"My dream was to be a stand up comedian, but at some point I realised that I was better at writing for people than performing myself, " he says.
You can come up with what you think is a brilliant idea, one that can be supported by research and stand up to focus testing, one that can be logically extended or tweaked to work in multiple situations across a good length of time.
You need to be able to stand up to emerging-world giants, many of which are backed by something even bigger: the state.
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An orphaned command will not be able to stand up against the daddy commands arrayed against it with decades of history and layers of bureaucracy on their side.
The ideal species will be able to stand up to intense illumination (more light means faster photosynthesis) and heat (for the high levels of sunlight required will also warm things up).
But a senior Democratic aide suggested that even if Bush attempted to link the aid package to the trade deal, Congress may be likely to stand up to him and pass the aid package separately.
But writer and consultant Tim Gill, author of No Fear: Growing Up In A Risk-Averse Society and a former government adviser, believes that bullying is too often "misdiagnosed" and children should be encouraged to stand up for themselves before parents step in.
One campaign in this initiative is The Healing Generations Project, where we are challenging Elders to SPEAK UP about the sacred truths of manhood, for Fathers to STAND UP and be the best father they can be so the Youth can SHOW UP and feel safe, loved, protected, inspired to fulfill their purpose in life.
To be sure, stand-up acts aren't the only ones getting paid big bucks to get laughs.
That means that Kong and Rex would be barely able to stand up, much less trade blows.
Taxpayers should be demanding their representatives stand up and provide for the future as defined through a long-term point of view.
We can't withdraw behind the walls of an American fortress in the desert and expect that we'll actually be able to train and advise these people and be able to stand them up.
Apparently some of the best leadership ideas can be wrung from stand-up comedians--that is if you believe Roger Edward Jones, a management coach who has dabbled in stand-up and subsequently become inspired to add to the ever-growing mountain of books on management self-help.
We must act, knowing that today's victories will be only partial and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years and 40 years and 400 years hence to advance the timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia hall.
We must act, knowing that today's victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years, and forty years, and four hundred years hence to advance the timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia hall.
When things are not going well you have got to stand up and be counted.
Comedian Jim Davidson has cancelled his first play, Stand Up And Be Counted, after poor ticket sales.
Stand Up and Be Counted received extensive media attention due to the perceived similarities between the main character and Davidson himself.
What we want is for the league to stand up and be counted, and examine everyone and provide medical benefits to everyone.
Mr O'Day told me that although the company would appoint the experts, the panel would be independent and would "stand up to public scrutiny".
As long as we have social constructs around women being the weaker sex, we unfairly demand that men stand up to be the protectors.
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We have to stand up and be counted, raise our game, match teams with the commitment they show and hopefully our quality can overcome them.
In addition, it would be powerful if you could stand up and say that PhRMA commits to 100% reporting of clinical trial results by 2015.
Labour ministers had to show leadership, stand up and be counted.
"Stand up and be heard, " the president urged Americans.
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You get in it because somewhere in your background, at some point in time, you decided there was an issue that was so important that you were willing to stand up and be counted.
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"This virtual march on Washington will allow every American opposed to the war to stand up and be counted, by calling, faxing and emailing the US Senate and the White House, " Sheen says in the ad.
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