Besides, people
who strike a conversation in the first place are touted to be more confident and it goes without saying that confidence is an instant turn on.
Not exact matches
I have a hard time
striking up
conversations with people I don't already know, especially those
who are well - known.
I
struck up a
conversation and learned that «Suzanne» (name changed) was a model and actress
who recently moved to New York after working in Hollywood.
Hsieh
struck up a
conversation with the bar's owner, Michael Cornthwaite, a 38 - year - old entrepreneur
who, along with his wife, Jennifer, is widely regarded as the first of downtown Las Vegas's urban pioneers.
«He
strikes me as a person of above average intelligence
who's tracking
conversations and knows what's going on.
Unless you are one of those rare people
who can meet a random stranger on the street,
strike up a
conversation and get their life story within 30 seconds, approaching someone you have never met before can be nerve - racking.
Blakely described a party she attended in early days of Spanx when she
struck up a
conversation with three men
who had heard she was an inventor.
It's really hard to go up and
strike up a
conversation with someone you've not been introduced to, but you have to realize this is your opportunity, and you never know
who that person is going to be.
In 1995, before leaving on a ministry trip to Australia, I read a true story about a seminary student
who struck up a
conversation with a teenager
who had been living on the streets of Melbourne.
The next time you encounter someone
who has «left the church» or «rejected God» rather than tell them that they need to come back, instead,
strike up a
conversation by asking them what happened, or why they made the decision they did.
In the meantime, check out these cool people I met at BioLogos: Dennis Venema (
who strikes me as being both smart and wise), Steve Matheson (
who knows how to make just about any
conversation more interesting), and Justin Topp (
who instantly felt like a friend).
One only has to follow the
conversations on MennoLink, a collection of online Mennonite discussion groups, to be
struck by the number of Mennonites
who are resolutely and articulately nonviolent, and
who are critical of America's past and present foreign policy.
You
strike up a
conversation with them about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, but they look puzzled and ask curiously «
Who's that?»
I really liked Bob's comments — they
strike at the heart of the
conversation — this struggle for the interpretation of Jesus (
who he is and what he taught).
Yes, the same girl
who first
struck up a
conversation with me over my garlic hummus recipe, a
conversation that finally led to a friendship, even if it is virtual and we've -LSB-...]
«One of the
conversations was very much «tell me your recipe, tell me your recipe» and it really
struck me because these were people
who never gave each other recipes because they were family secrets.
One day he wandered into a Philadelphia waterbed store and
struck up a
conversation with a man
who mentioned his investment in a troubled soft pretzel company called J & J soft Pretzels.
Trash in hand, he
struck up a
conversation with the foreman,
who asked Reynolds to come back as a builder the next week.
Yes, the same girl
who first
struck up a
conversation with me over my garlic hummus recipe, a
conversation that finally led to a friendship, even if it is virtual and we've never even met.
A teen
who isn't sure how to
strike up a
conversation may immerse himself in the drama as a way to get attention.
All of this led me to have a
conversation with my sister Margie,
who I believe is a natural parent and teacher, and is able to
strike a balance between kindness and firmness in both of these roles.
During the
conversation, Bertolaso also told Stati that his second - in - command, Bernardo de Bernardinis, would call her to arrange the meeting in order to «shut up any imbecile, to calm inferences, worries, etc.» This is thought to be a reference to Gioacchino Giuliani, a technician at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics near L'Aquila
who it is reported had alarmed people in a nearby town after (falsely) predicting that a major earthquake would
strike.
Earlier this year, as he was flying to Colorado to accept an award from the Forest Service for a paper he wrote, Pearson
struck up a
conversation with the young man seated next to him,
who was returning home from school for troubled teens.
Today I was sitting in the spin studio, getting ready to start class and I
struck up a
conversation with the woman to my right
who had great tattoos on her arms and back.
You can then see
who your best match potentials might be (on a scale of 0 - 100 %) and simply
strike up a
conversation.
Singles have been mixing and mingling at bars for centuries, and sometimes you need a little something to calm the nerves and
strike up a
conversation with someone
who catches your eye.
When it comes to meeting women, a confident man
who can approach a beautiful woman and
strike up a
conversation with her will always do better than the 99 % of men
who can not.
On a TV show or in a movie, if a guy and a girl are at a party and one approaches the other to
strike up a
conversation, chances are that it was the guy
who approached the girl.
They will connect you with people
who are looking for the same sort of thing, and they will take the stress out of going out and
striking conversations with people in bars and clubs.
When you become a regular at self - service laundry, you will be surprised at the number of online dating men
who decide to
strike up a
conversation with you.
Many of these apps, including OkCupid, Crazy Blind Date, MeetMoi and Badoo, will let you see
who's near by so you can
strike up a
conversation.
Once you've found someone
who likes some of the same things you do,
strike up a
conversation.
We use scientific algorithms, proven to help you find your match on your serious dating journey, but unlike some other dating sites
who rely on them, we also give you the freedom to browse through dating profiles and
strike up your own
conversations when you find someone you like the look of — we're humans not machines after all!
Then, sit back and see
who strikes up a
conversation or shares their own interests and dreams with you if they happen to overlap.
Rather than just beating around the bush, you should prove that you are secure enough with
who you are by now to approach someone and
strike up a
conversation.
You'll feel immensely better, not to mention that you'll probably
strike up a
conversation with a cute girl or a handsome guy
who might turn out to be «the one.»
Even though everyone communicates via text and social media these days, for some people, chat rooms haven't lost their appeal — particularly for shy singles
who find it easier to
strike up a
conversation in a dating - specific online community.
Conversations are easy to
strike up with regularity and it's easy to discover that you have strong feelings for someone
who lives hundreds or thousands of miles away from you!
Like a game, so many people
who have downloaded the Tinder mobile app spend hours - and - hours a day swiping right just to
strike up a
conversation with so many that they may or may not meet IRL.»
MatureSinglesClick.com offers their users the ability to
strike up an immediate
conversation with other online members thanks to the «
Who's Online» tab.
I was walking on California's Stinson Beach in August 2009 when I
struck up a
conversation with a woman
who seemed utterly delightful.
If you find someone
who interests you,
strike up a small
conversation.
If you see someone
who interests you,
strike up a
conversation!
Whilst waiting for credit card approval, Kenneally
struck up a
conversation with a Holocaust survivor
who happened to have been on Schindler's List, and Kenneally took the chance to learn more.
When Gina (Michelle Williams) and her husband, Ryan (James Le Gros), sit down with a taciturn neighbor, Albert (Rene Auberjonois), in order to
strike a deal with him for a pile of unused sandstone, Gina's silently exasperated struggle not to be made to feel small in polite, sitting - room
conversation seems like nothing less than a reasonable update to the horrors borne by the wives and daughters
who blazed the westward trail.
I would overhear hushed
conversations on the bus about Republican relatives
who won't stop gloating; directors would introduce their films, even the most purportedly apolitical, with sly allusions to the new President; a woman even
struck up a
conversation with me before a screening to complain about the film industry's closed - minded attitude towards her particular brand of libertarianism (I didn't have much to add).
While Oscar is waiting for his order to be wrapped, he
strikes up a
conversation with a young woman
who doesn't face the same sorts of problems he does — essentially, she's white and has money.
Just to make sure we get the point, another fatuous businessman (Tim Blake Nelson) tries to
strike up a
conversation with the unit, a representative for all clueless business people
who know nothing of war but don't own a football team.
In one of the script's more daring formulations, Elizabeth hires a friendly male escort (Jake Lacy)
who repeatedly tries and fails to
strike up an intimate
conversation.
On his normal train ride home, Michael is soon joined by a seductive, enigmatic woman (Vera Farmiga)
who strikes up a
conversation seemingly to pass the time.