Sentences with phrase «most folks involved»

One irony is that I think that most folks involved would like that in a deeper sense, even though many find it so difficult to embody that approach.

Most folks involved are focused on reducing CO2 emissions.

I think it's great they» pushing the design envelope — and most folks involved in the epub format development know that this will likely get folded back into the standard.

Not exact matches

Although A Year of Biblical Womanhood released more than a year ago, a few new reviews have surfaced in recent days from folks who are concerned that «women might be confused» by the fact that my yearlong exploration of biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literal extreme.

Finding stuff for the bags involves writing to a whole bunch of folks, of which about half respond and most of which are able to provide something in the quantities requested.

Most social events I attend involve health - forward folks, but occasionally even I confront less - than - stellar eating decisions.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

The plot involves a group of stuffy rich folks who head to a palatial estate for a weekend of eating, hunting, and - most importantly - squabbling.

Most of the folks involved in the film are professionals — Kevin Bacon (X-Men: First Class), Adam Scott (The Overnight), Peter Sarsgaard (Blue Jasmine) and even (a very good) Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey), among them — and deliver adequate to fine performances.

Because of the enthusiasm of a lot of these different folks that are very involved, you're seeing [writing] in places, I guess, that you wouldn't even expect to...» Most of the District A participants took on formal roles as well.

Some of the most amazing book campaigns I've ever worked on or witnessed involved big media outreach, and some of the most talented folks in the industry are PR pros.

If you want to sell books using social media, here's my suggestion: develop an interesting personality, blog, tweet and Facebook about things that genuinely interest you (that don't involve you trying to sell someone your stupid book), and maybe, just maybe, if you demonstrate that you can write, are relevant, and have interesting things to say, some folks might think, «hey, maybe I should check out one of his / her books — they might not completely suck, like most of the rest of the dross clogging the drain these days!»

Things is, I reigned over 30 years ago, and most of the book involves letters and cards from organizations represented by folks who aren't even alive to ask anymore.