Sentences with phrase «was pretty»

«Soon we realized it was accelerating beyond anything we were doing on the marketing or merchandising side, so it was pretty clear that people sharing their own content was driving the awareness of GoPro.»

As for the driving, Ben thought it was pretty good, while I missed the lightweight, tossable feel of the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio that was a finalist for BI's 2017 Car of the Year.

The next day, he says, a dealership technician said it was pretty common and likely caused by a rock, a theory Rashid says was also repeated by a Toyota corporate representative.

My first reaction was pretty simple: I need to go back to my office where it's safe.

«God bless you for that wealth, Rick, but the way you got it was pretty unsavory.

It was pretty eye - opening for me to learn that alongside the negative emotions, growth can occur.

The last part, for us, was a pretty dramatic thing to do; we really had to do some soul - searching about it.

In a recent interview with Fortune, Virtustream chief executive Rodney Rogers said when he co-founded that company in 2009, he realized that AWS had already made its market and was pretty much impregnable.

At the age of 18 he was pretty much resigned to a future of low - paid drone work in a restaurant or some such to support his passion.

«Their training was pretty intense, so I took a lot of what I learned there and implemented it into our stores.

It was a pretty big gamble that did result in positive change for consumers.

Beef, fish, and poultry; fresh fruits and vegetables; nuts; healthy oils... all I had to do was cut out the milk and the occasional Wheat Thin and I was pretty much set.

The «poisoned chalice» has been a political trope since the day it was uttered on stage in 1606 during the first run of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and a bitter aftertaste was pretty much the only thing the PC party left behind for Notley.

It was pretty poor, yes.

I would say I was pretty focused on delivering Peanut in a certain way and that included delivering Peanut on one platform, iOS to begin with.

In an interview with W magazine, Selena made it clear that she was pretty over talking about Justin.

Tim Roth played the Abomination, and it wasn't bad, but he was pretty much only there to help Hulk destroy as many buildings as possible.

«I would sit in class and they would ask a question, and I knew the answer because I was pretty smart.

«The conversation was pretty magical.»

Honestly, this was pretty generous, because US companies aren't required by law to offer any paid time off for new moms, and there is no Employment Insurance (and therefore no maternity benefits).

Going into «Infinity War,» Thanos was pretty lame, and was formerly number 20 on this list.

It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Within six months of setting his goals, he was pretty close to matching the income he received as a pastor.

Whole Foods asked me to do a workshop there and, five or so workshops later, they finally asked to carry my product, and it was pretty cool.

Following a Paleo Diet was pretty easy.

There were moments in Afghanistan when the idea that you could just blow it was pretty significant.

It seemed like an amateur and ham - handed attempt at press management, but it was pretty harmless.

But she was a pretty good dog.

One of my friends came up with «hepeated,» and we thought it was pretty funny,» Gugliucci tells CNBC Make It.

Several quickly resigned but the only one who, pardon the expression, went down after extensive coverage (and his own resistance) that I can recall was Larry Craig — whose public washroom behavior (and tone - deaf defense thereof) was pretty hard to ignore.

He was pretty cool.

I was pretty nervous about earning income based solely on what I was able to sell each and every week.»

So when I first heard about Chicago - based KnowledgeHound, I was pretty excited because I saw it as a SaaS startup that was addressing a large and important problem: the inefficiencies in the way corporations were spending billions of dollars on market research and surveys.

It was a pretty grim election, and our ability to affect policy was going to be quite minimal for the next two years.»

The truth is, enforcement on employers is pretty rare.

«And we were pretty much open about everything.

As a founder of a small business, my brain is constantly going and turning it off to get some much - needed quiet time can be pretty difficult.

Let's say after paying all its costs, advertising, payroll, taxes, and more taxes, a small business has a margin at the end of the day of 10 % (that's pretty good nowadays, especially for a smaller business); that means your 3 % credit card fees are costing them 30 % of their profit!

Adena Friedman's first year as CEO of Nasdaq has been pretty remarkable.

In theory, at least, it's pretty simple (although the actual bond markets are fiendishly complex).

I'm pretty sure the answer is yes.

Of course, no one can really say for sure, but it's pretty unlikely that aliens built the pyramids.

Once you learn it it's pretty straightforward.

He's pretty upset about the lack of disclosure and he's saying, can we get out of this or can we reduce the price?»

Markets are pretty much focused on the symmetric language, thats kind of code for willing to let them...

It's pretty hard to tell him he needs training in anything,» says a former employee.

It's a pretty open - and - shut case from the employer's perspective.

«There's a lot more immediate feedback, and that's pretty rewarding,» she adds.

It's a pretty great way to consider whether you've spent your time wisely or not.»

-- eliminating awkwardness entirely is pretty much impossible, but secondly, because awkwardness actually has its uses.