Sentences with phrase «not keeping the status quo»

The current dominance of middle class families in taking places was a «case for not keeping the status quo», she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

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The status quo isn't perfect, but it's easier to keep a controversial system than to adopt a new one.

So when a potential acquirer looks at a business that is clearly doing its best just to keep the status quo and not making the right moves and investments, they will see right through that and wonder if the company is now too risky to invest in.

«The people that want to keep status quo don't need to show anything.

Religion is the cause of most of the worlds problems... it is created by men that wanted to keep the status quo (e.g., don't be worried now if you are poor... you will get paradise later... good grief!)

You can not hold the position that we should keep the status quo of letting people sell whatever giant clips and assault weapons to whoever they want whenever they want can you?

It whittles down your spirit, a little at a time, until one day you realize it's not you going to church anymore, but some ghost of you, some cardboard cutout you send out to maintain the status quo, to keep up appearances.

Nothing to do with keeping up the status quo, they are literally in fear of what will happen to them and their lives if they were to announce they didn't believe.

What part of WORLD CLASS PLAYERS they don't get...... we are condemned to keep the STATUS QUO while this team keeps this mentality imposed by the owners and supported by the Manager..

If you want to keep the status quo and struggle every year just to qualify for the CL, then don't make any moves to strengthen the spine of the squad.

It is certainly anti-establishment: There is a lot of money around keeping the status quo, and local farmers don't have an industry mouth - piece to make their case.

Keep medicine in it's place, to be used when it's needed, not just because it's status quo!!!

Our country is on the wrong track and the status quo is not working for the local small businesses that create jobs and keep our communities strong.

When those expiration dates come around and the parties can not reach an agreement on how to replace the fiscal policy, they will often simply do a temporary CR just to keep the status quo in place.

After Mayor Bill de Blasio swept up more than 70 percent of the vote in a Democratic primary many anticipated he would win — bringing him one step closer to re-election — he said he had made progress in his first term but would not «accept the status quo» and keep pressing for change.

Governments, in cahoots with BigPharma, because they too don't know any better, conspire to keep populations largely ignorant about real health to a point where they actively suppress information that may challenge the status quo.

I know those big companies are throwing a lot of money to keep things at the status quo, which is not acceptable, and we can make a difference with our votes.

Transforming yourself into a healthy, vivacious, status - quo - can't - keep - up - with - her kind of modern woman doesn't have to mean giving up all the fun and resigning yourself to your new life as Sister Mary Eats Nothing Delicious.

I have been caught in this trap before where I knew that our relationship wasn't growing or going anywhere yet I chose to keep things going status quo and ended up having a good portion of my life flash before me before I woke up one day and called it off.

Then - governor of Mississippi Ross Barnett was determined to keep the status quo, but he wasn't counting on Meredith, a 29 - year - old black Air Force veteran, who was just as determined to seize his...

But they aren't going to just want to keep the status quo in place either.

The forces of the status quo can keep playing games with stall tactics and delays, but we won't let them run out the clock on our kids.

«Education is the civil rights issue of our time and we will not allow the status quo to keep children, especially low - income children, trapped in underperforming schools,» said Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for Children.

This isn't to say that these officials don't care about these children, but that they are disinterested in taking on the tough work needed to overhaul districts and schools in order provide kids with the schools they deserve — which includes challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations for poor and minority kids held by far too many adults working in American public education in Virginia and the rest of the nation, and the affiliates of the National Education Association which has succeeded for so long in keeping the Old Dominion's status quo quite ante.

Thank you in this case and others for not «neglecting» to point out what the champions of the education status quo seem to keep forgetting.

The 2015 Volkswagen Beetle convertible doesn't throw too many curve balls this year, keeping things largely status quo as compared to the year before.

The Big 5 keep fighting for the status quo and don't realize that the ship has already sailed.

And so it was that logistical hassles, fear of the unknown and the tyranny of the status quo — not to mention the cost — all conspired to keep my wife and I grounded in -LSB-...]

And so it was that logistical hassles, fear of the unknown and the tyranny of the status quo — not to mention the cost — all conspired to keep my wife and I grounded in the safe and familiar confines of our downtown Toronto condo.

This isn't a huge leap forward, it is more of a gracious step forward that offers enough to keep the game at status quo.

There's always got to be that person who doesn't allow you to be complacent, and doesn't allow you to keep the status quo going.

Arguing for the status quo (as Judith seems to do) would qualify, as would arguing against the status quo (we can't keep increasing our emissions).

I am not fighting to keep the status quo, I would love a renewable energy source.

«Insurance can't be content with maintaining the status quo; our industry must keep up with constant innovations and disruptions in transportation and the sharing economy,» says Keith Moore, CEO of CoverHound.

Whether you're struggling to keep up or simply maintaining status quo, feeling like someone else is experiencing success after success — whether earned or not — can be aggravating, and soon enough you start to question your career, your degree and even your coffee order.

Sure, texting to make sure your S.O. doesn't forget to pick up dinner or to find out when they're coming home is a solid way to keep the status quo — but it can also be a romance killer, says Greer.

Secondly, many landlords have not kept up with their education and continue the status quo.

I am at a pretty good status quo and even though there are just two of us here I had to spell out to the Mr that I really don't have time to do the same thing over and over so please lets keep it up for at least the week!