Sentences with phrase «most of a lifetime»

So most of our lifetime we are actually altruists and compassionate.

It took most of a lifetime of being looked - over and isolated for us to find one another at ages 50 and 61, and I am responding to this editorial to tell you this: If you are alive, breathing, and able to give a bit of your heart to another human without set expectations on what the returns will look like, or feel like - love will find a way.

Born with a severe dairy allergy, founder August Vega spent most of her lifetime struggling to find foods that wouldn't make her sick.

«But the door to the change we want was opened, for the first time in most of our lifetimes.

By looking at the composition of crystals trapped at different times during the evolution of the magma body — and with the apatite crystals in effect acting as «time capsules» — the team was able to show that the magma that eventually erupted had spent most of its lifetime in a bubble - free state, becoming gas - saturated only very shortly before eruption.

It's exciting when you go deeper and deeper into a complicated structure that you can spend most of a lifetime working on.

Loners like NGC 4178, which has spent most of the lifetime of the universe avoiding the company of other galaxies, are useful tools for disentangling how this happens.

MSCs are considered adult or somatic stem cells and remain in a non-proliferative, quiescent state during most of their lifetime, until stimulated by the signals triggered by tissue renewal, damage and remodeling processes.

I've wanted to pull the plug that sustains the dumb Hollywood action vehicle for most of my lifetime; seeing such films replicated isn't funny to me — it's just tearing open old wounds.

Innovations like this have made Odyssey a front - runner for most of the lifetime of the nameplate.

It's a travesty, but I do not see this changing in what's left of most of our lifetimes.

But most of us are net buyers of stocks for most of our lifetimes.

This number will vary depending on one's outlook — it can be quite high for those planning to spend most of their lifetime in India and vice-versa.

Downsizing a home that you've spent most of a lifetime accumulating stuff for, and then moving to a small house or condominium, can be full of choices.Here are some considerations for empty nesters looking to downsize.

Dear Ann, For the first time in most of our lifetimes, Cuba is opening up to U.S. travelers.

For most of its lifetime, the plant looks like a bouquet of swords with spiky silver succulent leaves growing densely at ground level.

For most of our lifetime, theater has been middle brow in conception and appeal, the rare exceptions of a Samuel Beckett or Robert Wilson only proving the rule.

«This has been a concern for most of my lifetime, and I am most concerned about my son's generation.»

According to their calculations, several U.S. states are expected to see sharp temperature increases by the turn of the next century — not in most of our lifetimes, but certainly in our grandchildren's.

Jokingly, Maathai, who has spent most of a lifetime planting saplings, responded, «That's great.

The difference in the risk assessment between men and women in this age group is so big that it account for most of the lifetime difference in insurance costs between men and women.

Karen Crotty Palumbo was born and raised in Dutchess County, NY and has been a resident of this area for most of her lifetime.

Not exact matches

One of Musk's earliest entrepreneurial achievements, PayPal, would be a lifetime dream to most entrepreneurs.

We will end up playing catch - up with the rest of the world and miss out on the most amazing transition of our lifetimes: into an era in which we become the drivers in driverless cars.

Dr. Robert Cialdani, who's spent his lifetime researching the «science of influence,» identifies «authority» as one of the six traits most likely to persuade people.

After taking a lifetime's worth of burns over the Internet's most hated app, they ditched the five - star rating system and opted for an opt - out.

One of the most frequent questions our clients ask is, «Do I have enough assets to retire or leave the workforce to last our entire lifetime without it negatively impacting our lifestyle?»

«The fact that this is our first global mania,» adds Novogratz, «will make this the single most speculative bubble of our lifetimes.»

For just about any growing company in this «as - a-service» world, two of the most important metrics are customer churn and lifetime value.

Nooyi, who is also No. 2 on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list, has donated more to the school than any other alumni in terms of lifetime giving, the school said.

One of the most popular strategies for married couples, for example, is the «file and suspend» method, which is particularly useful where one spouse has significantly higher lifetime earnings, said Shelton.

Imagine making the most important investment of your lifetime without doing any research.

Distributions from the trust during your lifetime (most of them, anyway) will be taxed at favorable capital gains rates.

For most investors the primary purpose of their IRA is to provide them a lifetime guaranteed income when they're done working.

Together with his physician wife, Priscilla Chan, he has become one of the world's most ambitious philanthropists, most recently pledging $ 3 billion to an initiative with an audacious goal: to cure, prevent, or make manageable all diseases in their children's lifetime.

These are on our faces and are the most controversial product of my lifetime (and that's saying something).

Those who struggle the most post-games are perhaps those who had high expectations that went unfulfilled, which can lead to a lifetime of «what - ifs» and second guessing.

With lifetime donations exceeding $ 2 billion, Allen's philanthropic efforts make him one of the most generous people in the world.

In my early 40's, I was undoing a lifetime of savings, in a way most people would consider irresponsible.

For example, in return for the guarantee of lifetime payments, you typically give up all or most of your access to the savings you've invested in the annuity.

Buying or selling a business can be a complicated task, particularly since in most involve parties that only enter into this type of transaction once or twice in their lifetime.

«Social Security can represent up to 40 % of the total income the average worker receives throughout retirement and when and how to file are some of the most important financial decisions they make in their lifetimes,» said David Giertz, president of distribution and sales for Nationwide Financial.

His awards include: several honorary degrees in Canada, Mobile World Congress Lifetime Achievement Award, India's Priyadarshni Academy Global Award, Time Magazine World's 100 Most Influential People, three times Barron's list of «World's Top CEOs».

For whatever reason, most investors aren't wired to think of common stocks like they do office buildings or high - quality furniture, which they understand has utility for more than one lifetime.

If you're like most people, your lifetime net worth will be primarily comprised of two major assets: your home and your retirement account.

«Gerard Adams, a self - made millionaire by 24, has already accomplished more than a lifetime's worth of professional success for most people.

And his lifetime goal is to connect visionary leaders and game changers to catalyze business models and new ideas for solving 100 of the world's most impactful issues by the year 2100.

His other professional acknowledgments include: Institute for Management Studies — Lifetime Achievement Award (one of only two ever awarded), American Management Association - 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years, BusinessWeek — 50 great leaders in America, Wall Street Journal — top ten executive educators, Forbes — five most - respected executive coaches, Leadership Excellence — top five thinkers on leadership, Economic Times (India)-- top CEO coaches of America, Economist (UK)-- most credible executive advisors in the new era of business, National Academy of Human Resources — Fellow of the Academy (America's top HR award), World HRD Congress — 2011 global leader in HR thinking, Fast Company — America's preeminent executive coach, and Leader to Leader Institute — 2010 Leader of the Future Award.

If that's the case, then the superstars in the field of value stock investing are the most patient guys on the planet — many of them waiting a lifetime for big returns.

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