Decent, quiet, modest, intelligent, well-mannered, purposeful... what we used to call a gent.
I don't think it's as purposeful as what they might say.
I don't think I was as purposeful in what I was doing.
"I think they're more purposeful in what they're doing out there," said Jackson, whose team cruised to a victory over the Knicks in late December.
"I grew up with those stories about greatness," she said, "and about people deciding not to spend their lives on something purposeful, and what happens to them when they make that choice — the impact on character and quality of life".
The more confident people tended to be able to say no when they needed to, which in turn helped them to consistently deliver on their promises, as they were very clear and purposeful in what they committed to.
The opening sequence of "Wright Brothers vs Curtiss" was not done in some random manner, it was purposeful in what was shown, how often it was shown, and in what order it was shown, and reflects the attitude of those who produced "Wright Brothers vs Curtiss".
As a native Mississippian, I know the fear that millions of Americans live with each day, going to work not knowing if it will be their last day, unable to put a picture of their spouse on their desk, unable to talk with their boss about their gender transition, or forced to discuss with purposeful vagueness what they did on their weekend off.
Smith is hardly the first coach to claim blithe and purposeful indifference to what is being written or said about his team and insist he is better for it.
However, in selecting a video for teaching reasons a teacher needs to be purposeful in knowing what they intend the students to learn from watching it.
Graham's weekend essay, entitled "Black Swan Farming" in a reference to Nassim Taleb's book on highly unpredictable long-tail outcomes, went into how he wrestles with taking purposeful bets on what initially seem like bad ideas.
