Sentences with phrase «make it about something»

I can do what I like with my holiday, and I don't have to rename and reconfigure it to please one side or make it about something I don't believe in to appease the other, neither Jesus or Saturn or any other myth that was once attached to the day.

But we just confuse the whole issue and make it about something that it isn't about.

«The attorney general is looking to make this about something bigger,» said attorney John Bailey.

For us, the family dynamic and that ending that you're talking about was one of the very first things that we ever devised, because if you're making a movie, you need to make it about something.

I thought when you announced the Family Circus news it was a joke because Nick Swardson recently did a short bit on developing a Family Circus movie on the Comedy Death Ray podcast: http://www.earwolf.com/episode/episode-73-nick-swardson-jon-daly so sad that a joke made about something that should be absurd has actually become a reality.

I always had the idea that a book (particularly a work of fiction) is something which is carefully crafted over a long period of time and ultimately has a an important statement to make about something.

The history of censorship shows that the more noise you make about something you regard as an abomination, the more interesting you make it, and the further you undermine your own position.

But apologies that are not genuine are just as dangerous, particularly if the apology is made about something that the lawyer doesn't intend to change.»

These questions have not simply displaced me from the real issue, but have problematized my initial problem, and made it about something more than the simple removal of a symptom.

Not exact matches

But in resisting that impulse, we shouldn't at the same time deny that there is something special about the making of things.

Otherwise, I'm just making a video about me going through the process of something.

So make yours good, make it interesting and make sure you have something that is worth writing about.

However, if your prospect list targets a limited range of contacts, the caller will know something specific about whom he or she is speaking with, thus making it easier to establish rapport and authority.

The HBO series about a bunch of dudes trying to make it in Hollywood can teach something to aspiring business owners.

Musk's five - minute scheduling trick did teach me something new about productivity: It made me realize how often I stop whatever I'm doing to read or reply to new emails.

It didn't make sense to us that the clothes we wore five days of the week should be so difficult to find, so we decided to do something about it.

Good answer: The candidate raised an issue about a process, a procedure, another department... something that won't make the boss defensive.

The term has made it to Merriam - Webster's «Words we're watching,» which defines it as «when a man talks condescendingly to someone (especially a woman) about something he has incomplete knowledge of,» while mistakenly assuming he has superior knowledge.

I typically can't make a video about something until I have emotional closure in my real life.

When I get really enthusiastic about something, I count on her to make sure I'm being realistic,» Bill explained.

If your business model revolves more around river tours and large bodies of water, the mighty kraken, complete with lots of morbid jokes about your service to the creature, ferrying tourists to feed its unending hunger for human flesh, may do a better job of making your employees feel like they are part of something greater.

It will show that you care about their opinions and it will make them happy when you give them what they want (even if it's something small).

We let him breathe and do his own thing; we discuss certain things — the black and gold uniforms had his input — but it's not about making someone do something for your brand.

«I had to figure out something that made sense, and you don't know much about where's Luke's head is at coming out of «The Force Awakens,» Johnson told Business Insider.

For example, a nervous smile while rejecting an offer during a negotiation won't help you get what you want; it will just make the other person feel uneasy about working with you because they'll assume that you're up to something.

It was important for us to have somebody who wasn't afraid to tell us we were making the wrong decision about something.

If you're able to make some sort of profit doing something that you're passionate about, isn't that a success story?

Starting off with my favorite holiday of the year, Halloween is one of the most mindless holiday marketing months and I am not talking about zombies; though when I read some of these Facebook pages it makes me wish I was one... What I mean is that it's relatively easy to research and find quality content that can be used to boost interest in your cause, so why not do something more ghoulish?

«It's all about how you turn that into something you learn lessons from to change your business or how you can actually make money from marketers and advertisers.

Instead, make it a story about the culture of innovation and the many people who have sustained it; giving others role models and the license to have something to strive for.

He adds, «When you're thinking about a startup, it's really worthwhile to think about something you're willing to make a very long - term commitment to because that is where the current void in the market is.»

More often than not, those who work at a company are the first to know about a decision the company makes, whether the decision is a new feature, product line, or something else.

Every time he went to pay for something, the photo would jolt him back to his mission, and make him think twice about the expenditure.

Think first, say game players, about whether you're prepared to reveal the numbers that make games into something more than trivial exercises in employee manipulation.

We'd rather make it about someone or something else than make it about ourselves.

«It is something that benefits our company and community,» she said, explaining that many of the company's associates are veterans or are part of a military family and these efforts make associates feel good about the company for which they work.

These days, when she's hanging out with her niece and nephew playing Mario Kart, she makes sure she's «focused on having fun with them, and not worried about something vibrating in my pocket.»

But even if a project is something you are passionate about and want to complete, distractions such as social media, doubts and other tasks can make it nearly impossible to concentrate on it.

«It's got to be simple, and sometimes to make something simple you have to really, really study everything about it.

But when you think about it, there is something tempting about being made breakfast in bed by a chef, or having your hair cut for free by your girlfriend.

You can begin to think about, «OK, what is something different that I could provide this person that would make it worth their time to speak with me or meet with me?»»

And in so doing, it can make the case that it cares about artists — something they've been longing to hear from anyone for years.

This discomfort with your new identity, at least in mild doses, isn't something to worry about, according to the New York Times, but it just might make you more prone to procrastination.

Making use of blogging and email is cost - effective in terms of getting content shared, and whether you have the budget of Elon Musk or something much more modest, sharing is what it is all about.

Star Wharton professor Adam Grant knows something about what it takes to make a book a bestseller.

The other is to do something about them and to respond in a way that makes sense.

Since I was really passionate about music, I was able to combine that passion with technology to make something.»

«It's really about discovering something that she loves and is going to make her feel great.»

The Moto G5 Plus isn't a showstopper in the looks department, but it is actually made out of metal, which isn't something you can say about most budget phones.

[There's something] symbolic about walking through a man's world in a man's pair of pants that makes you feel uncomfortable.»