Sentences with phrase «than brilliant at»

It might seem encouraging to applaud your child's intelligence, but tons of research — much of it spearheaded by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck — shows that doing so makes kids fearful of taking risks or pursuing tough goals that might make them feel less than brilliant at first.

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One man, at least, was able to impose himself on this formidable and politicized structure: Ferdinand Piëch, a brilliant engineer and a ruthless, terrifying manager who dominated VW for more than two decades.

A better bet is to devote your energy to acknowledging the talents and abilities of others and seeking out ways to learn from them, even at the cost of sometimes appearing less than brilliant yourself.

No book better dissects the issues - beneath - the - issues at these Synods than this brilliant analysis of the sexual revolution, i.e., «the destigmatization and demystification of nonmarital sex and the reduction of sexual relations in general to a kind of hygienic recreation in which anything goes so long as those involved are consenting adults.»

Enns is brilliant at taking the big topics, those Christian ideas that usually scare us or intimidate us or worry us, and then make those very places a meeting place with a God who is bigger and wilder and more wonderful and trustworthy than we ever could have guessed.

Several brands we've met at the show in this way have gone onto have successful ranges in more than 750 stores across the UK and Ireland, and this year we are hoping to find more original and brilliant creations this industry has become known for,» says Pottinger.

Fruit obtusely conical, often four inches in length, and nearly three inches in diameter, — brilliant glossy scarlet at maturity; stem strong and sturdy, two feet or more in height; leaves large, but narrower than those of the Large Bell; flowers white, and of large size, usually an inch and a half in diameter; fruit sometimes erect, but generally drooping.

A keeper who, whilst being a brilliant keeper, is at the end of his career rather than the start, and a CDM who may or may not be the next Patrick Viera, and Elneny who (while I think he's ok), he's never going to set the world on fire.

He became a regular points scorer and took that brilliant victory at a soaking wet Monza, and by the end of the year Toro Rosso had scored 39 points - 10 more than it's sister - and supposedly «main» - team.

Theo's first three or four seasons at arsenal were quite disappointing saw glimpses of what he was capable of but always seemed to struggle then I think he stepped his game up and had a couple of better seasons 2012 - 13 season he was brilliant 21 goals off the wing had a really great season 2013 - 14 started the season strong but wasn't getting the goals he got the previous seasons had a bit of an injury then looked better than ever for a short period before his injury.

Arsene Wenger is more than happy with the squad at his disposal right now and thinks it is more important to keep the players together and carry this brilliant end - of - season run into the next campaign.

My realistic summer IN's ANY MANAGER AT ALL RUGANI (YOUNG BUT BRILLIANT DEFENDER) ANDRE GOMES (REPLACE WALCOTT) GOETZE (BETTER THAN OZIL) MORATA OR (WILL BE A MASSIVE BOOST UP TOP)

Just read the article by «she wore a yellow ribbon «it was brilliant about the demented so called arsenal fans celebrating when we lost to Watford over the weekend what a bunch of losers and on constructive criticism it is now clear more than ever we need a director of football who sees through the fans eyes from the stands what most arsenal fans are angst about especially some player's lack the angry element of the premiership, look at Newcastle with benitez in charge and most of the players are hardly household names, Arsenal foreeeever!!!

He was brilliant at the Etihad and is a far better player than Flamini so he'll keep his place with Ramsey partnering him.

@Big Gun I never said we had gone backwards at all, we have improved tactically and in regards to our maturity and that's brilliant no one wants to see it more than me, but You can not say that the opposition are not off their game this season cos they so blatantly are!!!

Until the fans forcefully take the club back, the usual continues: Arsene's legacy of loving failure and excuses, arsenal being brilliant for some weeks and losing decisive games at crucial time, a good run at fa cup, injuries more than any other top club, AKBs declaring total support for brilliant Wenger, the American animal torturer giving prof contract extension, Usmanov making weak attempts at takeover, Dangote forever promising to buy us out; and in that time, all the major clubs each clinch a prem title again, even spud having a taste, while for almost two decades we have been dreaming under Arsene's sedatives!

Alexis in his second season after a freakishly brilliant start, Ozil coming in to consistent form at the end of his second season, Coq now with a proper body of work under his belt and a whole summer to work on it, Bellerin with his first season jitters out of his system, Giroud finally realising he might be a pretty decent striker, Gab with some solid performances and the close - season to bond further, Monreal maturing in to an unspectacular but tremendously solid FB, Ospina settled — it is my opinion that these and others will be what will bring the bigger improvements and the consistency needed next year rather than any wholesale changes.

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He's had an unusual season where he's done the very un-Will Power thing of being more competitive on ovals than he has on road courses, including a brilliant defensive drive at Pocono.

We played some brilliant football at times, creating numerous chances, and could have scored many more than two goals even before Everton went down to ten men.

His passing accuracy averaged a brilliant 90 %, only four players completed more dribbles than his 83 (Riyad Mahrez, Wilfried Zaha, Ross Barkley, Eden Hazard) and his defensive figures weren't at all bad either considering he played seven games fewer than Duracell pin - up N'Golo Kante: 104 tackles, 56 interceptions (one more than Danny Drinkwater) and a 61 % duel success.

In my opinion, Ronaldo has, at time of writing, had a more impressive career than Messi, in that he has been brilliant in two major leagues and often in the face of genuine animosity from opposing players and fans.

The reason I claim that Özil is better than any Arsenal player since Thierry Henry, is down to his brilliant stats, combined with the fact that he excels consistently for both club and country, on levels almost unhead of at Arsenal in recent years.

Throughout the game I felt Arsenal were better at defending than attacking, even having more chances, because the defence were brilliant at keeping City outside our area.

Yes, Benitez has been really inconsistent and at times poor in the league after leaving Valencia but his European record is no less than brilliant.

It sounds like you've done a brilliant job there, well done, lol at them being less fussy than you.

First of all, your last sentence was brilliant: «If we are experiencing a high rate of complication that creates an unsafe situation then we would be best off to address the overall health of our population rather than to assume that interventions at the end of pregnancy are the best course of action.»

Also a credit to the man was his glad - handing of other politicians at the G20 and EU summit, and not forgetting his brilliant crafting of a deal with the Liberal Democrats which has successfully placed all the criticism squarely upon them rather than the party whose policies are overwhelmingly being implemented.

1.4 - Meter Organic LED TV Sets to Be Unveiled at Consumer Tech Extravaganza For years manufacturers have tantalized consumers with the promise of organic light - emitting diode (OLED) televisions capable of delivering more brilliant colors (including deeper blacks), and greater levels of contrast and brightness than any other television screen

This first - of - a - kind, new generation storage ring synchrotron source will produce a normalized horizontal emittance of at least a factor 10 better than any existing or currently planned projects, and at least a factor 100 more brilliant than the ESRF source today.

The Hyades cluster is a bright object in Taurus, but the view is partially ruined by Aldebaran - a brilliant orange giant star that lies in front of the cluster at less than half the distance.

At night, the other large star in the system, Alpha Centauri A, would be brilliant in its sky, although Alpha Centauri A's orbit keeps it hundreds of times further away from the planet than Alpha Centauri B.

Searching for them online is, well, infinitely more brilliant than relying on a chance encounter to put you in the same place at the same time.

This omitted all shades of black from interracial dating with their brilliant counterpart; this was not at all more obvious than in the days of segregation.

Quiz Dating offers a brilliant way to meet new people at a slower pace than our standard speed dating nights.

The film is limiting potential enough by conceptually simply studying on Oscar Wilde's sexual revelations and their subsequent consequences, rather than the whole of his brilliant life and tragic downfall, but when it comes to the execution, not enough studying is done in this often inspired, and just as often undercooked character drama which at least finds superficiality in its resonance.

is one of the best series on TV right now, i must say that the writers make the viewers stay tuned, intriguing and wondering during all of the episode, making the viewer want to watch the show week after week, making the series is successful as it is, is brilliant than the writers decide to put at the end of each episode a clip about what «A» plan to do, leaving you more intrigued that you were at the beginning of the episode.

is one of the best series on TV right now, i must say that the writers make the viewers stay tuned, intriguing and wondering during all of the episode, making the viewer want to watch the show week after week, making the series is successful as it is, is brilliant than the writers decide to put at the end of each episode a clip about what «A» plan to do, leaving you more intrigued that

Perhaps the biggest surprise, at least for anyone who played its brilliant but cruel predecessor FTL: Faster Than Light, is how overwhelmingly fair Into the Breach is.

He does have decent taste in music, however: the film has a great, moody electronic score by Max Richter, and at times I found myself enjoying the soundtrack more than the visuals, which for the most part aren't that interesting, save for some brilliant overhead shots at the beginning.

Tokyo Sonata, at first glance, plays less like the work of Kurosawa than like that of Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao - hsien, but as the story of downsized executive Ryuhei (Teruyuki Kagawa) unfolds, following roughly the same blueprint as Laurent Cantet's Time Out as Ryuhei conceals his unemployment from his wife and two sons, it comes clear that Kurosawa's brilliant, refined take on mass hysteria in his horror films has been translated intact.

The film is also well - remembered for its brilliant Duke Ellington jazz score (also unusual at the time) and the focus on Stewart as a character rather than simply focusing on the plot.

It's also a film whose impact derives from something other than its story and characters — specifically, Wyatt Garfield's brilliant cinematography, which uses 35 mm, 16 mm and Super 8 mm film at a time when almost everyone in the entertainment business is shooting digitally; and the final lead performance by Anton Yelchin, who died last year in a freak accident.

Arrogant beyond measure, brilliant beyond measure; when Jobs rails at subordinates about how they had two weeks longer to finish a project than God took to create the universe, one retorts, «Yes, you'll have to tell us how you did it sometime.»

So let's not pretend this is anything else than a Western inspired Bomberman clone, but hey, Bomberman is a brilliant game, at least it is when you don't mess around with the basic formula.

But thanks to two brilliant leads, the issue is never so cut and dried: When lonely Claire wonders whether having something, anything, is better than nothing at all, you kind of see her point.

Kill Your Darlings (B --RRB--- While the writing that came out of the Beat generation is far more fascinating and thought - provoking than the group's personal lives presented on screen, Kill Your Darlings is an occasionally brilliant, occasionally horrendous movie featuring a candid look at sexuality and lust.

For proof, look no further than her remarkable performance at NPR Music's SXSW showcase in Austin, Texas, this past March: Even if she didn't have the brilliant Dap - Kings horn section backing her blazing throwback soul songs, she'd have dominated.

The magic of the film is in the brilliant casting, from Fox on down, all of them jell well and make the film more than a failed attempt at slapstick.

Karen Moncrieff's brilliant yet unassuming Blue Car obviously got the attention of some pretty important people, cos her follow - up feature has more big names than you can poke a stick at.