Sentences with phrase «told by the better people»

«I think the average New Yorker is sick and tired of being told by the better people, the elite, what's good for us,» Felder said.

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Rambling Another way that people squander their influence, says Morgan, is by not telling good stories.
I tell you, my phone has been ringing off the hook today by as many people who want to complain about different aspects of this as by people who say, «Good job.
There are still people today on Bay Street earning very good salaries who will tell you that BlackBerry went down because Jim was too busy trying to buy a hockey team and Mike was distracted by the physics institute he was trying to build.
For people to do their very best work, they need an organizational environment that supports them by making it safe to take risks, to tell the truth, and to speak up... without being punished for doing so.
More specifically, it's an example of the principle that the best way to institute change isn't always the most straightforward - seeming way, which is to exert direct control by telling people what to do.
If your own people are active and willing participants, it's also likely that, in some cases, they've been encouraged by their managers and peers (theoretically within the bounds of reason and good taste) to create some of this material on their own in order to «authentically» help to tell your company's story.
Maybe they live too far away or have been told by the person at risk that all is well.
People object to a system that they see as being dominated by big pharma, a system that intrusively asserts control over our lives, telling us what's wrong with us, and telling us what we must do in order to get better (as they choose to define «better»).
The best - selling author and host of The Tim Ferris Show tells Inc. that people too often believe romanticized tales of entrepreneurs who took a huge risk — and ultimately reaped great rewards — by launching their businesses.
You have to have a bunch of experiences and be able to say, «Here's something that happened to me yesterday...» And if you can make people laugh by telling them what happened to you, then you are telling the story well.
What better way to tell the story of your business, than by using the people who are there working in the trenches each day beside you to help advance your mission?
«The best way to measure cultural fit is for the assessor to have a deep understanding of the culture and then to spend time with the person being assessed,» Bonnie Hagemann, CEO of Executive Development Associates, tells me by email.
Ms. Sanders told reporters on Tuesday that the session on Wednesday will include students and parents from the Florida school as well as people affected by school shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn..
There's really no telling what the price of a coin will be once mining rewards are in fractions of a coin level, but it seems that during that time more and more people will enter the market with interest and vigor, and those people will help raise the price as well as stabilize it by having a far greater number of people who can decide if and when Bitcoin is losing value.
It only makes it all the more urgent for young people to be told the truth that sexual promiscuity, whether homosexual or heterosexual, may endanger their lives, that condoms are by no means a foolproof way to avoid that risk, and that chastity is the best defense.
These songs sound better than I ever dreamed they would... and yet the dissatisfaction lives on... No matter what praise a review might throw, no matter how many people buy the record, no matter who tells us that the songs are well done, I will forever be dissatisfied and left wanting by my fickle lover: music.
if you are small minded enough that you need a book written by MEN to tell you how to be a good person, then you are not in any position to comment on other books that other small minded people study to help them become good people.
In theory, it is possible to be led astray by a person who, well meaning and apparently upright in his ways, told you, nevertheless, to go down the wrong and destructive path.
You can express your good thoughts, but don't trash the concept of God to a person who believes in God by telling them you will send your prayer to them?
I wonder what it sounded like to the people in the Bible who were told by the same god to kill children as well.
I went by one day when it was still there you could feel like there was some one going to take you out of your seat it was amazing an never had that feeling before you cant put it in words but believe me i told people around pomeroy an racine ohio you need to go see this swometime it is great an im going to go see it for my self sometime sorry for the loss maybe it will be bigeran better may god bless everyone
Not reported by our corporate media is that very sober and distinguished people such as Sergei Lavrov and Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov are quietly tell their US counterparts in carefully weighed words that it behooves them to consider well the full import of their actions.
But I also want to say, if you had been here (I'm in Birmingham) and read some of the stories of people's kids being killed by this storm (so many had lost power already by earlier storms and had no idea F4 and F5 tornodoes were about to hit, and their kids were at friends» houses... and then those friends» houses were totally destroyed, and several parents lost all of their kids - I also know of several people who lost their wives AND all of their kids because they were at work while their family was at home)... anyways, if you could read some of these stories, who are you guys to tell them that their loved ones are not going off to a better place?
Christianity in particular, seeks vulnerable people, beats them down like a brutal abusive spouse, by telling them they are evil and sinful, and can not be strong and good by themselves, and then gives them a prosthetic of religion to prop them up again — the very weapon used to beat them with to begin with.
satans aim was to stop the fulfillment of the seed that would crush satan underfoot.This hybrid between the angels and man created giants abominations in Gods eyes.They also were a threat to Gods people as can be seen by the giants in the land of caanan after the flood.If we agree on that then there is no way that Eve would have had intercourse with satan [false doctrine of the seed of satan -RCB- because the blood lines were still untainted by angelic beings or satan at the time of Noah maybe that is also why the genealogy of Christ is well presented with no surprises apart from Hagar and Ruth these two were gentiles that shows Gods mercy grace was always there to all nations he accepts people by faith not by race.Prior to the flood the mixing of the angels and man must have been widespread after the flood these beings were present but in limited numbers and God told his people to destroy them as they were abominations but they were a threat to Gods people.It would be interesting to hear what the rabbis had to say on this matter as i would think the stories would have been past down from generation to the next.Especially regarding the flood.God promised he would never flood the earth again but a time is coming when the earth will be judged not by flood but by fire Jesus is our ark and we are safe in him.brentnz
But let me tell you, Dan would much rather I take the initiative and communicate to him directly about my thoughts, ideas, and opinions because 1) he's from Jersey and that's how people from Jersey talk to each other, 2) it's way more efficient, saving time and emotional energy, and 3) I've got some damn good ideas and Dan's not threatened by that.
Release a list of all the Archbishops, Bishops, and priests that molested their congregation, with a list of who was molested, as well as complete signed apologies from all the resulting offenders, and a signed confession by the Pope that these people will be charged in a criminal court for these crimes and will not ever be allowed to preach the word of God in a Catholic church, and then, MAYBE, I'll think you have a right to tell your followers they can't do with their bodies as they please.
When I write, I am constantly tempted by the thought of what people will think of it, by egotistical thoughts of thousands of people reading it and telling me and others how good I am.
It could have made the lives of BILLIONS of people better by just telling them to wash their hands.
Sure, he could kill em by shooting fire or something, but where's the fun in that when he can just tell some people to go kill some other people, or better yet, he needs witnesses to show off right?
My experience has been that when I do my best to tell that story, for some reason people often respond by saying, «I believe too.
Rex i do nt disagree that the Lord is returning i am looking forward to that nor about John the baptist but i am saved i think it is dangerous to tell people they are not saved by a few comments you do nt agree with.whether you know the word well or go to church or even do good works is no guarantee that you are saved that just means you are religious.It is only by faith in Jesus Christ that all are saved and not by works brentnz
Maybe more to do with constantly being told by a group of people, some good and some bad, that they are bound for hell.
Our society tends to respond to the problem of lack of meaning and purpose by telling people that they will feel better if they more fully develop their egos.
Tell us all the objective Reality of what good has been provided by religion for thousands of years that make people hold on to it in spite of already knowing these wonderous truths you keep reminding us about over and over about like a broken record.
I'll tell you what I hear most of the time, people say, «By being a good person
I am yelled at by street corner evangelists, teenage «elders» knock on my door to tell me about their faith, I find flyers at my door telling me «the good news», there are politicians on a national level basing their entire campaign on their faith, there are people trying to enforce their beliefs through legislation, there are people holding up signs with bible verses at sporting events - the list goes on.
Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.
He told Premier: «Keeping it to December is probably a good idea but I know they try to get people in the «Christmassy» mood by putting Christmas music on early.
«Don't think that this blog and others are up here by accident, if you really want to do something then write congress, tell our leaders that they had better start listening to the majority of the people»
For too long we have mouthed platitudes to which people have responded by saying: «That's all very well, but you haven't told us how to do what you suggest.»
Christine you are an amazing person and i can tell by your response that you love the Lord deeply i am excited for you because i can see that you are changing into his likeness from the person you used to be.Whats exciting is that once you were affected by others and the situation around you but that is going to change instead you will be the one to change lives because the Lord is with you and he will empower to do what you cant.Do not be afraid be of good courage and trust the Lord with all your heart for he is with you i believe you are a mighty woman of faith.regards brentnz
But if you believe in a «good» god who's going to torture most of the people he created by forcing them to live forever in a pit of torment and fire, then you have no sense of morality or justice and you can tell THAT god to shove it up his azz.
Hmmm, let's see, being told by your family your going to h e l l never feels good, neither does having people call you a sl u t, dirty, sinner and failure, often by people who are just jealous because you hooked up with someone they wanted to hook up with.
Sister Supporter told the Daily Mail that patients - as well as people living and working in the area - have been subjected to «sustained intimidation» by anti-abortion campaigners.
The way you cure these people is by treating them as sub-humans and telling them how smarter you are and how privileged you are to have better parents.
«When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, do not sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him, and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, «make room for this person
Pope Francis recently told the enormous crowds who had gathered in Rio for World Youth Day, «You are often disappointed by facts that speak of corruption on the part of people who put their own interests before the common good.
As far as salvation goes with obtaining it and losing it, theirs alot more studying to do on this topic for me, as far as I know, I do nt know at this time, but I do know that my salvation lies in God's hands and not the hands of men, same goes for anyone condemning anyone else to hell, they do nt trully know because they are not God, but the Bible does tell us that we will know who does the will of God by the fruit they bear, and that a good tree can not produce bad fruit, and vise versa, but ultimatly that persons salvation is in Gods hands, and only God knows the future and what will be.
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