Sentences with phrase «n't big people»

«There weren't big people and little people to Mr. Rooney.

I will have to see how heavy it feels, since I am not a big person.

I'm not that big a person so can feel the extra weight & need to figure out how to drop it; a little confused about what direction to go from here.

I am not at all a small person but I'm also not a big person.

Not exact matches

Times editorial board member Elizabeth Williamson writes that wealthier tech employees seem to support Clinton; meanwhile, those living in «a less glamorous Silicon Valley, inhabited by brainy young people whose long hours power the big companies and whose college debt is so heavy that some of them can't even qualify for a credit card» are «feeling the Bern.»

On the one hand, there's probably very little training required, and if a delivery person isn't wearing a company's T - shirt, it's probably not that big a deal as long as the package arrives on time.

«I don't want people to think this is only a land of big business,» says Scott Carlberg, manager of the Carolinas» Nuclear Cluster.

Eric Roberge, a CFP and founder of Beyond Your Hammock, tells CNBC Make It that the biggest mistake most people make when saving for retirement is not taking advantage of their employer's 401 (k) match.

About his plans for a border fence, Trump said: «I don't mind having a big beautiful door in that wall so that people can come into this country legally.»

Only one problem: those big breaks don't happen to people passively waiting.

«That overlooks the fact that it is a very good beer, and that there's a big market for people who want to drink something other than Molson or Labatt beer but don't necessarily want to jump into an IPA.»

Today, while big retailers know a great deal about their customers, they add rules to their backend software so people don't receive offers regarding things which might be sensitive, Globant's Murphy explains.

The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater in England) had demanded a bigger cut of a business deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.

People can not connect or relate to big numbers and dollars; the key is to provide results that are relative and quantifiable, within the grasp of your potential clients.

If you run a small business with a big potential, how can you hire the best people to join your team when you don't have the deep pockets or ridiculous perks a big company can offer?

«I'm a big believer that a lot of people have abilities that they don't really tap into because people around them are telling them that it's not good or impossible.»

«In a year from now, what we want is for this not only to be nationally present, but something that people see as a big part of their every day lives,» Elliott says.

When Lyft first launched, recalls the company's director of marketing strategy & operations Gina Ma, «it felt like really asking people to participate in this really big sort of social experiment almost — the idea of doing these things that your mom always told you not to do.»

The biggest hits are often things people don't see coming.

People aren't as worried about a Canadian housing crash as they used to be, and the Canadian financial sector — our other big industry — continues to be a well - run oligopoly.

«There really wasn't a big impact from ambition to how satisfied people were with their lives,» Kammeyer - Mueller, a business school professor, told me.

And it's a break from the past: Gathering the 50 smartest people in an industry together in one room to talk shop is not necessarily something that would have happened during the highly competitive Mad Men era of big advertising.

«The time of humongous studios with a thousand people working on a few big games, I don't think we'll see that again any time soon.»

But Twitter isn't just a big classifieds section, it's a community where people share information.

«If people know you have the big bazooka, you probably don't have to use it.»

As often as not, the biggest hurdle isn't even coming up with an elegant and cost - effective solution; it's getting people to accept the prospect of change and to adopt your answer to the problem.

And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.

From humble beginnings to one of China's richest people, self - made billionaire Zhang Xin told «Managing Asia» in 2012 why wealth was not her biggest motivator.

«The best way to make some progress on this... wasn't to go out and hire a consultant, as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day,» says Toronto Mayor John Tory.

I wanted to get a sense of whether or not these sneakers were as comfortable and easy to fall in love with as other cult - favorites (Allbirds being the most obvious)-- specifically because the greatest indicator of a shoe becoming «the next big thing» is generally whether or not people actually like wearing them.

Steve's heartwarming story certainly endears people to him and gives them a reason to do business with All Vacuum Center over the big - box stores, but it's not enough.

For example, that person may ask you make a big introduction for himself or herself and be appreciative, but can't return the favor on a similar scale.

People want free markets — and the free flow of goods and services across borders — but they don't want to be told that other places are better places to do business, and they don't like the idea that another nation might grab a bigger share of corporate tax revenues.

In a realm of swirling, incomprehensible big biological data — which is, perhaps, another way of thinking about the human body — the opportunity to use computer learning to better anticipate which drugs will work well (and not so well) in any one person is one we shouldn't pass up.

Just ensure that you're not singling out the people who are most vocal and obvious about their accomplishments, as it could be the more modest people on your team who are actually making the biggest splash.

Open - plan offices and specific «perks» that seemed great in other people's businesses may not work for yours, and your real concern for that big office plan should be in what makes your worker strongest

Be respectful and don't interrupt people who are working, but catching someone making a coffee in the kitchen, give them a big smile and learn a bit about their day in a friendly, non-creepy way.

When a one - person business gets to a bigger size, the owner doesn't have enough time to do the additional work that needs to get done.

most people take these lightly but some times we have to face big lose due to ignore these things specialy when we don't care about office equipment like copiers, printers and telephone.

Steve Buckley figured that out and thought the best way to make some progress on this, and I think he's right, wasn't to go out and hire a consultant as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in from the DMZ and so on who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day.

If you're thinking big, it's really not that hard to find people who want to do amazing things with you.

The venture - backed startup path is such a big part of society in this zeitgeist right now that it's attracting people that it's not the right fit for.

«In everyday interactions with significant others, people often assume that momentary distractions by their cell phones are not a big deal,» another researcher involved in the study, Meredith David, said.

My husband and I are both big people, and I needed a chair that would hold us, sitting upright, and not low to the ground so we can sit comfortably and watch our grandkids ball games.

She added: «The biggest mistake people make is thinking it's really not that important, and they just take a picture with their phone in the house or backyard with clutter and real life peeking through.

I'm not cavalier about other people's money or jobs, but here that doesn't qualify as risk, which is weird because in many, many countries, quitting your job and starting a company and taking money from someone and losing it is a big, big no - no.

Personality tests are a «convenient way to categorize people, but they're not the absolute truth,» says Natella, who puts test scores into context by comparing them with the average scores of his best reps.. The bigger test comes when he puts potential salespeople on the phones for two half days to call potential clients.

In fact, Musk's «biggest mistake» is made over and over again by countless people in leadership positions every day: not hiring or promoting the right knowledge workers with intangibles beyond talent and brain.

«We're not getting people with big medical bills, chronically sick people who would hit those lifetime caps or be denied because of pre-existing conditions.

While Trump doesn't come from private equity, though real estate investing in increasingly a big part of what private equity firms do, many of the people in his administration, or advising it, do.