Sentences with phrase «of knowing something»

I can give two examples, one from personal experience, of the importance of knowing something about legal history to properly represent clients today.

And it follows that the cheapest and least effort is to teach or learn is by focusing on one side - assuming one wants the shallow appearance of knowing something.

A work of art is a thing in the world, not just a text or a commentary on the world... -LRB-...) Which is to say that the knowledge we gain through art is an experience of the form or style of knowing something, rather than knowledge of something (like a fact or a moral judgement in itself).»

«As in the first title, rather than expressing direct fright to the player, we are trying to focus on instinctive fear,» says Imamura, «such as the fear of knowing something is hiding in the dark.

The worry was that it'd be just some really cool one - shot thing, but it's actually about the dread of knowing something very, very bad is going to happen and then watching it occur in real time.

Peele infuses the age - old genre foundation of knowing something is wrong behind the closed doors around you with a racial, satirical edge.

«People see it as worthwhile to have the peace of mind of knowing something is very similar batch to batch and has been thoroughly quality controlled,» says Joydeep Goswami, Invitrogen's vice president and general manager of primary and stem cell systems.

Not only that, but kids this age also get a kick out of knowing something that others don't.

@Jim and joey, This particular story was really not about religion, or of knowing something you can't know.

And some of us know something is wrong, but we don't know how to fix it or we ignore it and just keep doing what we always have done because we are afraid of doing something different.

Not exact matches

Without my directly saying yes or no, I've thus bounced the question back to the customer (s), forcing them to consider what they're asking and to give them a chance to point out something that could be of value to me.

Breitbart is known for supporting what some refer to as the «alt right» movement in the United States, a loose affiliation of politically conservative groups that include overtly racist organizations such as Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute, which advocates for something it calls «white nationalism.»

If that is the case, it is always best to be honest with the customer, instead of proposing something which you know will not fully deliver the outcome the customer is looking for.

We move through the world feeling in control of our actions; and the decision to purchase something is no different: We think we bought that new product because it had the best features, the best price or the best look.

In 2012, David Puttnam, Ireland's then Digital Champion, wrote in Views of the Future, Dangers and Opportunities that: «Learning is no longer something that needs to happen within particular hours, in a particular place, or even with a particular group of people.»

Such a person no doubt loses something in the way of geniality and light - heartedness; on the other hand, he is largely independent of the opinions, habits and judgments of his fellow and avoids the temptation to take his stand on such insecure foundations.»

Two easy ideas to keep top of mind: 1) Don't say «maybe» when you should say «no» and 2) Don't try to do something cheaply that you shouldn't do at all.

«When you find something where you know the business, it's within your circle of competence, you understand it, the price is right, the people are right,» he said, «then you take your thumb out of your mouth and you barrel in.»

After following the lives of 268 Harvard undergraduate males from the classes of 1938 to 1940 for decades, psychiatrist George Vaillant concluded something you probably already know: Love is the key to happiness.

If you aren't getting paid to do something, and the task will take away time from accomplishing what you are paid to do, saying no demonstrates your commitment to your role and the value of your time.»

«I don't know what the best use of XRP is going to be, and I hope it's something we can't even think of.»

However, if your prospect list targets a limited range of contacts, the caller will know something specific about whom he or she is speaking with, thus making it easier to establish rapport and authority.

He added, «When you find something where you know the business, it's within your circle of competence, the price is right, the people are right, then you take your thumb out of your mouth and you barrel in.»

With every Mars rendezvous we will be sending a Dragon — at least a Dragon to Mars, and ultimately the big spaceship — so if there are people that are interested in putting payloads on Dragon, you know you can count on a ship that's going to transport something on the order of at least 2 or 3 tons of useful payload to the surface of Mars.

If something goes wrong above the waterline, say something happens to the winch or a toaster exploded in the mess room — things that don't put the ship at risk of sinking — then the captain knows its not a critical issue.

You've been slaving away for weeks (or months) creating something that you're genuinely proud of, and you know people are just going to love it!

It's unclear what the an upcoming Mario movie would be about, but it's likely to be a blend of the surreal and comical — something the Mario franchise is known for, with its portly plumber battling turtle - like creatures in a so - called Mushroom Kingdom.

According to Taylor, it's something that's been very deliberately cultivated: «We always knew the quality of what we produced would be determined by how happy our employees were to contribute to it,» he explains.

Most people probably know Lena Dunham as the creator, writer, and star of Girls, the HBO comedy series that is loosely based on her life as a twenty - something in New York City.

The reason my second Facebook post got so much more attention than the first was that I spent a lot of time cultivating an audience whose members care about the specific message, then I simply shared something that I knew they would like.

Melinda shared that while Bill may ask for more data to support an idea or story, she knows he always trusts her judgement about whether a problem is something the foundation should be aware of and working to solve.

As graduate student at the University of British Columbia, Tehrani knew he wanted to do something different.

In our most recent city, LA, we had like 40 something percent of people in LA knew one person on Hinge, so it makes sense for us.

In 2013, Natasha Case and Freya Estreller, the co-founders of Coolhaus, a craft ice cream sandwich company, knew something had to give — their marriage or their startup.

Blevins knows a little something about this — he's a longtime professional gamer who spent loads of time playing «PUBG» before switching over to «Fortnite.»

But it was also a reminder of something else: We know what we know about the world, in large part, because we measure it.

«The next time something like this happens with company we know, we might engage a little more with the press and help them hear another side of the story,» he says.

Something nobody seems to know is that Calgary has the highest rate of startups per capita in Canada by far.

Hal Wolf, the CEO of the non-profit Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society — better known by its acronym, HIMSS — had suspected something was up.

The Fed's decision to leave its policy unchanged was a recognition of something new: the U.S. economy is no longer an island.

«As far as I know, this is something unique in Canada,» says Laurie Johnston, CEO of the Ontario Retirement Communities Association (ORCA).

Start with something as simple as letting employees know that with the exception of attending to major deadlines such as a new - product release, the company refrains from phone calls or emails one hour each day — and that you're directly requesting all employees to observe it.

«This is an extremely generous benefit, and while it's fantastic for the women who work there, I don't know how feasible it is going to be for the majority of industries to do something to this extent,» said Alina Salganicoff, vice-president and director of women's health policy for Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit that researches health care issues.

«I had to figure out something that made sense, and you don't know much about where's Luke's head is at coming out of «The Force Awakens,» Johnson told Business Insider.

'' [As a model,] normally you are a face of something and no one knows the person behind the picture,» she said.

Make your shop known for something - a specific category (or two) of books, having some first editions for sale, all paperbacks a dollar and all hardcovers two bucks, and / or a swap program.

You know how Google will ask you if you really meant something else instead of what you actually typed into the search engine?

But there's a fly in the ointment in states» individual action on cybersecurity — the prospect of a patchwork of different laws governing something, the Internet, that knows no geographical borders.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

No matter what kind of background you came from you are always capable of stopping the pattern from repeating by making a concious decision to do something different this time.