Sentences with phrase «on grand visions»

Perhaps we were too fixated on grand visions.

Some get a bigger charge out of acting rationally and excluding identifiable bias than out of persuading people or getting high on grand visions and ambitions.

They weren't betting on any grand vision, Bezos explains.

Not exact matches

For now, MacMillan seems to be enjoying his second lease on professional life: he may be pursuing a grand vision of the future of digital media, but he doesn't act like a guy in a hurry.

It's an approach built on not a grand vision for the future of music but a deep understanding of industry dynamics and of how to exploit them profitably.

«There have been exits on a smaller scale in the past, but we have grand visions,» says Kevin Yen, one of the event's organizers.

For all the grand visions of men on Mars, SpaceX's pitch is straightforward: The company says it will send your satellite into orbit for as little as a quarter of the going rate.

We certainly can't expect it from our governments; despite our nostalgia for grand visions like universal health care or landing on the moon, they have become the road to political suicide today.

LinkedIn's grand vision is the creation of a map based on its user activity that surveys every economic opportunity in the world.

Four months ago, the company put out an emotive online video ad, which indicates this «grand vision» to disrupt the mobile payment space, but no details on how.

Corruption, damage to the local environment, and cultural and political insensitiveness are all the potential risks that would undermine China's efforts to push out the grand vision that pledges to be implemented based on mutual respects and mutual cooperation.

Many new business owners have a grand vision for their ventures and see the goal without focusing on the steps needed to «get to success.»

Telegram's grand vision is to build the TON (Telegram Open Network), a blockchain - based platform that extends its messaging app, which counts 200 million active users, into a range of services that include payments, file storage, censorship - proof browsing and decentralized apps hosted on the platform.

More than a decade after Teilhard's phrase «everything that rises must converge» had been on English - speaking lips, the debut of Telstar, the first of a shining silver constellation of communications satellites, established a quotidian engineering footing of sorts for the grand mystic vision.

Religion News Service: Obama extols a biblical vision of equality for all in second inaugural A presidential inauguration is by tradition the grandest ritual of America's civil religion, but President Obama took the oath of office on Monday (Jan. 21) in a ceremony that was explicit in joining theology to the nation's destiny and setting out a biblical vision of equality that includes race, gender, class, and, most controversially, sexual orientation.

This grand vision in turn required not only that Whitehead's original line of thought, unredacted by Hartshorne, Christian, Leclerc and Cobb, be recovered (a task Lewis shared with Jorge Nobo), but also that the problems that Whitehead faced, as Whitehead envisioned them, and his various attempts at solution (ending presumably in the views published and taken by most of us as the last word on the subject) be likewise exposed and rethought.

On the contrary, I should claim, what I have been saying is metaphysical in the second sense of the word which I proposed in an earlier chapter; it is the making of wide generalizations on the basis of experience, with a reference back to verify or «check» the generalizations, a reference which includes not only the specific experience from which it started but also other experiences, both human and more general, by which its validity may be tested — and the result is not some grand scheme which claims to encompass everything in its sweep, but a vision of reality which to the one who sees in this way appears a satisfactory, but by no means complete, picture of how things actually and concretely go in the worlOn the contrary, I should claim, what I have been saying is metaphysical in the second sense of the word which I proposed in an earlier chapter; it is the making of wide generalizations on the basis of experience, with a reference back to verify or «check» the generalizations, a reference which includes not only the specific experience from which it started but also other experiences, both human and more general, by which its validity may be tested — and the result is not some grand scheme which claims to encompass everything in its sweep, but a vision of reality which to the one who sees in this way appears a satisfactory, but by no means complete, picture of how things actually and concretely go in the worlon the basis of experience, with a reference back to verify or «check» the generalizations, a reference which includes not only the specific experience from which it started but also other experiences, both human and more general, by which its validity may be tested — and the result is not some grand scheme which claims to encompass everything in its sweep, but a vision of reality which to the one who sees in this way appears a satisfactory, but by no means complete, picture of how things actually and concretely go in the world.

To that tired and outworn approach to the problem of the Socialization of the Earth we may oppose an entirely different, very much more constructive interpretation, solidly and scientifically based on a new vision of Life and the World, of the grand phenomenon of human Totalization.

In a candid article published in Christian Century in 1980, Henry admitted his earlier and more optimistic vision of a grand evangelical alliance had come to nothing, and he placed much of the blame on Billy Graham, one of Henry's few critical comments about his former classmate and collaborator.

I had grand visions of being so prepared this year that I would have everything made and in the freezer by now but my Rosh Hashanah cooking is currently on hold until after my son's birthday party this weekend.

It's something only a madman — one with visions of leaping across the Grand Canyon and over the Great Wall of China on a skateboard — could conceive.

Sometimes these are on a grand scale: visions of a rich and harmonious future, or plans for control and domination.

Some critics on his own side accuse him of lacking a grand vision, a bigger plan.

When presented alongside the opposition's another national policies - restoring the 50 % top rate of tax, introducing a # 2 million mansion tax - Miliband is presenting himself as a man with a grand vision of society, barely bothered with the nitty - gritty of the actual contests on the ground in 2013.

The $ 3 billion vision for Manhattan's Penn Station includes more light, a new grand entrance, added retail and office space and even a hotel — all part of the plan to transform the cavernous rail hub that Cuomo called «a blight on the greatest city in the world.»

«I don't think we've seen a grand vision,» said Leslie Santee Siskin, a research associate professor at New York University who focuses on high schools.

«At our company, we have many people focused simply on one grand vision.»

The businessman went on to describe a grand vision — a «Pleistocene Park» housed on 150 acres north of Toronto, where visitors would pay to see the herbivorous beasts.

The long - term grand vision is that one day we will be able to integrate safe naturally - occurring repellents into the repertoire of farmers to reduce their dependence on insecticides.

In sharp contrast to Mars One's grand vision of a settlement on another planet, the B612 Foundation has a contained, far more focused conception of private space exploration — not surprising, since it was started by two former NASA astronauts, Ed Lu and Rusty Schweickart.

Instead, when the neutrino results emerged, theorists rushed to propose addenda, including grand visions of new forces and extra dimensions, that could account for the Opera findings and keep relativity intact — much as relativity elaborated on Isaac Newton's model of physics but did not invalidate it.

The international science on global environmental change, which has provided the insights we have today on the functioning of the Earth system and impacts on human societies of anthropogenic change, has triggered a concerted global effort, integrating the ICSU / ISSC Visioning process on the Grand Challenges for Earth system research for global sustainability with the Belmont Forum challenge (a coalition of major donors of global environmental change research), to define the future integrated science agenda on Earth system research for global sustainability.

Besides frequently showcasing success stories of positive thinking on The Oprah Winfrey Show — and even discussing creating her own vision boards to realize her dreams — her many words of wisdom to fans include: «Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.»

Verging on Grand Guignol, Spielberg's gory, ironic vision of D - Day is saved by its awesome hellishness, the feeling that each new atrocity signals a new circle reached in some Dantesque inferno.

Story Dominates Over Spectacle Take a step back to consider the nominees as a whole, and you'll see that this year's selections have placed a greater emphasis on character - driven stories with big ideas over grander, more technically accomplished directorial visions.

A lot of ink's been spilled about the extent to which movies in the mid-to-late-Fifties tried to outdo the boob - tube with grand Technicolor visions; comparatively little has been written about Zapruder's 486 colour frames, which stole the thunder of television's hold on vérité — remember, in 1960, Hitch wanted to shoot Psycho in a televisual style for its implicit realism — as elegantly as a shell fired from a mail - order Carcano.

The studio and producers weren't keen on Soderbergh's grand vision for the film — which was to shoot it in the style of a documentary and include interviews with real - life pros.

There was no grand vision of how the system should be changed, no agreement whatsoever on what it might mean to restructure.

It was a bad night for those who hope for a larger vision of the common good, some vision grander than each one on his own.

That's the vision of all three alternatives the Grand County Council is considering as it decides on recommendations to submit for Rep. Rob Bishop's public lands initiative — a legislative process geared toward resolving eastern Utah's land use battles in one «grand bargain.&rGrand County Council is considering as it decides on recommendations to submit for Rep. Rob Bishop's public lands initiative — a legislative process geared toward resolving eastern Utah's land use battles in one «grand bargain.&rgrand bargain.»

Other exterior options on the Grand Caravan include sun - blocking or heated windows and LED running lights for superior vision at night.

Chrysler cars and trucks have been cited again for excellence, this time by Car and Driver magazine.The 1993 Eagle Vision, Chrysler Concorde, Dodge Intrepid and Jeep Grand Cherokee V - 8 have all been placed on the magazine's «10 Best List» - an unprecedented feat for an American automaker.In the last month, Popular Science, Home Mechanix, Automobile and Car and Driver have honored Chrysler products with various awards.

The 1993 Eagle Vision, Chrysler Concorde, Dodge Intrepid and Jeep Grand Cherokee V - 8 have all been placed on the magazine's «10 Best List» - an unprecedented feat for an American automaker.

On the site of a closed down Boarders bookstore a grand vision of the future is occurring.

Sometimes quite removed from refined behavior but, these pioneers had a vision for a grand metropolis on the prairie that could not be quenched.

In this week's TeamVVV.com Weekly Racing Video Game News round - up, Polyphony go all Grand Designs on us with the debut of the BMW Vision GT for Gran Turismo 6, the latest dream machine in their coveted concept car catalogue.

If he could create a game without restrictions on time or resources it would be «something grand in scope and vision, a complete world with its intricate inner workings, a captivating storyline and a whole lot of strategy and fighting.»

Select Group Exhibitions 2017 Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE 2017 Buffalo in the American Living Room, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND 2017 All That Glitters, work on display in contemporary galleries at St. Louis Art Museum 2017 Now is the Time: Investigating Native Histories and Visions of the Future, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2016 Culture Shift, Art Mür, Montreal, Canada 2016 From the Belly of Our Being: art by and about Native creation, Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, Stillwater, OK 2016 Back Where They Came From, Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Kansas City, MO 2016 - 15 Woven Together, Regional Studies Museum Yekaterinburg, Orenburg Museum, Surgut Museum, Chelyabinsk State Regional Studies Museum, Izhevsk Municipal Exhibition Center Gallery, Glazov, Udmurt Republic, Yamal - Nenets Museum and Exhibition Center Salekhard, Orenburg Oblast, Russia 2015 Arriving at Fresh Water, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND 2015 superusted: the 4th Midwest Biennial, Soap Factory, Minnneapolis, MN, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI 2014 Minnesota Biennial, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Minneapolis, MN 2014 McKnight Visual Artists Fellowship Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN 2013 Air, Land, Seed, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM and University of Venice, Ca» Foscari, Italy 2013 Dyani White Hawk and Philip Vigil, Shiprock Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2012 Encoded, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN 2011 Soul Sister: Reimagining Kateri Tekakwitha, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2008 Playing, Remembering, Making: Art in Native Women's Lives, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture with School for Advanced Research Santa Fe, NM 2007 War Paint, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM

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Marcus Art New England, May / June 2015, Reviving the Grande Dame by Susan Rand Brown Humanities, May / June 2015, The Coney Island Exhibition That Captures Its Highs and Lows by Tom Christopher The Magazine Antiques, May / June 2015, Visions of Coney Island by Robin Jaffee Frank The New York Times, April 19, An American Dreamland, From the Beginning by Sylviane Gold Artes Magazine, April 16, At Hartford's Atheneum: «Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861 - 2008» by Richard Friswell Hartford Courant, April 9, Sideshow Mind Game at Atheneum by Susan Dunne Hyperallergic, March 4, Two Exhibitions Examine the Art of the American Side Show by Laura C. Mallonee Republican American, March 1, Coney Island R us by Tracey O'Shaughnessy Hyperallergic, Feb. 24, Mapplethorpe's Other Man by Larissa Archer WNPR, Feb. 24, Where We Live: The Lore and Lure of Coney Island by Betsy Kaplan and John Dankosky The Boston Globe, Feb. 24, Frame by Frame: Behind «Agbota,» an artist's irony and imagination by Sebastian Smee Real Simple, March 2015, A Life in Full Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Feb. 20, Step RighGrand Reopening by Alanna Martinez The Wall Street Journal, June 5, Madrid's Thyssen Offers the Dark Religiosity of Zurbarán by J.S. Marcus Art New England, May / June 2015, Reviving the Grande Dame by Susan Rand Brown Humanities, May / June 2015, The Coney Island Exhibition That Captures Its Highs and Lows by Tom Christopher The Magazine Antiques, May / June 2015, Visions of Coney Island by Robin Jaffee Frank The New York Times, April 19, An American Dreamland, From the Beginning by Sylviane Gold Artes Magazine, April 16, At Hartford's Atheneum: «Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861 - 2008» by Richard Friswell Hartford Courant, April 9, Sideshow Mind Game at Atheneum by Susan Dunne Hyperallergic, March 4, Two Exhibitions Examine the Art of the American Side Show by Laura C. Mallonee Republican American, March 1, Coney Island R us by Tracey O'Shaughnessy Hyperallergic, Feb. 24, Mapplethorpe's Other Man by Larissa Archer WNPR, Feb. 24, Where We Live: The Lore and Lure of Coney Island by Betsy Kaplan and John Dankosky The Boston Globe, Feb. 24, Frame by Frame: Behind «Agbota,» an artist's irony and imagination by Sebastian Smee Real Simple, March 2015, A Life in Full Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Feb. 20, Step Right Up!

The Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Beverly Hills held its grand opening on April 5, 2008... Tagore has brilliant insight into bringing the aesthetic dialogue to cross-cultural exchange and selecting international artists that represent his vision of cultural transcendence exquisitly.»