Sentences with phrase «much control over the lives»

Why did you give a book and an organization so much control over your life?

It's amazing to think that our adrenals can take so much control over our lives — especially when they are out of balance.

The physical thrill is obvious, but there's also the thrill of having this much control over the lives of all of these people.

I believe we only have so much control over our lives.

Some people do not have as much control over their lives, which might be both perception and reality.

Not exact matches

«When you think about it, it's amazing how much control financial advisers have over our lives,» writes Liz Davidson in her book, «What Your Financial Advisor Isn't Telling You.»

But because the government has so much control over the country — control no developed nation or most other emerging markets have — Shenfeld thinks that any hard landing will be short - lived.

It isn't your call, much as you'd LOVE to exert control over every last inch of everyone else's life.

I've been reading the monastics recently, and it strikes me that while much of modern evangelicalism echoes their teachings on self - control and self - denial when it comes to sexuality, we tend to gloss over a lot what this great cloud of monastic witnesses has to say about self - control and self - denial in other areas of life — like materialism, food, relationships, and hospitality.

However, the «control» that drugs and alcohol have over my life today are much different than 10 years ago.

Its reality can be denied only by obscuring the fact that ideas and attitudes determine the decisions by which the greater part of life is regulated, and exercise much control over bodily acts.

I care about the life people like you are attempting to force in to this world, you care about what appeases your god - big difference when you really don't care or consider the child only what your imaginary friend god wants and yet your god cause abortions all the time... you care about a clump of cells, not the actual life of the child and that's much worse than me supporting the rights of a woman to have control over her body, especially if the clump of cells couldn't survive outside of the host.

The sense of power and control over one's life remains, however, when they also are endowed with something Antonovski (1979) calls «lawfulness,» that is, when meaning is attributed as much to a miracle as to the absence of one, and people believe that «things will be how they should be.»

I felt so much control over my own life again as soon as we made the decision to homeschool.

They are much more established in their independence and want to have some control over what happens in their life.

Our children have little to no control over much of their daily lives.

Reagan means «little ruler» which is actually a perfect way to describe just how much control our little bundle of joy will have over our lives for the next 18, 25, or 30 years, especially during the first one.

It is worth noting that while people under age 65 in the U.S. live in a heavily market - dominated economy where poor employment outcomes mean poverty and a lack of access to health care, almost everyone over age 65 has most of their healthcare paid for by Medicare, (a FICA tax financed, single payer system that pays providers more or less the same rates as private insurance companies and has few cost controls), more than half of their nursing home costs paid by Medicaid, (which is stingy in how much it pays providers and moderately means tested), and receives enough of a guaranteed income from the combination of Social Security and SSI payments to keep the poverty rate for people age 65 +, (even if they have no retirement savings of their own), above the poverty line, regardless of the state of the local economy.

Using the Canadian Work, Stress, and Health Study (CANWSH), a national sample of Canadian workers, the researchers measured proficiency, or mastery, by asking study participants how much they agree or disagree with statements such as: «You have little control over the things that happen to you» and «You often feel helpless in dealing with problems of life.»

That empowering experience set the tone for her remarkable 30 - year career, much of which she has spent fi guring out how to help people take almost miraculous control over their lives.

But according to the tenets of interest - based bargaining, focusing too much on objective criteria such as price, or salary in the case of faculty positions, can produce a tenuous agreement in which basic human needs — security, economic well - being, a sense of belonging, recognition, control over one's life — are not met.

«People living in public housing don't have as much control over their building, and we know from this study that the building is an important source of exposure to harmful chemicals.»

There are a lot of things in our modern everyday lives that we do not have much control over: second hand smoke, pollution, working in an office cubicle, to name a few.

I was being a weather reporter, reporting on how my life was going as if I had as much control over my weight or my relationships as a weather reporter has over the weather.

A unified system across Xbox Live and all of your games allows for you to have much more control over who you play with while giving you new and exciting ways to get even more involved in your community.

Sir Michael, who in the past has drawn much criticism from teachers» unions, also warned that teachers» representatives should not portray themselves as «victims who have little control or say over their own professional lives».

Ride quality is very composed and well controlled over lumpy bitumen, but the Picasso's cornering ability is not in the same league as that of the 2 Series Active Tourer, which is much more the driver's choice — for family members who are too young to give up on life just yet.

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As a mother of twins, and as a doctor, I've long been interested in how much of our lives is dictated by the genes we land here with — a blueprint over which we have no control.

And the Captain's use of different stories to have some control over the audiences was also fascinating - humans haven't really changed much, and the Captain's intuition seemed to have saved his life numerous times.

Focus only on those few things you have any control over, and your life becomes much simpler.

Providing full control over all digital signs in your system is information on how the signs are performing in real time, how much power they consume, if they are receiving the network signal, and how much battery life they've got left, to mention but a few.

Regardless of how much you're making, there are five golden money rules to always live by — fundamental guidelines that will allow you to take, and maintain, control of your finances — both now and over time.

It comes down to how long you expect to live and how much control over the assets you need or want to have.

This is one of life's biggest expenses, and it's a purchase where you have total control over how much you spend.

Forecasting what may most likely happen with these factors over time (given the assumed fluctuations in the markets - which you can control every year by using different rates of return on every investment for every year - including negative rates of return, and being able to change your income goal every year) is much more important to model, than a one - dimensional probability number, to an actual investor's life.

In any case, an important consideration that any potential owner of a variable policy should have is that he or she will have much more control over how their funds are invested in this type of life insurance plan.

Teaching your dog to exhibit self - control will make your life much easier, especially when you have company over or are out and about.

And unlike Mr. Glazier and Ms. Purvis, who can change the straw in the cats» beds and keep their backyard clean, Ms. Shaw does not have much control over the cats» living situation or location.

And even though the other characters are entirely controlled by the game, it still feels very much like a living, breathing population helmed by gamers the world over.

So no matter how things change over time we are prepared to adapt and can move forward with installations of as much solar to meet our needs, and there is no need to live in fear of the utility control over solar installations.

(maybe most of you are too cool to remember that sort of moment... but think of something equally bad like the time you accidentally set something on fire and it started getting out of control...) I think it will be worse than that... Seems like to me we need to be much, much, more certain before we go making policy all over the earth that could actually harm us... or maybe not quite so bad, but really not desirable, harm many developing countries and distract them from addressing real environmental land use and energy production problems that would actually help the environment and save human lives now, today... but keep an eye on the future... not suggesting head in the sand stuff... just let's stop the panic... if you have to panic it's probly too late... most people don't behave terribly rationally while panicing...

I've greatly appreciated and learned much from many of her articles, such as «The Cost of Law: Promoting Access to Justice through the (Un) Corporate Practice of Law,» «Life in the Law - Thick World: The Legal Resource Landscape for Ordinary Americans» (with Jaime Heine), and «Legal Barriers to Innovation: The Growing Economic Cost of Professional Control Over Corporate Legal Markets.»

However, universal life is thought of as being more flexible than whole life because the policy holder has more control over when the premium due date is, as well as how much of the premium goes towards the death benefit, and how much goes towards the policy's cash value (within certain guidelines).

Much like a basic universal policy, a variable life insurance policy gives you a little more control over what the cash component does for you by allowing you to invest it.

In any case, an important consideration that any potential owner of a variable policy should have is that he or she will have much more control over how their funds are invested in this type of life insurance plan.

An insurer will not allow you to modify a life insurance policy, but by opting for a rider, you will gain the much - needed control over the ever - changing life situations.

Your insurer may not give you the liberty to modify your insurance policy according to your individual needs, but riders empower you with much - needed control over your ever - changing life situations.

Your insurer may not give you the liberty to modify your insurance policy according to your individual needs, but riders empower you with much - needed control over your ever - changing life situations.So sit down with your insurance advisor to evaluate the benefits of the rider and buy the one that is best - fitted for you and your family.

This gives him an exhilarating sense of control over his own life and destiny, which satisfies him so much and gives him such an experience of self - determination, that later he doesn't mind so much being told what to do by his parents outside of the session!