Sentences with phrase «woman spoke to me about it»

As the woman spoke to me about it, I imagined bewildered preachers of all faiths, hurrying to pull on their frocks and religious cloaks, doing their best to console, comfort and give thanks as the people poured in.

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Last year she spoke at the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and she called on the crowd to work together to bring about change.

The data tells us that's harmful to society and bad for business, which is why I've spoken about the urgent need to invest in women in tech.

Cameron also spoke about the lack of older women in action films, compared to older men, as an incentive to include Hamilton in his latest «Terminator» film.

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

Another woman spoke about attending a conference for portfolio companies of a certain VC firm, when everyone was told to strip down to their underwear and jump in a lake.

Lord encouraged professional women to always speak up about what they want, and to build networks of support within companies.

To learn about the state of financing for women - owned ventures, I spoke with Vonda White, serial entrepreneur and founder of Camp Pillsbury, a Minnesota - based boarding school that White acquired after overcoming all the hurdles associated with securing business funding.

Entrepreneur spoke with Gampp, Contardi and Mercer about their vision for How to Cake It and how their approach differs that of other on - camera cake - decorators, YouTubers and women entrepreneurs generally.

Trump spoke about women and empowerment, and at later sessions took opportunities to promote the administration's expanded childcare tax credit, her paid family leave proposal, and the president's tax plan.

Last March at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Moscow in March, I was scheduled to speak about women in entrepreneurship to a host of people from around the globe.

From Beyoncé to Sheryl Sandberg, women are speaking out about how they really lead their lives.

«We don't want to speak for everyone, but we think the draw to him is that he has the quintessential «bad boy» attitude about him,» the representative said when asked what these women find sexually attractive about Trump.

After more than three dozen women have come forward to accuse Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment, George Clooney and Matt Damon have spoken out about the powerful Miramax head who helped launch their careers.

In fact, in the U.K., it's mandatory for businesses with more than 250 employees to publish a report this year, and the legal requirement has got more companies speaking out about how more senior positions need to be filled by women.

She frequently spoke out about the prison's treatment of her as a transgender woman and, in September 2016, went on a hunger strike until the army agreed to provide her with gender reassignment surgery.

O'Reilly has been under fire since April 1 when a separate Times report claimed that he not only settled with women accusing him of harassment, but for then asking the women to never speak about it publicly.

Speaking to a variety of women about their experiences raising money, Sarah Mishkin also reported some more cheerful numbers.

When I spoke with Wing CEO Audrey Gelman in November, I asked her whether The Wing plans to always stay women - only and about how she plans to scale nationally and internationally with that exclusive business model.

Amy Millman, co-founder and president of Springboard Enterprises, an organization devoted to helping women build big businesses by, in part, connecting them with investment, has publicly spoken about this issue, too.

Broadly speaking, it describes the way unconscious generalizations about people («men are better leaders») lead people to ignore objective reality («these women are outscoring most of the men on the leadership test»).

«Fast Money's» Karen Finerman spoke to Kathy Griffin about women in business, in comedy and her investment strategies.

I spoke to three successful CEO moms about what drew them to leadership; their parenting and business challenges; and their advice for the hundreds of thousands of women who are likely to start new businesses in 2014.

Monster spoke with Bennett about the nature of today's challenges for young women at work and how to come out swinging.

2016 WBE Star Carol Philp of CPI Creative spoke to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about her journey as a woman - owned business.

[01:30] Introduction [02:30] Tony welcomes Alexandra [03:40] Launching in 2007 — it came from a place of passion [04:25] Establishing clear roles among founders [05:40] Flexing her multilingual skills in business [06:25] Adjusting how you speak to someone based on their objectives [08:10] The secret to Gilt's growth [09:20] Building a business that would thrive during winter [10:20] Finding the capital to purchase inventory [10:40] Moving from venture to private equity funding [11:20] It's all about smart money [11:40] The future of traditional retail [12:20] The subscription model [12:40] Catering to the time - starved customer [12:55] Bringing services into the home [13:10] Leaving Gilt to lead Glamsquad [16:10] Glamsquad started as an app [17:10] Vetting employees [18:10] Building trust with customers [19:00] Taking massive action — now [20:20] Launching the first sale on Gilt — without a return policy [21:30] Fitz [22:00] The average person wears only 20 % of their wardrobe [23:00] Taking the time to understand your customer [23:20] Challenges as a woman in business [24:40] Advice to a female entrepreneur that's just getting started [25:25] The importance of networking [25:50] Knowing the milestones to hit along the way

Holvey said she was inspired to go public again as more and more women have spoken out about harassment in their own lives.

More than two dozen women in the technology start - up industry spoke to The Times in recent days about being sexually harassed.

A former Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald J. Trump sued on Tuesday to be released from a 2016 legal agreement restricting her ability to speak, becoming the second woman this month to challenge Trump allies» efforts during the presidential campaign to bury stories about extramarital relationships.

For a woman who rarely speaks, Melania Trump has been giving us a lot to talk about.

The suit, however, makes the former model the second woman this month to take legal action in order to speak publicly about an alleged past relationship with the president.

Fifty guests were treated to dinner and drinks while hearing from development co-ordinator Kaitlin Gordon from Halton Women's Place, who spoke about the critical services and support their donations would fund.

It also shows that if this woman considered herself to be a Catholic then she ought to have known that she needed to sit down and speak with a priest before the funeral about communion.

We're all dying to hear some details about the talking snake who spoke to the woman who was made from a man's rib.

And in the last year, discussions about the number of women speaking at Christian conferences and events have led to some UK event organisers announcing their commitment to gender parity and others taking steps to achieve more balanced line - ups.

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He was fortunate that LBJ died so soon after leaving office, making it possible for the men and women who participated in his rise to power to speak frankly about his habits while the memory of their years with him was still fresh.

They talk about an attack on religious teachings while speaking at an NRA event about how abortion is murdering unborn children while at the same time wanting to go to war and bomb thousands of innocent men, women, children, as well as innocent pregnant women with unborn babies.

John Jenkins of Notre Dame and John Garvey of Catholic University, for a missed opportunity to speak the whole truth to power about the proposed new HHS mandate that would force all health insurers to cover abortifacient drugs under the rubric of «contraceptives» in «preventive» health coverage for women.

I speak out against your ilk and any other group for that matter when they attempt t use their belief to dictate rights... LGBT rights; women's rights; education rights (in a secular country, no single religion has a place in the school system - teach about one, teach them all - fair is fair).

In a chapter about abortion, for instance, she speaks to the horrific experiences of women in foreign lands due to inopportune pregnancies.

Agencies and organizations didn't know how to respond at first, because until the women's movement, it wasn't spoken about.

Out of all this insanity comes the very wise perspective of a woman who identifies herself as «the very worst missionary,» but who is pretty much «the very best blogger» when it comes to speaking frankly about faith in real life.

Would you say that womanist perspectives on the Old Testament are more about finding the redemptive notes in what I often take to be an oppressive narrative for women, or is it more about reimagining the central messages and letting it speak fresh to a modern reader?

And it is a dismissive, hurtful way to speak about women, who Piper seems to have forgotten were also created in the image of God, were appointed by God as leaders at critical times in the history of Israel and the Church, and were the first to whom Jesus appeared when he inaugurated his new Kingdom on Resurrection Day.

In Matthew chapter 19, Jesus is speaking to his disciples about the holy responsibility of marriage between a man and a woman.

Time for women to start speaking freely about the infamous «Bishops» and FOX NOT News, who keeps hammering on women and the President on this issue.

I'll start: I feel most at home in a church that 1) takes its mission to care for the poor and marginalized seriously, 2) does not make assumptions about its congregation's political positions nor emphasizes political action to begin with, 3) speaks of Scripture in terms of its ability to «equip us for every good work,» 4) embraces diversity (theologically, ethnically, etc.) and allows women to assume leadership positions.

I certainly appreciate your confidence in me, but here's the thing: There's a double - standard out there in which a woman's critique of patriarchy tends to get discounted as nothing more than the rants of an «angry feminist,» and, truth be told, I've grown a bit weary of hearing that charge each time I speak out about this disturbing trend in the evangelical church.

But God has been speaking in secular ways to men and women through the ages; he has led them into more of the truth about the structure and functioning of the world in which they live; he is at work in the areas of human study, explorations research, and enquiry, which have given us this «new» world.