Sentences with phrase «kind things instead»

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«At the time I thought it was kind of pointless, but it ended up really exposing me to leadership opportunities and showing me that I wasn't good at a lot of things, instead of sticking to things that I was comfortable with.»

And don't get me started on the question of what kind of fitness monitor the thing can be when it's sitting on your desk charging for a few hours instead of being on your wrist keeping score.

Instead of focusing exclusively on petty things like ROI (return on investment), Hsieh's team focuses on an ROI of a different kind: ROCH (return on collisionable hours).

We should be happy about how far we have come as a species via the hard work and dedication of man kind... we should be stopping and looking at the big picture and think about how far we have come in 2000 years... we have made tremendous progress in so many ways and it is really sad that instead of doing the right thing and giving mankind credit where credit is due, you fall back on 2000 year old beliefs and you thank a god who has never been proven to exist.

Yakman2 If your daughter got up infront of a committee of any kind and said with a straight face that she pays $ 1000.00 + for contraceptives, she would deserve the same thing and instead of violence toward Rush, or anyone else for that matter, you should be embarrassed that the product of your raising turned out with such a lack of intelegence.

Kevin your right personal beliefs and or religion does not belong in law, and I am not saying that what this atheist organization is doing is wrong or anything, I think what there doing is a good thing, I just think this particular message could have been done from a different perspective, this message makes them appear like the self righteous ones, and it might give out the wrong kind of message, instead it should have said something like you believe in god fine, but don't put it in our laws.

The idea that we are not human beings on a spiritual journey, but instead spiritual beings on a human journey, and we can sense and know all kinds of things about God through Jesus.

You have more time on sunday to play with your kids and go to the park or go to a market or work at the food pantry — all kinds of things you can do instead of keeping your mind weak and talking to make - believe people in your head and listening to really boring music.

In this way the ontological argument, by drawing out the presupposition of metaphysical understanding, indicates that the choice before us is between holding that there is a God and that «reality» makes sense in some metaphysical manner, whether or not we can ever grasp what that sense is, and holding that there is no God and that any apparent metaphysical understanding of reality can only be an illusion which does not significantly correspond to the ultimate nature of things — unless this «nihilism» be regarded as a kind of metaphysical understanding instead of its blank negation.

It's kind of ridiculous how often I used to get mad at the effects of that rotten thing in my life instead of dealing with the cause, the rotten thing itself.

In that tradition, instead of thinking of God as a persuasive power who acts as a kind of lure toward which things move, which was Aristotle's conception, Aquinas and others adopted the understanding that God creates by being the ultimate efficient cause for the world.

Will not the bookseller say: My dear child, your toy is not worth anything; it is true that when you still had the money you could have bought the book instead of the toy, but a toy is a peculiar kind of thing, for once it is bought it loses all value.

Instead, it's old - fashioned animation, things cut out of paper and felt, clay figures, collapsing cardboard structures, all kinds of more primitive forms.

All of my thoughts and cogitations have been of a healthy and cheerful kind, for instead of doubts and fears I see things as they are, for I endeavor to adjust myself to my environment.

I also use them as color (instead of the artificial kind) in many things.

This is the exact kind of thing I always wished I had waiting for me when I would try to pack lunch for the office, instead of the same old leftovers or deli counter dry turkey sandwich — not just a salad but a welcome break from routine.

The menu is pretty small, which I usually find is a good thing, because it means the kitchen is not trying to do a hundred different things; instead they are focused on doing one kind of thing very well, and it usually results in a much better meal.

Usually I love soy sauce and rice vinegar together as a kind of dipping sauce for things like kimchi dumplings or whatever, so it's good to have that on hand now — I think I'll try another tofu recipe of yours instead, as I really appreciated your corn starch tip to making crispy tofu.

It just makes it a lot easier to plan these kind of things instead of having to do everything yourself.

The very thing that makes IMOs and other things like them interesting is that they don't get this kind of opportunity to be digested, which makes them behave like a dietary fiber instead of a straight - up carb source.

He has to be more unselfish and stay with the high - percentage passes instead of going for the spectacular play.If Davis does those things, then the Hornets are in great shape, because he's the kind of guy who can hit the big shot when it presents itself.»

This is the kind of thing that happens when you have a bare - bones technical staff with little experience: this situation with Berry; missing out on nearly every transfer target due to «bad timing» or «bad luck»; inexplicably protecting Fabinho in the expansion draft instead of Ribeiro....

Instead of doing those kinds of things, try thinking good thoughts before bed.

The terrible thing about the «your body is not broken» crap is how it reinforces the idea that certain kinds of bodies (or bodies which can perform certain processes in sanctioned ways) are better than others, instead of just acknowledging that all bodies are different.

I was team mom for little league, cheer mom, pta mom, chaperoned school field trips, volunteered as a classroom helper and parent at their schools (when in public school) attended toddler tumbling and mom classes, was a homeschooling parent for one of my kids with leaning disabilities, I didn't have to scramble to figure out what to do about work or where to take my kids for child care if they were sick, I led and was involved with the church groups with my kids, I spent summers with them doing all kinds of things like traveling, visiting grandparents out of town, amusement park trips, swimming, picnics, and hiking, instead of them being stuck with a sitter every summer.

So we kind of go on autopilot instead of so much prolactin oxytocin, the thing that we read about so often for how moms make milk.

The United States has historically backed Israel in order to maintain some control over the region; virtually everything else in the area is anti-U.S. So Israel was convenient as a kind of base for the U.S. - it could send fighter planes to Israel instead of having them fly from inefficiently far away; and plus, if things got really hairy in the middle east, Israel could do some of the actual fighting too.

Because of the kinds of things you talked about under the name of Fabianism, instead of democratic practices and accountability like popular participation and protests and other forms of civic or popular review, we've gone the route of professionalisation in the civil service and accountability via targets and standardisations and numbers, which enable what is often merely an appearance of accountability, and actually operate in a very different way from other more politicised forms of accountability.

«The big thing that he said to me that kind of showed some courage, and a lot of times when you're in a tough spot as an elected official you have to have some courage, is that he would have rather been a one - term president and ensure that people had health care instead of being a two - term president and not trying to see that through,» Heastie said.

Tissue engineering is like other kinds of engineering, except instead of using steel or computer code to make things, living cells from skin, muscle or cartilage are the raw material.

Instead of idealized spherical magma chambers, the scientists found different shapes, including «an oblong ellipsoidal kind of thing, that looks a little bit like an egg that's been squished down in the middle,» Zebker said in a recent interview, surrounded by humming computers in his office.

I don't like the sound of that kind of thing in my food, so I've started making my own corned beef from beef brisket instead.

Instead of letting your insecurities get the best of you, start to be kind to yourself by listing things you love: whether it's a body part, intellect, ability, or something else.

Wrapping myself up in these kinds of activities instead of something that's more emotionally damaging has really allowed me to stop channeling my energy and time towards things that don't better me or don't matter long term.

«My thing is eyeliner, where I make a wing with a cream liner and a brush instead of using liquid eyeliner, which I find kind of bleeds everywhere.

This list might be different, depending on what you love to purchase — but I ALWAYS buy these things: FJÄDRAR pillow insert is only $ 5.99 for a 20 × 20 feather filled insert, pillow covers of all sorts (because I can't make them as cheap), BUMERANG clothes hangers — $ 3.99 for 8 sturdy wooden hangers is the cheapest I've seen (and it's the only kind we use at our house), Candles — from pillars to tapers to tea lights — they have the best deals around (but I'd never advocate going just for candles — go to Target instead).

Instead of picking out just one top or one dress, fall means getting to wear tights and jackets and layer up all kinds of things giving you so many outfit opportunities it's exciting.

This year is a bit different, maybe because I am getting older or something - BUT the whole night scene: dancing, singing and putting my hands around strangers as we swag back and forth singing Auld Lang Sync just doesn't sound like my kind of thing, instead this year I am keeping things a bit low key and having a nice fancy dinner with friends, followed by great conversation and wine, of course - as we countdown with Ryan Seacrest and Carson Daly on TV.

What to write, hmmmm... I could put what you want to hear but, instead I will put that I know I am not perfect, I try to always be kind to others and really I am here to just see what happens.Yes I would like very much to meet a nice man to do things with.If I catch your eye then we can talk and see...

Things look like they're setting up for an epic opening battle, the kind we've seen in most of the MCU movies, but right as the tension rises and their behemoth alien opposition arrives to the party, the focus instead narrows in on little Baby Groot, who kicks on the tunes and starts grooving.

In lieu of that kind of guide, I've decided instead to focus on some general advice and information about things that are unlikely to change too much...

This is the kind of stuff that's supposed to draw a reaction from you, but instead of accomplishing that, it was all a bit too much even if some of these kinds of thing can happen to real life boxers.

I expected to get much more of this kind of thing; instead this is the set's only worthwhile extra.

It's exactly the kind of experimentation I called for back in January that completely rethinks what publishing can be, and he's doing it with Amazon instead of his traditional publisher presumably because of the one extra thing they add to the mix: «the platform for connection.»

It's not as though this type of thing has never happened before, but it does leave me wondering what kind of thief steals books instead of, say, jewelry or laptop computers.

It seems like this kind of thing could hold back sales when you can just get them for free instead.

This had the feel of all those photographs from American magazines, the kind Yitzhak had peeled through while sitting in a white - walled sanitorium somewhere west of London, with nurses who smelled of rosewater and bleach, and who never once showed an excess of pity for all those dreadful things that had happened but instead very kindly — very sternly — said it was a good time to be on the mend, time to push on, it wasn't much good thinking about anyway, and weren't the photographs of America quite lovely?

Instead of spending hours trying to figure out what kinds of graphics, colors and fonts come together nicely to create the perfect book cover, simply leave it to a capable professional while you do the things you're comfortable with and are sure about, like more writing!

I'm just trying to get a fresh start on things again and get back to having some kind of life instead of stressing everyday about what's going to happen next.

My goal is also to avoid sites that simply list the health issues, and instead focus on ones that do some explaining, perhaps about the health issues, the genetic relationship, that kind of thing.