Sentences with phrase «told anecdotes»

The House of Commons was united in its tributes for Jo Cox as MPs told anecdotes that paid testament her

The formula has become familiar: take a catchy, easy - to - grasp concept — «the tipping point,» or «the 10,000 - hour rule» — and then use a series of expertly plucked and beautifully told anecdotes to advance that thesis.

Stewart also has a great sense for the deliciously telling anecdote: after testifying against her boss, Martha Stewart's assistant Ann Armstrong «was dropped from Stewart's holiday card and gift list, and subsequently left the company.»

Yet it seems that, even in the Harper era, the far bigger factors in this sensitive bilateral relationship are substantial economic interests and, as Kent's telling anecdote illustrates, complex behind - the - scenes diplomatic ties.

He irst tells the anecdote of the most notorious pilgrim, Fulk III, Count of Anjou, who accumulated as penances no less than four pilgrimages to the Holy Land (no spoilers from me, but Stark concludes that maybe that was «far too few» p. 104).

They help us learn about that person in the way that a great novelist describes a character or that a telling anecdote captures someone's personality.

Jovial and laid back, Hinn tells anecdotes to the crowd, even engaging in banter with the hired hand playing Central Hall's huge organ.

It is readable, well «researched, and has the journalist's eye for the telling anecdote.

Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, a close collaborator with Pope John Paul II, tells an anecdote that highlights the importance of the family to the recently canonised pontiff.

Rather, he set out his stall as he told an anecdote about when he was in Bosnia as a commanding officer of the British Army.

Here is a telling anecdote: The painter George Grosz, an acquaintance of Einstein's, was recovering from wounds in Berlin.

B: I'll tell you an anecdote.

You tell an anecdote about how the Royal Astronomical Society was doing a series of lectures on British astronomers and did not want to include the 18th - century astronomer Caroline Herschel because she wasn't good - looking enough.

When you're telling an anecdote or expressing your emotions about something, does your partner really pay attention to what you're saying?

In the brightly lit, open bar space, conversation was far easier, and it turned out some of the boys I'd spoken to had told their dates about my challenge, so I spent half an hour telling anecdotes from my dates so far, and laughing at the images brought up when one guy decided to google «merkin» on his phone!

Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu has been telling an anecdote that he had lunch with Nichols not long before filming began on «Birdman.»

Son Will Tevis opens with a telling anecdote about how when he used to play the board game «Careers» with his father, Walter would always choose the «fame» track.

Sure, he has done a lot of cool stuff, but he is constantly telling anecdotes and accidentally letting everyone know that he thinks he is better than everyone else.

Here also, Bratt says he felt a part of «a new cinematic movement» filming Abandon (referring mostly to the brilliant Libatique), and a peculiarly excitable Gaghan tells an anecdote regarding his dog's cameo that perhaps ought to have finished with someone throwing a butterfly net over him.

Actor swore while telling anecdote about John Hurt on BBC breakfast show prompting complaint to media regulator Ofcom

A trainer is aware of such a need and tells a lot of stories, summarizes cases and his / her experiences, tells anecdotes.

Be specific in the positive data you share — tell an anecdote or show a piece of work.

So this assembly involves you telling an anecdote about a recent event, as well as asking for volunteers to perform a school scenario.

So this assembly involves you telling an anecdote about a school scenario, before linking this to the story of Jesus rising again on Easter Sunday.

Seated among the HAA audience during Spence's speech was Kevin Jennings, assistant deputy secretary at the Department of Education and a 1985 graduate of Harvard College, who told an anecdote of his 10th Harvard reunion when he encountered a classmate who had achieved success in the corporate world but was dismayed that Jennings, a fellow Ivy League graduate, had spent the past decade as a teacher.

Most cat owners can tell an anecdote about their cats» peculiar behavior after giving their cats catnip.

by Bruny Hudson, Tampa Pet Rescue Examiner Most cat owners can tell an anecdote about their cats» peculiar behavior after giving their cats catnip.

It would have musical numbers, and a little play or sketch, and Leckey sitting in a leather armchair à la Ronnie Corbett telling an anecdote - except the chat would be «about art and ways of seeing».

Born in Port Arthur, Texas, where, he said, «it was very easy to grow up without ever seeing a painting,» Rauschenberg repeatedly told an anecdote about a visit to The Huntington.

Norman Zammitt Artforum International; March 1, 2013; King, Jennifer; 700 + words LOS ANGELESNorman ZammittCARTER & CITIZENHere's a telling anecdote about Norman Zammitt's large - scale paintings: His monumental North Wall, 1977, which featured prominently in the J. Paul Getty Museum's «Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950 - 1970,» was found

Here's a telling anecdote: back in 2011, the European Commission put out a call for papers exploring the impacts of a 2 °C rise in temperature.

One can assume that this week's SCC decision (or telling anecdote) is common knowledge, because Mr. Meehan has gone to the trouble of telling us all about it.

Tell an anecdote, or offer the details about particular experiences.

In the living room, there are plenty of sofas where Graham and his guests can chat — and no Big Red Chair, so everyone can relax when telling their anecdotes.

Not exact matches

In this year's letter published Wednesday, Bezos again stressed the idea of long - term thinking, using an anecdote about a friend who visited a handstand coach who told her it would take six months to master the skill:

In this anecdote - anchored piece, author and online advertising pro Perry Marshall lets you in on how to recognize your inner procrastinator and — surprise — why you should actually listen to what it's telling you.

To give your presentations a story - driven impulse, use compelling anecdotes about your product or offer that tell the story of how it will be a game - changer.

If you're going to tell a personal anecdote, make it relevant and perhaps even self - deprecatory.

The Street shared this anecdote from Philip Weiss, Argus Research senior analyst: «Marty [Whitman] told me that he and Isenberg both went to Yale Business School together and so he was an old friend, and you kind of give him whatever he wants.»

To cement the context of this conversation, I'm going to tell you a short personal anecdote.

Instead, what's needed is what Callahan calls «small stories,» the anecdotes concerning real - life experiences that people tell every day in conversations.

There is no such thing as a one - size - fits - all anecdote that will turn a speech into a crowd - inspiring oration, and I had to tell her honestly that good speech writing is not a magic trick that entails cherry - picking anecdotes on the order of «Let's win one for the Gipper!»

As Shawn Callahan, author of Putting Stories to Work, explains these «small stories» are the anecdotes concerning real - life experiences that people tell every day in conversations.

One anecdote is especially telling.

Carlson also tells a jaw - dropping anecdote to illustrate Mayer's occasional tone - deafness: After upsetting employees with a number of new H.R. policies, including a widely hated performance review system, Mayer held a town - hall meeting to address their concerns.

«For the past week, Sam has kept our clothes clean and has fed us and kept me distracted by telling stories of her life and humorous anecdotes about her family.

Fix: Grab the audience by asking an interesting question, making a controversial statement, or telling a short personal anecdote.

Instead of my anecdotes and one - liners, my jocular «it's all fine now» version, she let me tell the other side of it.

It is a cogently argued thesis that author William Martin obviously delights in telling through one anecdote after another.

All the anecdotes told that evening by the pastors and consultants deal more or less openly with political power: its absence, acquisition, contention, transfer, or consequence.