Sentences with phrase «people asking for things»

Too many authors send identical emails to hundreds or thousands of people asking for things that are really publicity requests — asking people to review, cover, or otherwise spread the word about their book.

People asked for these things and Luther responded: A Meditation on Christ's Passion, The Lord's Prayer, Rogationtide Prayers, On Preparing to Die, Fourteen Consolations (written especially for the Elector who was very ill in the autumn and likely to die — it was to replace the Fourteen Saints to whom people pie commonly turned), and finally How Confession should be Made.

Not exact matches

For example, Levy met a Tinder exec recently and asked her about the first thing most people ask her.

The only thing I ask for is patience, and most importantly, that the President of the Generalitat (Puigdemont) and his colleagues urgently denounce the movement for independence in public to give the Catalan people and businesses peace and security,» he said.

When asked about his longer - term strategy for Hitachi, the chief executive said: «Listen to all of the people's opinions, not only internal but also external opinions [and] imagine [how things will be like] five years later.

When you ask that way, several powerful things immediately happen, especially for the other person:

In his words, «It is amazing what we can achieve in this world if we just ask for what we want, yet so many people sit in the dark waiting for the world to hand things to them.»

With that said, there are a string of phone scams taking place, asking people to make payments for things such as taxes, hospital bills, bail money, debt collection and utility bills.

For this column, I've asked five people in my own profession whose work I admire and informs my own to share some things to think about as you continue having conversations about race.

One sign business culture has changed is that when people arrive for a meeting with me, often the first thing they ask is, «Do you mind if we remove our ties?»

«But when you dig into the data, you find that people are asking for things like greater role clarity and more information about strategic vision.»

«A child breastfeeding is a natural thing and a child needs to eat but to just have your other boob on display is just asking for unwanted attention,» one person wrote.

And I said, but I think it's time for the Japanese people to be aware of people because it's a pretty heady thing to be asked to go defend an island and, by the way, don't plan on coming back.

So, while it might seem uncomfortable to ask the people you work with for insights, here are a few things you should feel totally empowered to ask your colleagues.

Some managers don't set goals or provide context for the things they ask people to do, and others never offer feedback, leaving people wondering if they're more likely to get promoted or fired.

«I'll ask [potential hires] about something that hasn't gone so well in their life and then ask them what they've learned from it because the next thing I look for in people is curiosity,» he says, «I'm interested in people who take those negative experiences in their lives and are really curious about what happened and can talk intelligently about what they learned and what they might do differently.»

It turns out that asking for help is one of the best things you could do to be perceived as an influential person.

She spent years highlighting other peoples» cool things without asking for anything back (although she did eventually join an ad network).

The simple way to shift the conversation to the other person is to ask the question, «What are the top three things that are a win for you?»

RS: Options are a great retention package, but I think you're getting into a place in Silicon Valley where people are signing up for things and [immediately asking], «Where's the liquidity event?»

Asked if people could opt out, Facebook added, «There are basic things you can do to limit the use of this information for advertising, like using browser or device settings to delete cookies.

Once you become a trusted source of information, people will want to keep asking for advice and other things.

Stop the average person on the street and ask them about cryptocurrency, and the first thing that will likely pop into their mind is Bitcoin — and for good reason.

But can I ask you, when the President so often says things that turn out not to be true, when the President and the White House show what appears to be a blatant disregard for the truth, how are the American people to trust or believe what is said here and what is said by the President?

Brand Power Stop the average person on the street and ask them about cryptocurrency, and the first thing that will likely pop into their mind is Bitcoin — and for good reason.

People love giving feedback, so ask your subscribers for feedback on things like email frequency, content quality, and subject matter to see if there's something you can alter to better suit their needs.

That depends on who you ask; I personally believe a blue chip is a company that, among other things, is a pretty safe investment because it has been around for a while and will continue to be around for a while just because most people can't envision it ever going away.

I have witnessed people on their death - bed also, and the whole world becomes very sharply focussed as the importance of those things melt away and we are left with our dying moments and as the author stated, they are always asking for their loved ones; not theirr boss, their coach, their president, or anyone else but the ones they love.

Thous shalt not murder — says nothing about anger — but Jesus asks us to even deal with that attitude (which is different for each person)... and a good freedom comes from seeing the usefulness of these things.

Kerry, people who fervently live their faith, are the people who are asked about eternity and how (even then), things can change for them so that they leave earth knowing that they were redeemed.

For you people asking why God and Jesus make people do this or do bad things or if God is real why doesn't he stop war.

I believe that its important to see inner wisdom and the council of friends and wise and knowledgeable people... but God, if he / she exists created us — right... oh yes w / brains... we should be honoring that by using them... I can imagine if God exists every day he is saying to himself / herself «why do people keep asking me for things I have not control over, or really could care less about (people are asking for a new shinny house to replace their perfectly fine house while millions are homeless around the world, hungry, sick, etc.)... why are they not using the gifts and skills they have».

I'm confused it says they will be gossips conceited unholy haters of good without love self love people in the end times to stay away not even to receive them not even pray for them is that blasphemy then it says they hold firm to a godliness but deny its power but I thought blasphemy they don't hold firm to any godliness but are not drawn by the spirit at all to wan na ask forgiveness even it says god is just and will forgive why I wish he would forgive all things his children suffer over that can't change need to also it says if u can say Jesus is lord the holy spirit is with u right or u couldn't even say those words please someone help I've been suffering

but if anyone truley had God in thier heart and had faith in the Lord... simply by folding your hands and asking God to enter your heart... (try it he will be there for you, and you will feel the joy of His love), then they would never do things like this... he obviously was not a person who loved God because No one with God in thier heart would want to do thing s like that... you HATE sin when you truely love God, No ones perfect though, even those who belive in God we all stray from our beliefs, its human nature and the devil takes advantage of this.

Every time I heard a request for help I recalled my Aunt Pearl's words, «The most important thing you can give a person who has had to ask for help is their dignity back.»

She smiled kindly at me as she patiently explained, «The most important thing you can give a person who has had to ask for help is their dignity.

I have just wondered through all these replys I have read that in my thoughts people usually pray sincerely when asking God for any certain thing.

That's one of the things that make this whole issue so absurd — religious people demand the right to government - led prayer (a prayer that meets with their approval, of course), but the things they'll typically ask for in their prayers can't be by accomplished by their god anyway, so it's a lot of unnecessary trouble over nothing.

People like are only strong with the mouth and that's it, you are not man enough to face the real thing, all you can do is open your big mouth and ask for help when someone tells you who you really are.

The people who simply wanted to argue about anything and everything would have stoned her to make a point, except for one thing: Jesus asked each one to judge himself before he judged her.

So, as we drove the 13 hours to where the funeral would be held, and as I watched the family and their loved - ones grieve, unsure of my role in a time like that, I kept asking myself, «What good things do people do for me as I grieve?»

If you really do not hate gay people, perhaps you might consider dissecting what you just said and ask yourself, If somebody substituted heterosexual for gay and said the same thing to you, would you feel loved or despised?

Jeremy Myers, i think you are wrong and David is right, so many out there are preaching you can live any way you want and be right that Grace covers any sin, they really believe that, that is not what the bible says, God was very concerned about sin so much he sent Jesus his son to die on a cross for us, if we accept Jesus as our savor then we are to obey his commandments, not break them, we are to live a righteous and holy life as possible, the bible plainly list a whole list of things if we live in will not to to heaven unless we repent, if we die while in these sins, we will not go to heaven, what is the difference, between someone who said a prayer and someone who did not, and they are living the same way, none, i think, if we are truly saved it should be hard to do these things let alone live and do them everyday, i would be afraid to tell people that it does not matte grace covers their sins, i really think it is the slip ups that we are convicted of by the Holy Spirit and we ask for forgivness, how can anyones heart be right with God and they have sex all the time out of marriage, lie, break every commandment of God, i don't think this is meaning grace covers those sins, until they repent and ask for forgiveness, a lot of people will end up in hell because preachers teach Grace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these people the wrong way, not saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hates sin,

I know many things about religion but like the first few questions that ask about your knowledge on other people like Mother Teresa, etc., then that's 50 - 50 for me right there, right on the average.

I think the best thing we as a group could do for him is to ask what was done to him, bring him to forgiveness of those people whoever they are... and even if they were right in their treatment of him, if he perceived it otherwise, his perception needs to be healed.

Again, since God is the source of all good, they ask him for things desirable and necessary for themselves and for other people.

The scientists involved then asked some of their subjects to do things that might change their beliefs, like write a paper arguing for the other side» the article mentions capital punishment» and found that people tend to change their beliefs and at the same time change what they thought were God's beliefs.

This protects you from the «attack» of the Other, you think... but if you ask me, it brings up enough negative energy in you to have a spiritual breakdown, like Job, and to side only with people, who hold to Scripture, blindly - in other words, to side with those who have not learned to trust that thinking for themselves, as individuals, is a good thing.

Asked to «count your many blessings, name them one by one» as the old hymn puts it, most people could find things to be thankful for — events, circumstances, persons — experiences that have yielded happiness.

You see answered prayer and I see the combination of the law of averages (some things asked for will eventually come true simply because they were likely to, like getting another job, or finding love) and getting results that are above average (where most people may not survive a particular kind of accident, some do.