Sentences with phrase «push against the grain»

If you can push against the grain of traditional thinking in your organization, all the better.

When we feel like we are constantly pushing against the grain, we must ask ourselves why we are working so hard, burning ourselves out.

We seek to celebrate the independent ethos of artists in music and film whose creations push against the grain of corporate - subsidized popular culture, even though interaction with the corporate world of art has grown more and more inevitable in this day and age.

Your gift helps fulfill our mission to celebrate the independent ethos of artists in music and film whose creations push against the grain of corporate - subsidized popular culture.

I believe maverick status is achieved when bravery and convictions push outside of the mainstream; better described as someone outside the orthodoxy with reasoned scientific views that haven't been adequately explored, that push against the grain.

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The letter is a rebuttal against a push by Canadian grain shippers and farmers, who have called on Ottawa in recent weeks to issue an order - in - council to ease a persistent bottleneck in rail deliveries.

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You see, I have an 8 year old who's quick to figure things out and she likes to go against the grain on me sometimes — not all the time — but she pushes my buttons sometimes when I push a smoothie with spinach in it, you know, things like that.

The water molecules push back against the sand, raising the water pressure so it's strong enough to force the grains out of contact with one another, while the shaking allows grains to readily move.

For added texture, once the hair is loose, push it upwards against the natural grain around the crown of the head to give a textured, flyaway feel.

Perhaps one of the reasons that the mass public has continued to fail to embrace the film is that he works against the grain at every opportunity, playing a borderline villain, not unlike Captain Ahab in «Moby Dick», willing to push his entire family to the brink of his own madness in order to come to a destiny that he keeps changing a firm position on.

Domhnall Gleeson shows up as Seal's shadowy handler Schafer, a middle man who can crank up the intimidation when he wants, brown - nosing his way to a promotion by pushing his asset beyond his comfort zone; Sarah Wright fails to make a splash as Lucy Seal, Barry's wife whose only real memorable moments are going against the movie trope grain (when asked, «Do you trust me?»

It's true that the visual quality has suffered dramatically and the control systems could be seen as far too awkward by many, but the fact that DOOM VFR pushes so hard against the VR grain makes it well worth any PlayStation VR owner's time and money.