Sentence examples for Popper from inspiring English sources
"Sometimes I end up being more like a friend or therapist than a coach to my clients," Popper admits.
One of those "better decisions" is often to choose to rest rather than train again, says Popper, though he freely admits this isn't always an easy thing to drum into clients (usually between 35 and 50 and around 60% male), who, he says, "tend to be the sorts of people who are already overdoing it on a daily basis".
And yes, you guessed it, this kind of thing ain't cheap – with one-on-one sessions starting at £80 and including luxury shower facilities as well as access to trainers who Popper insists will "all be singing from my hymn sheet" – ie his system, "Total Triathlon Training".
So if you're a private person who'd rather not discuss your marriage and family life, your darkest fears or how stressful you find certain aspects of your job, perhaps Popper isn't the coach for you.
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"I always ask why," says Popper: "So if someone gets cramp in the pool, for example, I'll ask: 'Did you go for a run today?
While it is slightly startling to hear that Wuthering Heights is to receive a Bollywood treatment in a theatre production by Tamasha, it is a genuine eye-popper to hear from artistic director Kristine Landon-Smith that it's going to have a "moody, Chekhovian feel".
To a Popper-reading scientist, that's a little like saying: although there's no evidence that the sky is going to fall in, you should hide under your desk anyway.Since ministers flatly denied there was any danger to people from mad-cow disease, Britain's government and press have been jumpy about public health.
The Popper-Szilard engine attaches a pulley and weight to each side of the partition, but positions a floor beneath the engine in such a way that when the partition is in the centre of the box, both weights are resting on the floor and the pulley is taut.
In the case of the Popper-Szilard engine, the partition is on the left or right hand side and a different weight has been lifted.
Karl Popper, the scientific philosopher, gave a definitive answer to the question: "Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?" The answer is neither: they co-evolved.
