Sentences with phrase «not about the number of things»

It's not about the number of things that they accomplish.

Not exact matches

In the second group are existing cable and satellite companies, who will be making a number of arguments about why this opening up isn't necessary — including the argument that they are already opening up themselves and therefore don't need the FCC to barge in and wreck things.

A number of things came into play, and it wasn't just about resiliency and sustainability; it was about connectivity, social features, and providing a mixed - use environment as well.

«By now, you've spent a good portion of your life learning things about yourself, steering those things in different directions, hiding them, claiming new identities and any number of other adjustments we all make (consciously or not),» Kurtz writes.

The report has come under fire from a number of critics, who argue that — among other things — it is talking about theoretical future ad sales that might never have occurred even if ad blocking didn't exist.

Their goal was to make marginally more correct decisions than their competitors, in the long haul, and to do so they implemented an analytically rigorous system that not only processed all of the bleeding edge metrics they could find or create, but also heavily incorporated data from old fashioned sources: scouts, who could see things about a player's potential and character that numbers couldn't.

If the number one goal of the leadership is to «sell out», you can pretty bet they are not focused on the things you care about most.

I don't think things will get better until the inflation target is raised, at least there is an increasing number of influential people talking about it.

The best metric for success are sales numbers and real readers, not the approval of the mainstream intelligentsia who were wrong about Rand as they are wrong about most things.

As for your age, it's not that I give two sh its how old you are, it's just that the impression I get from your posts is that you are very young and quite naive about a number of things.

and bart shouldn't even be included because of his disingenuous book about the variants of the BIble... (he never really gets down to the explicit details of what they are... thus misleading people into thinking the Bible is full of errors - for example... a verse may say «Jesus said to give all your possessions» whereas a VARIANT says «And HE says, give all your possesssions») an extremely low number of variants in the Bibel even change a thing...

Not surprisingly, I received quite a number of comments on this post who were outraged that I would suggest that Jesus talked about such things.

There are two wonderful things that give me a positive wow factor every day — the increasing number of people I discover doing fantastically brilliant stuff, quietly and without fuss, living out the Gospel of Christ in gentle, caring, loving ways, most of which the church institution hasn't got a clue about because it's too dam busy running itself.

To his credit, Bruni gets a number of things right, including the most important thing: Science will not solve our culture's struggles about sexual orientation.

«Another thing I don't like about some preaching,» said another layman who speaks for the growing number of his kind, «is that preachers are always on the defensive.

As a first year seminary student and an avid lover of all things Christmas, I've had the pleasure of learning a number of things about the birth of Jesus that I found too beautiful not to share.

The process is simple arithmetic: time the first point, multiply that by the number of «points» announced («I have three things to say about this matter this morning») and one has not only something to anticipate but a fair estimate as to when to expect it.

For me, I can believe that God wanted it in there and I also thought of the last verse in John about the huge number of things Jesus did that are not recorded.

Why, just today I heard that there's been an increase in the number of cosmetic surgeries being done - a sign that people are feeling more confident about the economy and are willing to spend some money on things they want, not just things they need.

works both ways bro I can't count the number of times I've had scripture quoted at me as if it would convert me or the number of times people have said inane things like «why are there still apes if we evolved from them» or any BS about missing links or transitional fossils.

PDX — It doesn't take a Genius to realize from my statements that i have read things other than the Bible you moron i have spent many hours reading and listening to scientists about their theories on the big bang, i have listened to ideas from the most revered scientists including Hawking and others, and they all admit that there are holes in their theories, that nothing fully explains their big bang theory, the physics doesn't add up let alone the concept, there are plenty of scientists hard at work trying to make the numbers fit and the theory hold weight but if you ask any of them they can not give you the answers and the reason being... there are none, the theory doesn't work, If by the observable laws of Physics, Matter in this Universe can not be created or destroyed, you can only change its state, i.e. solid to liquid, to gas... to energy... There is no explanation for how an entire reality full of Matter can be created out of nothing... Scientists know this... idiots that are atheists and simply would rather NOT believe that their lives and actions they take within their lifespan are being witnessed by an Omnipotent God do not WANT to believe... but Your belief in God does not change whether or not he exists you will be judgnot give you the answers and the reason being... there are none, the theory doesn't work, If by the observable laws of Physics, Matter in this Universe can not be created or destroyed, you can only change its state, i.e. solid to liquid, to gas... to energy... There is no explanation for how an entire reality full of Matter can be created out of nothing... Scientists know this... idiots that are atheists and simply would rather NOT believe that their lives and actions they take within their lifespan are being witnessed by an Omnipotent God do not WANT to believe... but Your belief in God does not change whether or not he exists you will be judgnot be created or destroyed, you can only change its state, i.e. solid to liquid, to gas... to energy... There is no explanation for how an entire reality full of Matter can be created out of nothing... Scientists know this... idiots that are atheists and simply would rather NOT believe that their lives and actions they take within their lifespan are being witnessed by an Omnipotent God do not WANT to believe... but Your belief in God does not change whether or not he exists you will be judgNOT believe that their lives and actions they take within their lifespan are being witnessed by an Omnipotent God do not WANT to believe... but Your belief in God does not change whether or not he exists you will be judgnot WANT to believe... but Your belief in God does not change whether or not he exists you will be judgnot change whether or not he exists you will be judgnot he exists you will be judged.

I worried about a number of other things during the process, too, like not having warm enough water, so the pre-ferment didn't ferment as much as I needed, or not knowing exactly how much to knead the dough or knowing when it would be kneaded properly.

Ox — until this year I would have said he was another Wenger failed project... that being said, he still only showed us some inklings of the things we thought he would start bringing a couple of years ago... liked his role as a wing - back in the 3 - back system but his moping around and general demeanor about not being sure if he liked this new role was a little off - putting considering how long we have waited for him to show up... I wouldn't hesitate to sell if the right number was offered but probably not to a top 8 team

I'm not saying the numbers don't matter for the running of the club, it's just not a thing I want to spend the mental energy thinking about.

are at odds with what the underlying numbers would predict (hint: there ARE skill differences among these teams), and 2) that maybe these models are not quite at the level of sophistication at which we can say with any certainty that, hey, forget the standings (they lie) and that whole 82 games over six months thing... it's all about the successor to Corsi.

I hope you arsenal fans are watching the tottenham game i will bet none of you things any of manaco players are world class what they have is a good number ten an wingers who talkes on defender.players who move around not standing an waiting for the ball this is not about world class it's about utilizing space

It's obvious for me that arsenal need 4 players to become a world class team like bayern and real madrid i couldn't dare mention barcelona because they have unbelievable front three and they maybe the best attack in history of football we are lacking quality in the ST as well as the RW of course giroud and campvell are very good players but in my opinion they are less in quality than the rest of the team so we need to improve the quality in these positins About the DM it's a number issue and i think the position is covered with flamini doing good job and elneny coming which can be deployed there About the fourth signing we need is a center back I don't think i saw till now enough minutes for gabriel to tell if he can make the position his own or not But what makes me doubt him that wenger didn't choose him till now over per which means he is not miles ahead of him so i think we need a new better CB This team can go and fight for every thing even the champions leafue....

I have heard some Gunners fans talk about Icardi not being the type of player to fit our style, but I have also heard many a fan say the same thing about a number of our targets.

It's a bit of an understatement to say that Van Gaal has got a lot of things wrong in his time at United, but whether the number of academy debutants has come about by accident or design, youth development is certainly not one of them.

If the pundits are right about one thing, it is that in certain areas (either end of the pitch), we're short on numbers, which means we can't play Everton, Napoli and City in six days without it having a tangible effect.

I read all the time about mal - practice in hospitals, incect cases in churches or schools, not even speaking about how our education system fails in a basic thing like teaching all of our children to read (you do your research and find out the number or illiteracy in this country).

As I'm freshly going through my second divorce, the number one thing I have learned is that I should have spoken up more when I didn't like her behavior and instead of getting cross about her having secret friends, I should have raised why those actions were inappropriate.

We talk about making shitloads of money (or to be clear, not) and all sorts of other creative business things like caring (or not caring) about playing the numbers game with likes / followers and missing the «good old days» of Etsy when it felt like a connected community of makers.

They're my connection to reality, my foot in the earth, a reminder that my life isn't just about the awesome thing my kid did or the small number of hours I've slept or how mind - numbingly difficult potty training is.

(I also think this is why we don't get much sympathy from older generations about the sleep thing, because they just didn't experience the same number of problems we did.)

Laura Ramirez: It was a number of things, I have had some labor, early labor the day before with nothing really happening and my midwife has come over to take me and put me in a peace of mind and say «You know just let it happen, your baby is still early and don't worry about the things that are progressing on the time when I wanted.»

For those who are religious about their local blood drive, not giving blood may seem like a terrible thing to do but if you are pregnant it's advised that you do not give blood until your baby is born and to wait a number of weeks before going to your local clinic.

After years of research and many theories about the cause of SIDS, we still do not know the exact cause of SIDS but we do know some things which reduce the number of SIDS deaths.

One more thing about stats — don't take absolute numbers too seriously, b / c stats always have a whiff of voodoo about them.

Although things began to look bright in 2006 when their regional licences were upgraded to Unified Access Services Licences, the operators could not sustain the tempo and from a position of strength in terms of the number of operators, there are today, just about only two active CDMA operators, Starcomms and Visafone.

«I remember a number of issues in the past where there was strong public support — the death penalty — the speaker opposed it... It's not about governing from the polls, it's about doing what you think is the correct thing to do.»

And they were clear about another thing: Mr. Heastie is one of the very few people with whom the mayor texts, so others who have his number should not start trying.

«I mean the numbers don't look good in taking the Senate back right now and the Republicans are going to keep the House, and in a Trump presidency, with the Senate confirming a conservative Supreme Court nominee, all of the progressive things that we care about in New York City could be taken away,» he said.

Asked about a large number of APC members who are likely to follow Atiku to PDP, El - Rufai said: «Sure, we know that, we can not rule out the possibility of some greedy people following him; those that are following material things.

According to some trivia I read about Harold Wilson, Labour Prime Minister, some time ago, one of the things he missed most after leaving Number 10 Downing Street (Can't remember whether it was when he lost to Edward Heath in 1970 or when he resigned in 1976) was the telephone.

Number 5 — Lawmakers Leaving — The only thing more strange about the number of state lawmakers either retiring or announcing they're not running for re-election, is that it's all been scandal free, at least foNumber 5 — Lawmakers Leaving — The only thing more strange about the number of state lawmakers either retiring or announcing they're not running for re-election, is that it's all been scandal free, at least fonumber of state lawmakers either retiring or announcing they're not running for re-election, is that it's all been scandal free, at least for now.

You know it's just...» In his top 10 list of surprising things about curling number one was: no one cares; but we know that's not true.

Aside from it simply not being a friendly thing to do, «the number on the scale tells us very little about the overall health and wellness of a person,» says certified eating disorder registered dietitian Marjorie Nolan Cohn, RDN.

However, there are still a number of things about Emeril's recipe that aren't healthy choices like the use of cake flour, refined sugar, white salt, and nonstick cooking spray (yikes).

Just like you don't think about the big toe on your left foot and how you need it to be able to walk until you stub it, or consider your molars and how they help you grind and chew your food until you have a tooth infection, the thyroid is one of those things we tend to ignore until it let's us know, quite clearly with a number of signs and symptoms that we can't.