Sentences with phrase «people went to their door»

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«While I was running for mayor of Waterloo, going door - to - door and talking to people to get their trust was the most incredible job interview I've ever had.

I started going door to door in 1995 to sell subscriptions to a magazine and call - in service, in which people would submit reviews of the work someone had done for them.

But some people in the tech industry argue that jobs like this should go to open - source software, which is freely available to test and deploy, rather than proprietary commercial software from companies like Microsoft that could include back doors and potentially be used to influence results.

So I put together a strategy where, starting with the most recent customers and working their way back through the records, the sales people were going to contact them all and offer them a free lubrication and inspection of the garage doors.

«The U.S. doesn't have a monopoly on good ideas, and if we close our doors to great people and ideas, that capital will go overseas.»

But it also left the door open for people in certain areas to prepay their property taxes before it went into effect to get around the cap — according to the IRS, in areas where the property tax liability is assessed by the local government prior to the law going into effect.

«We've also added a creator - in - residence, which is ultimately a person that gets to develop what's on the walls and what going to be shown when clients walk in the door,» Laughlin says.

If people aren't inspired to grow, another business comes in next door, and you go out of business.

Gone are the days when people used peepholes to see who was outside — now you can harness the latest and greatest technology to see who's at the door without leaving the couch.

«These guys were an unknown option, and so they needed to go out — door to door — and find people with good ideas.

The greeter's job was to welcome shoppers, but also to keep an eye on people, making sure that no one strolled out the door before going through the checkout.

However, on that occasion he said he told his people to «go out and check» his assertion, not that he was ignorant of the facts when he walked into the closed - door meeting.

McElveen - Hunter: I was in my office quite a bit, and the door's always open, and I went to lunch with some of my people every day, so I got the scoop.

«The reason it's a horrible idea is if you have a back door it's not just the people you want to get in that are going to get in, it's also the people you don't want to get in,» he said.

So when you have to actually start unwinding it, it's almost like the long - term capital of 1998, we're not going to be able to get out of that door because a lot of people are going to be racing out that door at the exact same time that you want to go because they have the same position whether you realize it or not.

And you can always go door to door and offer services instead of waiting for people to come to you!

Are people going door to door with guns held at your head dragging you to church?

No, they don't want to have holidays or say the pledge of allegiance but they have no problem citing 1st Amendment rights in going door to door pushing their religion down people's throats or getting out of their responsibilties as American citizens by showing respect to the flag.

If they are going to door to door, it's to let you know they are there... sometimes people move to new towns and don't know where to go to worship.

I slam the door in there face an go back to what is was doing, and when the same people show up the following week I let my 75 lb.

As least this christian child doesn't go door to door recruiting for a belief system that is silly enough to think hat there are only 144000 people worthy of god!

If you go around telling modern people that God speaks to you and has chosen you to deliver his Truth to all people, they will medicate you and put you in a small padded room and watch you through a small hole in the door; but thousands of years ago, if you gulled enough of a mob, you could start a religion.

So many people say to me, in response to my blog, «Sure, even though it has done some terrible things and even though there are terrible things going on behind its doors right now, the church is doing some good in the world!»

If you're arguing for the sake of changing another person's mind, it's going to put you on the offensive and will most likely close doors rather than opening them.

After all, money is power; having a reason to get up and go out the door is power (power of purpose); being in a position in which people are dependent on the services one renders is power (the power to influence).

You think I don't get people knocking on my door telling me I will go to hell if I don't not change my faith?

Any religion that teaches hate of anything but what God hates such as fornication idolotry or murder is not a true Christian there is only one Christian faith that has never been accused of doing nothing but teach people the bible going door to door but this is why people ridicule them for doing what the bible says they do nt charge for their material they do nt have communions they do nt pay their members for 2 years or send them to a college for doing so they do nt pay the speakers like other churches and they do nt hate anyone based on any reason they only give them bible knowledge then once they know the knowledge its their choice what to do with it.

Members went out and knocked on doors to invite people to church.

«And so Mormons are out there going door - to - door trying to convince folks to become Mormons, and evangelicals are out there going door - to - door trying to convince people to become evangelicals.»

You do not have to stand on the street corner shouting through a bullhorn or go door - to - door interrupting people in their homes to share the gospel.

«I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security... More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: «Give them something to eat.»»

You're so angry and mean and miserable that people are going to realize that it's possible that other mormons are the same way and they will ignore your expensive commercials and your missionaries when they knock on the door.

At our church it is a struggle to keep the doors open, and this is being done by seniors who are not going to be able to keep them open, unless we have young people and this is not going to happen, unless we come to a more realistic way of reaching our young people.

I am yelled at by street corner evangelists, teenage «elders» knock on my door to tell me about their faith, I find flyers at my door telling me «the good news», there are politicians on a national level basing their entire campaign on their faith, there are people trying to enforce their beliefs through legislation, there are people holding up signs with bible verses at sporting events - the list goes on.

Open your eyes when you drive down the street and look for all the church signs that imply atheists are stupid and are going to burn, how many people come knocking on your door to do the same, how many christian messages are on commercials and how many tv channels are committed to religion.

Let me tell you something my friend, please go and meet the reverted American in your next door or the person sits next to you or you cross when you walk... it would be easy for woman as you will see while American with blue eyes wearing hijab... and ask yourself why did they reverted... or ask them and see what they say... if it was spreaded by force then why they do not go back...

Someone could be an evil person who goes to church every Sunday, or a living saint, whose shadow has never darkened the door.

In every case, it is Peter who goes and uses the «Keys of the Kingdom» to unlock the door of the Gospel to a people group that was previously cut off from God and the Gospel (cf. Matt 16:19; Eph 2:11 - 18).

I hate it when they come knocking on my door trying to convert me or ask me for money, all the while telling me about a god that they have not one shred of proof about, but who is apparently going to send people to hell forever, because he is soooo loving this god of theirs.

That's why for me it was such an important opportunity, an open door God had given us to go back and minister to people who were ministering to us in their own way during that time.

It isn't artheists that go knocking on doors telling people that they are inherently evil and need to be «saved».

If you don't like the Cross and other Christian symbols of faith, you could go to some other country near the hell's doors... it's only your choice, because the majority of italian people believes in Jesus and his Holy Cross, and also many Russian people incredibly after statal atheism need Christian religion.

Are we going to embrace the fear and anxiety of this cultural moment — not as a country, but as the Bridegroom of Christ — and close our doors, our arms, our families and our hearts to people who are far from God and in their deepest desperation?

I don't go door to door telling people to believe or perish.

I dream of the perfect church (stay with me on this)... the doors would be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and people could go there to pray or to be loved, no matter who they are and what they do... I know it is not practical but this is my dream...

This is no different than some young people going to college and leaving their brains at the door and swallowing evolutionary theory and purposely rejecting the obvious of what creation clearly shows except this is leaving your brain at the door of theology school and accepting man's opinion over what is clearly stated in the holy scriptures, and then teaching others false doctrine.

While we love older people, we think that if churches are exclusively growing old, eventually they're going to have to close their doors.

We never know what we're getting, so even as we watch the door on Big Green go up we're already planning recommended recipes and trying to figure out who could get the most use out of it of all the people we support.

«When we opened these doors, we wanted it to be a collecting place where these informed, creative people in the immediate community and in the broader community of all of D.C., would gather, and we said, «How are we going to do this?»»

On opening day, hundreds of people made their way into the new dining outlet eager to see what had been going on behind the glass doors for months.