers upgraded, but that kind of keeps us hovering around the status quo.

Organizations interested in actually accomplishing anything instead of just comfortably maintaining the status quo should keep this in mind.

This was orchestrated by the pharmaceutical lobby to reverse the tide of unfair advantage - they want to maintain the status quo and keep asking more and more of our residents.

After Mayor Bill de Blasio swept up more than 70 percent of the vote in a Democratic primary many anticipated he would win — bringing him one step closer to re-election — he said he had made progress in his first term but would not «accept the status quo» and keep pressing for change.

He said the fund foresees keeping the land, parts of which are leased by private hunting clubs, as «status quo» for the foreseeable future.

Keeping the status quo is also the stated position of the Liberal Democrats.

Unforturnately, anyone who knows how it really works and, will tell the truth of the matter will tell you that as we speak, the friends / hacks of those «influential» people left over from the last administration will pull out all of the stops to keep the status quo.

The vast majority of MPs who voted to keep the discredited «John Lewis» status quo were Labour, including thirty - three ministers and Brown's two parliamentary private secretaries.

The governor submitted a bill earlier this year to create a new commission, but it went nowhere in the Legislature — Republicans who control the Senate and Democrats dominating the Assembly seemed quite happy to keep the status quo for this round of redistricting, which will last for 10 years.

Important questions that kept cropping up during the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting include what the future of research can and will look like and how the status quo can be improved.

I know those big companies are throwing a lot of money to keep things at the status quo, which is not acceptable, and we can make a difference with our votes.

Michele Rosenthal: The insomnia, the hypervigilance, the mood swings, all of those things we do to maintain the status quo to keep us safe.

Transforming yourself into a healthy, vivacious, status - quo - can't - keep - up - with - her kind of modern woman doesn't have to mean giving up all the fun and resigning yourself to your new life as Sister Mary Eats Nothing Delicious.

I have been caught in this trap before where I knew that our relationship wasn't growing or going anywhere yet I chose to keep things going status quo and ended up having a good portion of my life flash before me before I woke up one day and called it off.

Much like Guardians of the Galaxy the movie hints at stories that go beyond the typical superhero status quo, and while there are plenty of little hints as to how Strange's escapades fit into the bigger story, for the most part the filmmakers do a fine job of keeping things enjoyably self - contained.

The movie lacks any conventional rooting interest, but because of the actors, we pull for the characters to survive, whether it's a boy prematurely aching to become a made man, misfit adolescents dreaming of becoming kingpins themselves, a master dressmaker yearning for recognition and self - determination, or a paymaster straining to keep his modest job and preserve the status quo.

In a classroom behind the Iron Curtain, the future of all the families are at stake, as each family must wrestle with standing up for what they believe in or silently keeping the status quo.

Then - governor of Mississippi Ross Barnett was determined to keep the status quo, but he wasn't counting on Meredith, a 29 - year - old black Air Force veteran, who was just as determined to seize his...

The forces of the status quo can keep playing games with stall tactics and delays, but we won't let them run out the clock on our kids.

The current dominance of middle class families in taking places was a «case for not keeping the status quo», she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

«Education is the civil rights issue of our time and we will not allow the status quo to keep children, especially low - income children, trapped in underperforming schools,» said Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for Children.

The movement also needs to do better in taping the growing Parent Power movement for potential board candidates; as seen in Adelanto, Calif., where the successful effort by families to take control of Desert Trails Elementary School also fueled the defeat of two members of the district's board, there are families more than ready to take on traditionalists who want to keep the status quo quite ante.

This isn't to say that these officials don't care about these children, but that they are disinterested in taking on the tough work needed to overhaul districts and schools in order provide kids with the schools they deserve — which includes challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations for poor and minority kids held by far too many adults working in American public education in Virginia and the rest of the nation, and the affiliates of the National Education Association which has succeeded for so long in keeping the Old Dominion's status quo quite ante.

Even though the teacher assumes the challenge of rethinking her practices and keeping old habits at bay, we must remember that she also must contend with institutional forces that maintain the status quo.

Thank you in this case and others for not «neglecting» to point out what the champions of the education status quo seem to keep forgetting.

To persuade one of the Publisher Defendants to stay with the others and sign an agreement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote to an executive of the Publisher Defendant's corporate parent that the publisher had only two choices apart from signing the Apple Agency Agreement: (i) Accept the status quo («Keep going with Amazon at $ 9.99»); or (ii) continue with a losing policy of delaying the release of electronic versions of new titles («Hold back your books from Amazon»).

To look away is to accept the status quo, to leave each man to his tiny sphere of influence, the small buffer of pride and poise that surrounds and keeps him.

Even the Bank of Canada's latest decision to keep overnight target rates at 0.5 % is the equivalent of saying: We're keeping with the status quo.

When you get a pre-approval and you are in the process of buying a home in is important to keep your credit status quo.

It could have easily gone the other way, with me deciding to keep the status quo out of ease.