Sentences with phrase «than a stepping stone»

What I thought was my dream job turned out to be nothing more than a stepping stone.

Differences are so often Pharisee stuff — and a stumbling block rather than a stepping stone on our spiritual journeys.

Indeed, for Fahy, her association with the school board was more of a catapult than a stepping stone.

Even though Manila usually serves as no more than a stepping stone to one's vacation, the city itself offers a wealth of fun and adventure.

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Wnen bad things happen to good people they can be used as steping stones to increase their faith and characters, but I don't know how those that are unbelievers view it, other than a «O» well, that's life.»

He is the God; and yet he picks his steps more carefully than if angels guided them, not to prevent his foot from stumbling against a stone, but lest he trample human beings in the dust, in that they are offended in him.

Most all religions eventually develop writings which appear to me to be more human than divine, but that doesn't disqualify them from being a stepping - stone to spiritual growth.

More than that, though, each has had to navigate the overwhelming pressures of growing up in broken or impoverished societies where sex becomes one of the stepping stones to success and comfort, even if more often than not a standard stumbling block of horrendous proportions.

He's a no brained and I don't care if he used us as a stepping stone so long as he leave us more successful and in a better position than where he found us..

Maybe if AS - 07 leaves, that may fire up the whole squad to stand up and fight for the self - respect of the team and to prove to all the SNAKES who use ARSENAL as a stepping - stone for big paychecks that we are a fottballing family and money is not greater than than any family....

if wenger could have given more chances to chambers we could be seeing him more than a match for dier and stones if walcott stayed injury free we would be having a special player now If chamberlain also stayed injury free and had more confidence in himself he would match sterling and would be very capable in stepping ssnchez shies when called upon.

The candidacy of a 34 - year - old Bronx assemblyman — and veteran of President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and White House — to become a vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee has drawn more enthusiasm nationally than in his native borough, where party leadership perceives him as an overly ambitious interloper using his local office as stepping stone on his way to glory in Washington.

There might just be something poetic to this situation, though: a campaign that seems to be calling out for an independent voice, on the grounds of a mission against Trump and the system rather than the usual political stepping stone, contrasted with the disgust at Schneiderman's behavior.

Corridors are only one type of connectivity, which may take forms other than simple linear strips of land, including patches, or stepping stones, of habitat.

Third, hybridization is spreading upstream in the system via continent — island and stepping - stone invasion, and hybrids have higher straying rates than non-hybridized westslope cutthroat trout, further promoting the spread of hybridization (Boyer et al. 2008).

It looks like NASA's stepping - stone to Mars will be a miniature space station in lunar orbit rather than a chunk of captured asteroid.

The best way to convey these healthy meals — part of the stepping stones to better eating — is through recipes on this site — the photos are worth more than words.

Christian singles meetups were in fact our primary goal and the free Christian dating service we provide was merely going to be a stepping stone to achieve our aim of getting Christians together in real life groups, since we saw meeting in singles groups as much more effectiveand less stressful and probably more fun than 1 - 1 dates.

While we're told that ousted anchor Matt Lauer's intense, long - running jealousy over potential rivals has If your ATAR is lower than expected, there are plenty of stepping stones to degree study.

In David O. Russell's inspired - by - actual - events story, Wahlberg is Lowell, Massachusetts boxer «Irish» Micky Ward, a «stepping stone» for better welterweight pugilists whose flatlined professional trajectory in the mid»90s is due less to so - so talent than to his caretakers, mother Alice (Leo) and brother Dickie (Bale).

Now it's easier than ever to appreciate these films as crucial stepping stones in Jean - Luc Godard's mutable, constantly self - analyzing career.

While co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Ruby Sparks, Little Miss Sunshine) wring tension and suspense from the same - day build - up to the match, the match itself — captured by grainy, fuzzy TV cameras with the occasional, ground - level insert — and the immediate aftermath (symbolic and figurative, more than real or long - lasting), it's in the months - long lead - up to the match, following Billie Jean King (Emma Stone, never better) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) where Battle of the Sexes steps up its game to offer a sympathetic, insightful, poignant, behind - the - scenes look at the private lives of the public personas who stepped onto the tennis court of the Houston Astrodome on September 20th, 1973, as Americans on both sides of the political divide watched in rapt attention.

Instead of pushing political boundaries a number of titles stood idly by, acting as little more than safely laid stepping - stones for television celebrities to cross over into feature film.

With a lot of the gags in the spin - off movies, they felt like «this'll do» moments, as if the writers got into a room and threw some scenes together like stepping stones, rather than narrative beats.

More than a stepping - stone to the Mulsanne Speed, the Mulliner Driving Specification is an essential building block.

Its busy exterior and the Si name suggest something a lot crazier than what you actually get, when really, this car is a stepping stone between the Civic Sport and the Civic Si.

Most writers consider a book release a stepping stone, rather than an end goal.

I've openly recommended CreateSpace as a strategy for many clients as a test, stepping stone, even a way to enter the publishing world with the giant Amazon in play — but, and always a but in the mix — there has to be editing, get a professional cover done and yes, lay it out — don't do the template Amazon version... than have the layout designer do the uploading — for less than $ 3,000 (most likely), you have quality cover design, interior, editing and you are rocking and rolling with the big boys — you get max percentage on eBook payout, you have print books available on demand and you can start marketing your work and words like crazy.

Despite one looking better than the other, they certainly are both very poor choices and should not be a part of your plan, but rather only a stepping stone into attaining the skills needed to use in the real world and to bring your very own vision to life.

However, the province is much more than just a stepping stone to Mindoro and other nearby islands, since it has some of the most beautiful beaches in the Philippines.

You move across the screen with the analog stick, but your steps feel like they have much more weight than they should, and I suspect that much of this has to do with the fact that our character is, in fact, made of stone.

Its cost is a reflection of that and, from Microsoft's current messaging, it seems that this is slightly more than simply a stepping - stone to the next generation, it basically is the next generation — just this time running on modified hardware.

Only slightly longer and more «difficult» than Loneliness, Passage is as good a stepping - stone as any.

«Immigration is one of the stepping stones to what's happening in this country and (what has taken place over) this past year,» he said, at the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York, where images from more than 40 photographers are on show.

And it seems a natural step from these works to the three dimensional paintings on stone, which I do think of much more as paintings than as sculptures.

The idea, of course, goes much farther back in time, with one intellectual stepping stone laid down more than 60 years ago by the Russian scientist Vladimir I. Vernadsky, who wrote: «Mankind taken as a whole is becoming a powerful geological force.»

With less than two weeks to go until the beginning of the Copenhagen conference, it is essential that the countries of the world, led by the major economies, do what it takes to produce a strong, operational agreement that will both launch us on a concerted effort to combat climate change and serve as a stepping stone to a legally binding treaty.

As Kant goes on and on and on (he is an awfully thick writer) he refines morality until he comes to the first type of imperative «I am never to act otherwise than to will that my maxim should become universal law,» anything before this is merely a stepping stone on the way to get to here, where he can define moral behavior..

Carbon combustion generated 80 % of someone's energy, but it sure as heck doesn't constitute much of the energy of people who can take advantage of cheaper geothermal, hydro or natural gas (which is largely hydrogen combustion); and as the price of solar and wind plummet and the practicality of extracting fossil other than gas drops like a stone in lock step with the advances of competing technologies, what sort of backwards knuckle - dragger actually wants the choking and fumes and leaks and inconvenience and dust and soot and sulfates?

Other ideal candidates are those who see tasks properly executed as rewards in and of themselves — rather than as a stepping - stone to external rewards, since external rewards are often not available on a continual basis.

Microsoft's Lumia 950 and 950 XL have been out for barely more than a month, but those handsets may only be stepping - stones to the next big thing for Windows 10 phones.

Cyanogen OS 12 is more than likely just a stepping stone to a more impactful 12.1 S release, filled with the results of the Cyanogen team figuring out where new features and optimizations can go in this new UI.

Of course, the smart speaker business is too huge to ignore right now, a stepping - stone to a future where we'll interact with computers by voice more than ever.

Serving as a good stepping stone from Further Education to Higher Education due to its similarity to a textbook layout, it is much more digestible than a more specialised history tome.

More people than ever are from banking and research backgrounds, more than ever are placed into the IR Director role at some of the world's biggest companies because it is viewed as an essential stepping stone on the path to senior executive roles, where they can be given the «final polish» as one of my fellow panellists so nicely put it.

I've always preferred hiring people who are passionate about something, so I'd rather hire a smart, willing - to - learn English major who took that route because he / she had a passion for Shakespeare than a business major who was in it as a career stepping stone.

It has more than enough potential to become a fulfilling, lifelong career in itself, but if your dreams span a bit further than that, this can be the first stepping stone of many.

Those who want to jump right into the job will benefit from a diploma or certificate, usually completed in less than one year; those who want to expand their horizons can go for the associate degree, which provides a potential stepping stone to a higher degree in the future.

An ILUA may be a stepping stone on the way to a native title determination, be part of the determination process, or it may suit the parties better than a determination.

Located just steps away from the brand new Timberland Town Center, less than one mile from HWY 217 and HWY 26, and moments from the heart of Cedar Mill, everything you need is just a stones throw away.