Sentences with phrase «of civilized conversation»

«It's not rocket science, and it's not something that's outdated,» says Margaret Shepherd, author of «The Art of Civilized Conversation: A Guide to Expressing Yourself With Style and Grace.»

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What the president told Republicans, in other words, largely echoed the report's findings — and it makes perfect sense he would do so: killing the hype on both sides of the Keystone debate is the first step toward turning the conversation into a civilized exchange that can lead to compromise.

For this tradition nourished over the centuries the slow emergence of the ideal of a civilized politics, a politics of civil conversation, of noncoercion, of the consent of the governed, of pluralism, of religious liberty, of respect for the inalienable dignity of every human person, of voluntary cooperation in pursuit of the common good, and of checks and balances against the wayward tendencies of sinful men and women.

The Great Civilized Conversation is a kind of review of his lifework.

Raise the roof and the thick, multilayer fabric quiets the cabin considerably, blocking the wind's, road's, and even a bit of the raucous V - 8's noise and allowing conversation at a civilized volume.

Some of this is because griefers and trolls like to generate drama, so you're often battling against people dead - set against civilized conversations.

I watched a presentation earlier in which a nice young girl was forced to listen to Marc Morano declaim about subprime climate change science, and I thought, that's not the act of somebody desiring a civilized conversation.

This doesn't mean either person should be blamed for the lack of chemistry; just have a civilized, rational conversation and check in with them about their feelings.