Sentences with phrase «thinking about the agenda»

Eating granola straight out the box whilst chatting to my flatmate; consuming an extra large sweet popcorn at the cinema before the adverts were even done with; eating muesli bars whilst rushing to my next meeting thinking about the agenda.

«When Speaker Ryan comes to New York City, we let him know what we think about his agenda, right?»

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So I think it's a really tough seat and for me, it's really more about how you work with your business partners, how you share the data, how you get on key messages, consistently tell those stories, and how you put bravery out there and really drive the agenda of the company forward.

(For a more detailed take on how to think critically about your company's CSR agenda, see Michael Porter and Mark Kramer's article, «Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility»).

If you don't take the time to think about where you want to be, the circumstances of life and other people's agendas will determine that for you.

When someone creates a meeting, they think hard about the agenda.

The guiding considerations of an effective U.S. strategy for addressing China's inroads in Europe should be to 1) include Europe in its own thinking and considerations about China, 2) avoid adopting contradictory economic policies that target European allies rather than China, 3) work with Europe to shape and advance a proactive, joint transatlantic agenda to address shared concerns about China.

Many economists think the Fed may put off further rate increases until more is known about President Donald Trump's ambitious agenda, or whether his drive to cancel or rewrite trade deals will slow growth or unsettle investors.

And that raises questions about his ability to get the pro-business pieces of his agenda enacted (think increased infrastructure spending and cuts in taxes).

hmmmmm... perhaps an agenda to help people think about, question, improve the church, or leave it... lol.

Idealized generalizing about «The Bible» is always a huge mistake and only reveals agendas, I think.

I guess I feel the same way about a liberal agenda that say that to get out of debt we have to spend more, or that my tax dollars have to pay for something I think is morally wrong (Obamacare sets up a fund to pay for late term abortions) or a government that confiscates kids lunches, or tells me how much soda I can drink, or uses my tax money to choose winners and losers (mostly losers but Obma doners) in energy production that produces no energy yet we are sitting on more coal and oil than any other nation on the planet.

They call them peddlers of religion, and they do not mean that in a positive way, but rather are referring to people they believe are trying to push their own agenda of a psuedo - religious toxic mix of some sort of religious something, politics, power, control, personal profit (think $ $ $) and efforts to feel good about ones self while at the same time looking down on neighbors (condescension) rather than loving neighbors.

Gadamer, of how the inspired text, which we question in order to find its meaning and relevance, questions, criticizes, challenges and changes us in the process -» Some who today raise the proper question, whether there are not culturally relative elements in Paul's teaching about role relationships (an the material has to be thought through from this standpoint), seem to proceed improperly in doing so; for in effect they take current secular views about the sexes as fixed points, and work to bring Scripture into line with them - an agenda that at a stroke turns the study of sacred theology into a venture in secular ideology.

Santorum doesn't yet see that once you start thinking about how to foster an economic system that would nurture our virtues, you wind up with an agenda far more drastic and transformational.

I was thinking of what David was writing in light of his recent posts about organized religion mandating a «vision» or «agenda» on people.

I think for some, it's more an agenda and about profit.

The honeymoon, that is, between the now enfeebled and increasingly remote souls who for over a quarter of a century had carped and sneered at Pope John Paul II (and by the same token at «PanzerCardinal» Joseph Ratzinger) but who had nevertheless hoped against hope for a Pope who would be somehow reborn if not as a fully paid - up liberal, as a Pope at least who would go easy on all that counter-cultural JPII stuff about being «signs of contradiction» and about continuity with the pre-conciliar Church and who had breathlessly found (so they thought) that, lo, it was even so, in the wonders of Deus Caritas Est. «On his election last spring,» carolled The Tablet, «the former CardinalRatzinger was widely assumed to have as his papal agenda the hammering of heretics and a war on secularist relativism, subjects with which he was associated as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.»

Many of those during conventions even told me privately that they don't really believe anymore, and that it was about furthering political agendas, «to get many folks to think the way we think» so that we may establish a true Christian Nation with BIBLICAL LAWS.

Do you really think that your agenda is what black community, as a whole, is concerned about?

Just think about it if you were the devil, wouldn't your agenda be to get people not to believe.

Niebuhr's categories would help them think more clearly about their actual approaches to various aspects of culture, but we can not impose on them an agenda that seems to say that this is the most important thing they should be thinking about.

You don't read my comment carefully and are on an agenda to tell us about things, so I don't think the dialogue is going to be productive.

He began by babbling at some length about fact and opinion and critical thinking as a way of suggesting that Obama is about imposing a radical socialist or even communist agenda on America.

Also, as a lifelong churchgoer who has seen her fair share of pastor - centric churches, I like that the lectionary lets Scripture set the agenda for the sermon... which, when you think about it, is a pretty evangelical way to look at it.

It should be a «creative conference» in which there is a minimum of agenda items and a maximum opportunity for thinking creatively about the long - range functions and goals of that church.

I rarely care what any former players think about these issues — they have their own agendas and biases.

Well, it certainly sounds like it would further the NCB agenda, but when you really think about it, it doesn't really sound right.

The more I think about it, the more I think the writer either was just super lazy and had her talking points in her head before she even started or had an agenda.

Beginning the day's spoken agenda with thoughts on current affairs, the Right Honourable Tony Blair answered questions about dialogue in his capacity as the Representative of the Office of the Quartet.

I am criticizing you posting missleading data (I will be generous and think that you honestly forgot about WWII) just because it suits your agenda.

What's interesting about the current [economic] situation is that no one could sit around a table and say, «Well, I really think those Tories have sketched out a clear shape and understanding of the modern world, that they've defined a policy agenda that's got rigour and drive at its heart.»

The Labour speaks about Europe, the migrant crisis and what the PM's mother thinks about his dress sense on ITV's The Agenda

The Tory party thinks about winning power first, then implementing their agenda; the Labour party wants to have a massive fight over its principles first, and it doesn't even get near power.

Labour thinks that be endlessly saying «cost of living crisis» it can push the issues it doesn't want to speak about of the agenda.

Nick Clegg think most Labourites aren't really serious about his agenda and therefore if the Tories are warded off a Labour - Libdem coalition, Labour would go back to its bad old ways without learning anything from Libdem principles.

If we think more clearly about the position of successive generations, that itself changes the agenda.

The details of Cuomo's agenda won't be clear until he proposes a budget two weeks from now, but the address might give clues about his thoughts regarding the national stage and his stated intention about running for re-election in New York.

«She's inspiring us to really think critically about the impact of this agenda on children,» Mr. Gamberg said.

The Empire State Pride Agenda's Jonathan Lang told Housing Works he has been in regular contact with the Cuomo administration about the guidelines and thinks they will be a priority, adding: «We don't want to see the process dragged along for months and months.»

«We had a very, I think, heartening conversation about his agenda,» Stewart - Cousins told me during a CapTon interview after her sit - down at the Capitol with Cuomo.

Answering a question from ITV News Deputy Political Editor Chris Ship the Prime Minister said «I think the Conservative party is delighted that we've got a renegotiation reform and referendum agenda, there's complete unity about that.»

A Victorian amateur undertook a lifetime pursuit of slow, meticulous observation and thought about the natural world, producing a theory 150 years ago that still drives the contemporary scientific agenda

Okay so whilst beach and holiday wear consists of near nakedness and string bikinis, the office vibe is slightly more modest, and while showcasing your tan to the best of its potential is agenda number one, it's best to think strategically about what you show off.

You can think about what's on your agenda the next day.

Younger women don't generally have an agenda: Most of the younger women don't think about marriage during the early stages of dating.

When you are trying to start millionaire dating online, honesty is normally the top of the agenda when you think about finding a partner for long lasting love, but it seems millionaires looking for partners of their dreams are not interested in honesty, they are also not that interested in the person being kind or being loyal; the shocking results from the survey have revealed that the top one thing millionaires are looking for is a good sense of humor, which was among 286 millionaires (28.6 % of the millionaires surveyed) 3 things they are looking for.

With explosive research like that hitting the scene, online dating is bound to be on the agenda of just about everyone - even the ones who never thought they would try it.

Rooney Mara: I think one of great things about the film is that it's not a political film, it's not a film with an agenda, it's not preaching to the audience.

«Where I developed the idea of them and what I wanted them to look like was most alien movies are about takeovers, agendas, they're a thinking alien creature, and for me this idea of a predator, this idea of a parasite, this idea of something that is introduced into an ecosystem [was interesting].»