Sentences with phrase «only voice of reason»

In many situations she has become the only voice of reason, which is an extremely admirable leadership quality.

She's not only the voice of reason, she's usually the one to say the most shockingly blunt thing in the room, and in the process steals her every scene in Alexander Payne's drama.

Not exact matches

Similarly, if many people voice the same concern and it isn't addressed, employees not only will be upset about the lack of change but also will be irritated they took the time to express how they felt for what appears to be no reason.

somtimes her voice of reason knocks sense into me and i retract some things, but only twice so far.

Are you really naive enough to believe that Wenger would bring anyone into this current locker room that is going to be given a strong voice... have you not been watching, listening or reading about our club for years... Lehman is a blind Wenger follower, which is the only reason he was even considered... just for a second think of all the strong personalities that have played for this club that have never been seriously considered even though they have expressed legitimate interest in participating in the coaching process... even worse, think of all the former greats who aren't even allowed on the same pitch as Wenger because they have offered their advice and / or criticism to the infallible one... I dare you to find a manager that has distanced himself from his former players as much as this man... it's the very reason why only one player I can think of has ever returned to play for Wenger and that was Flamini, which was hilarious considering we were desperately looking for a top quality defensive midfielder but Wenger could somehow find no one better than Flamini in the whole wide world... let's face it this club was simply trying to appease it's disgruntled fans by declaring that Wenger would no longer be given Ca rte Blanche when it came to the backroom staff so they probably asked him to give them a list of those who he would allow in the locker room... on that list he wrote Lehman, Pires and Bergkamp, likely because the first two are the only former players who haven't publicly questioned his horrible decision - making and the last one because he won't get in an airplane

But the overabundance of extracurriculars is only one small part of the larger, disturbing phenomenon Madeline Levine chronicles in her voice - of - reason - ish new book, Teach Your Children Well, which was excellently reviewed this weekend in the New York Times by Judith Warner.

My fear, & hence my caution, is they can only do this if the public conversation identifies Labour as a politics of the centre, & the clear & urgent voice of reason & c & c..

The group said Kanu showed courage and spoke against the injustice in the country, and remained the only strong voice of the Igbo and Christians, the reason the federal government planned his disappearance.

Vacca needs to remain the voice of reason, even if he's the only one in the Bronx.

Too bad Williams, whose character is a voice - of - reason referee between the arguing brothers, can only affect the scenes he is in, and not change the past or future.

Another vital voice of reason for the young king is Forest Whitaker's shaman, a longtime advisor to T'Challa's father and the keeper of the Heart - Shaped Herb, a plant that grows only in Wakanda and absorbs the Vibranium - rich minerals.

Dinklage, for some reason, spends the entire film doing a voice which I think was meant to indicate that he was from the hood, and although he did admittedly make me laugh once, the one and only time I laughed during the run - time of this supposed comedy, Josh Gad messed up completely.

Jennifer Jason Leigh (aka Mrs Baumbach) and mumbleking Mark Duplass appear only briefly, while a lacklustre Rhys Ifans is underplayed as Greenberg's all - too - compliant voice of reason.

Unfortunately, for all of the noise Prof. Greene makes about proper academic standards, he simply stoops to waving the red flag of anti-communism when he concludes by suggesting that our assertion, «the only reason the superrich have these massive billions, and hence a major voice in policy, is because of unfair tax laws that allow them to keep the vast wealth their employees have created,» reveals us as, uh oh, Marxists!

For example, they dismiss the legitimacy of billionaire - backed reforms because «the only reason the superrich have these massive billions, and hence a major voice in policy, is because of unfair tax laws that allow them to keep the vast wealth their employees have created.»

Not only are these attacks bereft of reason, they sometimes veer into harassment, like doxing poor women of color who dare voice their support of the charter schools their children attend.

Not only is Diane Ravitch heroic for all of the reasons that you stated above (and probably some more that we do not know about), but she has been a leading voice for celebrating the heroism of so many others against the «education industrial complex.»

The only reason that there is not as strong of a voice in opposition to Common Core in California is because the full roll - out only started this school year.

Not only do we get to do all of those things but we are the voice of all the animals in need, who can't speak for themselves, and ultimately, they are the reason we all got into the veterinary profession in the first place.

Tony, The reason they've been so «successful» is in a world where reporters want «both sides» of a story, DBO (and its various ghost orgs) is the only remaining anti-pit bull voice.

Apart from this, the only voice acting available was a couple of voice clips for each character, harvested from older games that have already been laid to rest and for good reason too.

I could talk about the painful voice acting, the singularly cringe - worthy cut - scenes, the innumerable graphics glitches, or the moments in the game where you die for no apparent reason (especially in the snowboarding level, which is a particularly low point in gameplay terms as it even manages to feature checkpoints that you can miss by a whisker and then continue playing, only to be plonked right back at the start of the level when you inevitably die by running into a pile of rocks that you couldn't see because the camera was pointed the wrong way).

oit is with indignation that we are speaking othis document is not acceptable • Bolivia owe have learned about this document through the media, not through you onow we are given 60 minutes to accept something already agreed upon by other states owe are seeing actions in a dictatorial way othis is unacceptable and anti-democratic owe say to the people of the world: they shall judge upon it othe rights of our people are not being respected owe are not going to decide about so many lives in only 60 minutes othis is s group of a small number of countries oAPPLAUS • Cuba o4 hours ago Obama announced an agreement which is non-existant owe is behaving like an emperor owe have seen version being discussed by secretive groups in the last hours and days oCuba will not accept your draft declaration oat this conference, there is no consensus on this document oI associate my voice to Tuvalu, Venezuela, Bolivia othe target of 2 degrees is unacceptable o... • Costa Rica ofor the reasons that we have heard, this document can not be considered the work of the AWG - LCA and can not be considered by the COP othis can only be an INF doc, it's just for information oadditional question: in an earlier version, a CP.15 - decision, para. 1: there was a reference to a legally binding instrument to be adopted by the COP onow: we have a new version, but the reference to legally binding instrument disappeared • USA o [wants to speak, but point of order by Nicaragua] • Nicaragua othere is already a precedent where we have not been given the right to speech onow that you have mentioned we finally want to speak • Pres. [moving on] oUS does not appear on my list any more, so next one is Sudan • Sudan othere must be something horribly wrong here oI pushed the button when I saw Nicaragua raising their sign in order to support them • Nicaragua othis is a deterioration of the democratic system oand this happens at the most important conference of the UN for many years owe have draft decisions about how to carry forward the process ostates (lists names) have written a submission: • this has not followed the basic principles of the UN • inclusion • bottom up processes • democratic participation • equality of states oduring this consequence, many states expressed their position against such approaches othe only agreement we recognize is??

She has a very particular set of skills that allows her to not only meet the needs of a project, but also to be the voice of reason and authority in it.