Sentences with phrase «of chance in life»

In a study published in the journal Sex Roles, male and female college undergraduates were given a survey that inquired about their general support for social inequality («It's OK if some groups have more of a chance in life than others») as well as their support for traditional gender power dynamics in the bedroom («The man should be the one who dictates what happens during sex»)[1].

Cold, rational calculation is your only real way of reducing the influence of chance in your life.

1 Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, 2nd ed., (New York: Thompson Texere, 2004), 61.

Since that time, he has written a long - form essay broken into three books: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, and Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder.

«Aside from the obvious return on investment, there's not a lot of chances in life to invest money and things that not only make your home more comfortable and bring down your operating costs, but are also morally correct,» says Darlington.

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And be realistic about the chances of not receiving that money: a long stay in a private retirement home, a re-marriage, investment losses, or the relative simply living a really long time can cut into the amount you end up receiving.

The storyline is about an orphan girl in the early years of Great Britain, Mary «Jacky» Faber, who has to disguise herself as a boy to sneak onto a Navy ship just to have a chance at life.

If you are like most people, you are realizing that you do not have the right people in your circle and that your chances of living your dream life will likely remain just that — a dream.

When we really focus and listen to what coworkers, clients, and our bosses are telling us in real life, we have a better chance of executing correctly the first time and encouraging all of these people around us to trust us.

For a more current look at what happens when abortion is severely restricted, we looked to Brazil, where abortion is illegal except in cases of rape, when the mother's life is in danger, and in the rare instances of anencephaly, a severe fetal anomaly in which the fetus lacks parts of the brain, leaving the infant with virtually no chance of survival.

Here's the tough but empowering truth: chances are really good that many of the barriers holding you back from achieving your full potential in life are self - imposed.

But chances are that whatever you believe is limiting the growth of your business (or anything else in your life) is based on a false premise, not an immutable truth.

If you're in the exhausting middle years of your life, squeezed between growing kids and a growing career, chances are good that getting out of bed early enough for self - care is a perpetual challenge.

One of the most interesting side effects of moving and traveling a lot has been that in every new place I have settled in, I have had the chance to rethink every part of my life.

«He's the only one for our country that, for all of us, is going to even scratch the surface at giving us a chance to have a future where we're not living in a depression for the next 10, 15 years.

Like most things in life, if you set a goal or a target, your chances of achieving it are dramatically improved.

If you live in a first world country, you more than likely have a chance to take advantage of these various high - tech services.

To drive engagement, the company enlisted Likeable to launch a #purebarrelife campaign, a contest which asked clients to share personal stories about integrating Pure Barre into their daily lives through text, photos and videos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest for a chance to win prizes.The company enlisted the agency's help because Likeable has the expertise to navigate the challenges involved in running a national social - media contest, such as time demands, possible legal issues, and the unique rules and guidelines of each individual platform.

The Society of Actuaries reported in 2000 that there is an 81 % chance that one or both members of a 65 - year - old couple will live to age 85, and a 58 % chance that one or both will make it to age 90.

Contestants pitch live, on stage with a crowd of their peers for the chance to be featured in season two of the web series «Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch.»

Chances are, you're already leading in some area of your life, even if not at work.

Chances are that anyone seeking a place to live in and around the trendy Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, Mich., eventually will come across property investment and management company Urbane Apartments.

The nationwide challenge will see Emirati students with an entrepreneurial mind pitch their concepts in front of a live audience and a judging panel for a chance to win prizes and work with a local business mentor.

«The basic elements of this story are repeated in the lives of all of the great Masters in history: a youthful passion or predilection, a chance encounter that allows them to discover how to apply it, an apprenticeship in which they come alive with energy and focus.

So maybe Ford took some chances, creating spots in which McConaughey just kind of meanderingly freestyles his way through various quasi-philosophical musings about Lincoln and the meaning of life (it's all been compared to his «True Detective» character).

It means having a chance at the kind of life described in 1931 by James Truslow Adams when he coined the term «American Dream»: a life that's «better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.»

The more you can mix with influential people, the better your chances of advancing in all areas of your life.

In a Facebook Live, high - performance coach Todd Herman explains that being positive can hinder your chance of success.

If they're going to give us a year... and see if we really mean what we say with some of these quality of life and quality of service [reforms], that gives them a chance to relook, and in another year, say, «Are we doing better, is my family in a good place, did you do what you said you were going to do, Air Force?»»

I also got a chance to travel to Texas this past summer for several weeks of training in San Antonio which I combined with some leave days visiting Denver, the Grand Canyon, Albuquerque New Mexico (saw all the Breaking Bad film locations), and Austin, Texas (along with a fun night at 6th Street seeing a ton of live music and drinking way too much beer).

Through the program, hockey communities across the U.S. can now vie for the coveted title of «Kraft HockeyvilleTM USA 2016» and enter for a chance to win the grand prize of hosting an NHL ® Pre-Season game televised live on NBCSN and $ 150,000 in arena upgrades.

Since Living Goods» overall budget is increasing, it also aims to raise an additional $ 3 million in reserves (about $ 2 million in 2015 and about $ 1 million in 2016).148 It expects to raise some funds from partnership consulting fees and margins on goods sold to CHPs, leaving about $ 10 million per year that would need to be supported by donor funding.149 In 2012 Living Goods raised $ 2.8 million, and in 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - uin reserves (about $ 2 million in 2015 and about $ 1 million in 2016).148 It expects to raise some funds from partnership consulting fees and margins on goods sold to CHPs, leaving about $ 10 million per year that would need to be supported by donor funding.149 In 2012 Living Goods raised $ 2.8 million, and in 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - uin 2015 and about $ 1 million in 2016).148 It expects to raise some funds from partnership consulting fees and margins on goods sold to CHPs, leaving about $ 10 million per year that would need to be supported by donor funding.149 In 2012 Living Goods raised $ 2.8 million, and in 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - uin 2016).148 It expects to raise some funds from partnership consulting fees and margins on goods sold to CHPs, leaving about $ 10 million per year that would need to be supported by donor funding.149 In 2012 Living Goods raised $ 2.8 million, and in 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - uIn 2012 Living Goods raised $ 2.8 million, and in 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - uin 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - uin the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - uin Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - up.

The chance to have the kindness and stability in his life that is the right of every child,» said New Democrat children and families spokesperson Melanie Mark.

Other economists don't agree that you need $ 350,000 to be considered rich, however an amount of money that exceeds $ 200,000 per year is enough for a family to lead a more than comfortable lifestyle; this means having the chance to live in a big house, send the kids to private schools, have enough money to travel internationally, own at least 2 cars, and have no debt except a mortgage which will help them build equity.

This means that parents or relatives can help boost a borrower's chances of securing approval for a mortgage, even if they don't plan on living in the purchased property.

But in fact a whole generation of young adults is likely to see its life chances permanently diminished by this recession.

If you put in a huge amount of cash, there's also the chance that you may never reach the break - even point if you don't live long enough.

Had the individual purchased permanent life insurance, he or she could have access to a potentially significant source of supplemental retirement income in the future (depending on the policy type), while preserving the death benefit in perpetuity (note, however, that the death benefit and cash value of a policy is reduced in the event of a loan or partial surrender, and the chance of lapsing the policy increases).

As people are having children later in life, there is a greater chance that the college tuition bill for their kids will come due during their prime retirement savings years or, in an increasing number of cases, just as retirement approaches.

You must be watching lots of soaps where where women are stronger and smarter than men... However, in real life men are twice as strong as women and a woman would not have a chance of winning with comparatively trained man of her size.

Gerecht was essentially with (see his 2012 essay «Living with Islam») certain voices in the Obama State Dept., or among the academic supporters of the Revolution at a site like The Arabist, which for a time held that the Revolution presented a chance to split the broad Islamic constituency represented by the Brotherhood, to separate the Brothers ready to meet democratic secularists half - way, from the rest, and to let the latter earn the scorn of the populace through their own policies, actions, etc..

This article claims that a word game can gauge motivation levels, which is absolutely false on many levels, motivation is shaped by a strong purpose in life and not those that claim they are a product of chance.

And the chances of spontaneous generation from dissolved rocks (chemical life) is 1 in 10 ^ 7800.

If humans were not designed by a higher authority, how can each individual's DNA be uniquely different among the human species, especially different than the other animals; how can the life sustaining elements be constantly available and exist in exact formulations: O, H, C etc. water is always 2 atoms of Hydrogen and one atom of Oxygen; sugar, fats, grains, and any bio-chemical products can be broken down to their simplest forms of elements, but can be re-constructed with specific (not by chance) formula.

Lying on a bed in the ER with a nurse trying to find a vein in my arm, all I could think of was that I hadn't had a chance to live.

Those that believe in the origin of life in that way just believe that after such a long time the chance actually happened.

Mormons believe we all just have a chance to be there by our faith in Christ but if we aren't worthy enough, then we will still live in a lower heaven but eternally out of the presence of God the Father.

For them, at last, there would be some kind of future; some older faces to apply to their unfolding lives, some language in which their identity could be properly discussed, some rubric by which it could be explained - not in terms of sex, or sexual practices, or bars, or subterranean activity, but in terms of their future life stories, their potential loves, their eventual chance at some kind of constructive happiness.»

The chances that your spirit for want of a better word will live on, is more likely going to be your the form of energy either in another dimension or with another life form from a distant planet who by most accounts from so many writings and drawings all across our earth has a higher probablity than some guy named jesus or his never caring ignorant father or a holly ghost (remember when that was the real name).

However small the probability of life randomly occuring, if the number of chances for that to happen is very large (possibly even infinite in multiple universes) then it becomes almost a certainty.