Sentences with phrase «something about a culture»

That suggests it's not something about the culture of business that's turning people into psychopaths (though business training could conceivably reinforce these tendencies).

Doesn't that say something about the culture in Barclays.»

«I was trying to show I took the trouble to learn something about their culture.»

There is something about the culture of coffee shops, and my obsession with coffee has quickly become a way of life.

You are not only conversing with beautiful women but also learning something about another culture.

The characters are 3 dimensional, the plot subtle and surprising, and at the end of it I felt I had learned something about a culture unknown to me.

While it helps to know something about that culture, it's not necessary to appreciate Michal's struggles, what drives her or the humor that often animates the film.

Something about their culture that makes for touching romances and tales of friendship (not to mention a hilarious vampire mash - up).

It does say something about our culture and traditions symbolized in the briefest way possible without losing its significance.

Not exact matches

Setting up a company and culture that allows people to do what they do best (Mastery), in the way that they think will bring about the best results (Autonomy) focused on something that is meaningful (Purpose) as part of group aligned in values (Connectedness) is what drives a great and powerful culture.»

The board also promised to establish «a new mind - set» at the company, with «more capacity for criticism» — seemingly conceding there was something poisonous about the culture Winterkorn presided over.

Instead, make it a story about the culture of innovation and the many people who have sustained it; giving others role models and the license to have something to strive for.

Our COO Leo gave a talk recently about how company culture isn't something you can really shape, but rather how you have to sit, observe and write down what you see.

Our culture is something we all talk about, celebrate and, most importantly, feel we can contribute to.

It's about taking an idea, putting bones and architecture on it, and making it into something the culture can use.

People talk a lot about company culture these days, but is it something you can measure?

Understanding something about Chinese culture can help you succeed with Chinese buyers, especially in the case of feng shui.

But there is something remarkable about the culture of all three.»

The February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 17 people dead has sparked another debate about gun culture in America and spurred new hopes that something will be done to prevent future incidents.

Let's say a customer sees something on Facebook about your company's culture, and then later sees your company discussing a new industry trend on Twitter.

The funny thing about people saying their faith isn't shaken is that these are the same people who will often look at other natural disasters in foreign countries and say God is punishing these people, or that something bad happened because of some aspect of the culture that God disapproves of.

For me (and many others) it is not about the sexuality of the performance (this is something we've become accustomed to seeing from pop - stars), but the exploitation of black culture.

Luck they landed in LAX of all places, where it was at least possible someone knew something about world cultures.

Rape culture is when a woman who campaigned for women to be included on banknotes got threatened with rape for her troubles, and when she tried to do something about it, got accused of using the (violent, graphic, horrific) threats against her as a way to get famous.

I believe that stories communicate both the gospel and the truth about the human existence, but more importantly, they awaken in us something long repressed by our modern culture: life itself is a story.

The moment that I set myself up as the «victim» of «journalism shaming,» not only do I take something away from people who have truly been victimized, but I add to the momentum of false victimhood culture while ignoring the words of Jesus about turning the other cheek.

If women, of any culture, are being hurt in this country, you can do something about it: you can call the police.

Is there something in our communication in church, society and culture, which we should have clocked by now — something about how Jesus structured his communication to trigger his listeners» brains?

Rape culture pushes the victim - blaming mentality: the idea that if * she * had done something differently — worn a different outfit (even though women get raped when dressed modestly; rapists don't care about what a person is wearing), didn't get drunk (opens a person up to anything, never mind that it is impossible for a person to give clear consent when they're intoxicated / inebriated), used the «buddy system» (what if she wanted to go out by herself?

But here within a technological culture saturated with militarism, hate, and divided peoples is a man familiar with it all and who has something to say about it.

The best way to protect America is to warmly welcome law abiding citizens of any faith, such a rare and wonderful thing about us, something we can hold up as unique and special, something that does nt provoke but binds loyalty.Being different, more accepting and loving than the ugliness found in anti-Christian cultures, is our greatest strength.

-- It does say something about us and our culture.

My friends and i go to a christian church and some of the Muslim students have gone with us just to see and learn for them selves what it is like instead of going off rumors and here say... Unless you have experiences something on your own you have no right to talk smack about it... The reason the world is the way it is is because people are to stuck up THEIR butts and THEIR way, to even try and become educated about anything else... im not saying convert or change your ways... But be educated about something before you talk because if your not you really look like a fool... ever religion, race, culture,... they have their good people and they have their bad people and you CAN NOT judge a whole race, religion, culture... off one group... that just being single minded!!!

The Heart of Virtue by Donald DeMarco Ignatius 231 pages, $ 12.95 paper Despite their occasional presence on best - seller lists, books about virtue remain something of an anomaly in contemporary culture, the impulse for serious personal reflection choked out by the saturation of the entertainment media.

But beyond a vague allusion to «getting things right on broader matters of culture,» he offers not a clue about what that something more might be, by what means we might know it, or how it would cure the defects he sees in natural rights reasoning.

The word Shinto itself tells something about the history of Japanese culture.

Whenever you believe in something without evidence, believe that this thing is ordained by the most intelligent being in the universe, and that no amount of reasoning or discussion can change your mind about it, then you make a culture war completely inevitable.

«There's something about the British culture that says «drink and drink and drink and drink» and our role is just to encourage people to drink responsibly, I think that's the big underlying message.

You mention global myths of a great flood as supporting evidence, but even the article only states,» [a] lmost every culture has a legend about a great flood, and — with a little reading between the lines — many of them mention something like a comet on a collision course with Earth just before the disaster.»

When they suggest that something's gone seriously wrong with our nation's culture, and further suggest what American Christians might need to do about it, Dreher and Esolen have plenty of persuasive company.

From Rachel: One of the biggest obstacles I've observed in moving forward in conversations about race is that folks from the dominant culture are afraid of saying something «wrong» - of offending someone or sounding racist - so they avoid the conversation entirely.

Justin cites scholars who believe this instruction likely had something to do with cult prostitution, especially given the fact that the rest of the passage is about keeping the Israelites separate from polytheistic cultures.

While nonprofits like To Write Love on Her Arms and Hope for the Day are doing real, measurable good in the area of mental health, there's just something about being at the center of pop culture that turns an issue like mental illness from something we would rather avoid in polite conversation to something that demands to be discussed.

Because we don't have the capacity and time to teach them about everything, we teach them the tools on how to separate right from wrong and know this is something in culture that you don't have to follow and this is something that you should adopt because it is aligned with your religion.

We learn something about the nature of God when we take seriously the cultures that take shape in God's name.

Rodney Stark wrote an amazing book called «The Victory of Reason» where he argued that something like the Enlightenment is only possible in a monotheistic culture where a belief in a Creator leads to a belief in a created order, which in turn leads to the possibility of an orderly set of observations about the world that we today call «Science.»

The pastor's story also suggests something about the paradoxes of tradition in American culture.

I too am drawn to the Anabaptist tradition and believe it has something really special to offer Christians who are tired of the culture wars, as well as something important to say about how a post-Christian culture in the U.S. might actually be good for the Church.

Meanwhile, evangelicals in particular need to do something about our celebrity - pastor culture.

I pick up something about popular culture from scanning....