Sentences with phrase «point of the story of»

«If Christ consciousness is not accessible to us, then what is the point of the story of Jesus, you know?»

The whole point of the story of the...

But looking at the hand that APPA and PIDA have had in our success from a purely organizational perspective misses the point of the story of these two industry pillars.

Not exact matches

«It's a shame that the coffee price issue obscured the real story here for so many people, but, once again, this kind of «one - way» data point thinking led investors astray... when it was actually quite strong,» said the «Mad Money» host.

And Lewis at one point has a character's internal monologue describe the «entire history of Wall Street» as the «story of scandals... linked together tail to trunk like circus elephants.»

She credits a mentor who gave her a fundraising «compass» — or the four points of one's «story» to keep in mind, and to convey clearly to investors.

Founders and early employees have already cashed out of $ 350 million in equity, the story points out.

Pointing to a recent New York Times story about the unemployed leveraging their passions into business plans, Bizbox predicts a coming golden age of entrepreneurship.

It's a story sure to engender plenty of giggles, but it's also another example of a bizarre little story that serves as a pretty decent starting point for consideration of more serious issues.

The story points to Care - A-Van, a mobile clinic, which recently set up shop in a parking lot among BMWs and Teslas to battle this epidemic of advanced aging in Silicon Valley.

«The story is the point, and communication drives analysis of the data.

Sanders praised the writer of Toy Story to Catmull, but Catmull was keen to point out the the beloved film didn't spring fully formed from anyone's head.

He said he would be inviting «leading conservatives» and people from all across the political spectrum to talk with him and share their points of view about the issues raised by the Gizmodo story.

(At one point, the elder sister mentions a documentary that compares P.J.'s succession woes to the story of Job in the Old Testament.

As the Journal story points out, YES signed a deal with the Yankees to lock up TV rights for 30 years at a cost of about $ 1.5 billion.

Additionally, we can quickly communicate the main points of a story and the lesson it teaches.

«Look for times when you can make a point, tell a story to reinforce it, and collect your rewards from the faces of the people around you.»

But Wambach is also making a point that other women have echoed, in a year of major achievements for women in leadership positions in professional sports: Eventually, they hope it will no longer be a big story when a female athlete, or a woman working in some other capacity in sports, reaches new heights.

«In responding to this incident — indeed in responding to this election — we need to hear each other's stories, not slogans, we need to work towards understanding, not scoring points, and we need to find a way to move forward that respects and values each and every member of our community,» Superintendent Shawn Lewis - Lakin said in a statement.

Too many of the also - rans are already stuck in the proof - point pudding (moving sideways instead of forward) and finding that they can no longer sell the same old «just wait and see» story as easily to the guys that totally fell for it the last time.

Last week, I pointed to two stories that highlighted the two - tier nature of the American economic recovery.

When a VC asks a founder why they made that part of the product red, or why this button works in this particular way, that founder has the knowledge of 30 user stories and 10 data points that inform them and have colored all of their decisions.

Even if they forget much of what you say, people often remember stories that best illustrate a point.

Varied points of view energize the juiciness of storytelling by challenging assumptions, opening up a world of possibilities to move toward a more honest representation of you... and your true story.

The event was a breaking point in the community's resentment of L.A. police chief William Parker «and what they considered his double standard toward [African Americans] and whites,» according to LIFE magazine's editorial prefacing its Aug. 27, 1965, cover story on the riots.

My story is of course very different to most immigrants — but the point is, all of our stories are different.

I also try to make a point of filing a radio story for the folks at Spark.

As Hitched.com editor Steve Cooper put it in a rebuttal to the Facebook divorce stories, this has been the case since the times of our caveman friend Blaaarggg: «I'm sure at some point during the Stone Age a woman was frustrated because her mate wouldn't step away from the fire and come to bed.

There are many interesting lessons in this story, but one main point that the reader is invited to take away is that part of America's opioid problem has to do with patient expectations.

Yet, however flawed third parties may be as they play their role in regulating the marketplace, the Theranos story points to the value of such institutions.

«We can't lure people from point A to point B without a compelling story,» says Snyder of Human Resource Group.

Yet what some moguls might seem as liabilities DuVernay turned into strengths, using her indie training to maximize her resources, telling a black story from a black point of view, making sure that women's contributions were acknowledged and writing into the script her own passionate pleas for equality (albeit in the King style).

I was tired of books with stories about generals, parables about mice, and endless scientific studies with numbers that could point any which way.

As my colleague Matt Heimer, who shepherded this extraordinary package of stories, points out in the guide's introduction, anyone who reviewed a quick B - roll of 2016 would have seen a terrain that looked utterly inhospitable for investors.

There is an endless supply of business statistics (proving most any point you want to make), research and studies (many with surprising results), and interesting real - life stories (of business success and failure), all available within seconds by doing a simple Google search.

To underscore this point, Buffini tells a story about the life and death of WWII refugee, Peter Petrasek.

«I think that every novelist has a single ideal reader; that at various points during the composition of a story, the writer is thinking, «I wonder what he / she will think when he / she reads this part?»

Let's just say that in a crowded Fall market for IPOs, a lot of investors are making a point of coming out to hear our story.

There's even one point when Harding's mother criticizes the filmmakers for keeping her out of the story for a long stretch of time.

Swift, the subject of the magazine's latest cover story, admitted coming to a revelation about Spotify that she simply «didn't like the way it felt» having her music so readily available at such a low price point.

«I think we're kind of past the point where anybody would look at it and be like: «Oh, well, that story's fantastic but I hate it because it's being sponsored by a brand,»» Spiers said.

This is the point in the story where I'm supposed to tell you that I've been involved in similar feuds over the decades, but we were always mature enough to work things out before they reached the point of no return.

One of the most well - established ways to hear from readers, the NYT public editor pointed out — although not the only one, by any means — is through comments on news stories.

«Part of the reasons active measures have worked in the US election is because the commander - in - chief has used Russian active measures at times against his opponents,» Watts said, pointing to Manafort and Trump's citations of fake - news stories pushed out by Russian - linked entities last year.

Neuroeconomics professor Paul Zak explains: «Character - driven stories with emotional content result in a better understanding of the key points a speaker wishes to make and enable better recall of these points weeks later.»

During a panel discussion as part of the South by Southwest Festival's interactive program, Denton admitted that the Hogan story — which was about a sex tape that the wrestler made with a friend's ex-wife, and included a short clip from the tape — didn't have an obvious point to it, apart from embarrassing Hogan.

«But Ryan's employers are having him there because he's been cleared and you have to remember, Ryan has relationships with a lot of people personally,» he said, pointing to Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel's recent announcement that he will let Seacrest interview him: «Listen, you know, we should at the very least afford people the opportunity for truth, what the facts of the story are before hanging them out to dry,» Kimmel told Variety.

Wired has called gamification an enemy of great support, and while dissenting opinions often point to cases like Microsoft and the increased productivity they saw when implementing gamification, the numbers don't tell the full story — a lower response time does not mean your team is doing a better job of taking care of customers.

Mr. Wang recalled a story of how on a long drive near his hometown years earlier his father pointed out all of the tunnels and bridges in China built using his cement.

«A big challenge in PR — and this doesn't happen in every case — is getting a client to understand the story from the audience's point of view,» Philadelphia - based PR agent Alexandra Golaszewska told CareerCast.com in an email.