Someone
pronoun
An unknown or unspecified person.
Someone is at the door.
Often appears as...
- someone is calling
- someone else
pronoun
Some person who is not specified or known.
Someone has to do the job.
Often appears as...
- find someone
- call someone
pronoun
An unknown or unspecified person.
Someone is at the door.
Often appears as...
- someone is calling
- someone else
pronoun
Some person who is not specified or known.
Someone has to do the job.
Often appears as...
- find someone
- call someone
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Expectation of Familiarity
Implies the speaker expects you to know or guess who is being referred to.
You'll never guess what someone told me!
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Respect
Used to omit identity when it should be kept private.
Someone special gave me this gift, but I can't say who.
Pro Tip 3/3Unknown Presence
Indicates the presence of a person whose identity is unknown to the speaker.
I heard someone sneaking around outside.
Pro Tip 1/3Expectation of Familiarity
Implies the speaker expects you to know or guess who is being referred to.
You'll never guess what someone told me!
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Respect
Used to omit identity when it should be kept private.
Someone special gave me this gift, but I can't say who.
Pro Tip 3/3Unknown Presence
Indicates the presence of a person whose identity is unknown to the speaker.
I heard someone sneaking around outside.
Pro Tip 1/3Expectation of Familiarity
Implies the speaker expects you to know or guess who is being referred to.
You'll never guess what someone told me!
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Respect
Used to omit identity when it should be kept private.
Someone special gave me this gift, but I can't say who.
Pro Tip 3/3Unknown Presence
Indicates the presence of a person whose identity is unknown to the speaker.
I heard someone sneaking around outside.
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Why do people get so...
Thinking of yourself as someone who can grow and improve can actually help you grow and improve. If you're a teacher or parent of young children, try being playful with math and focusing on the creative aspects. That can build the numerical skills that help students approach math with confidence later on.
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What happens during a...
If you think that someone might be having a heart attack, the most important thing is to respond quickly. If you have access to emergency medical services, call them. They're the fastest way to get to a hospital. Taking aspirin, which thins the blood, and nitroglycerin, which opens up the artery,
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What happens when our...
The risk is that if somebody figures out how to crack the first challenge without also having cracked the additional challenge of ensuring perfect safety. So I think that we should work out a solution to the control problem in advance, so that we have it available by the time it is needed.
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What is depression? -...
Comparing what they're experiencing to normal, temporary feelings of sadness can make them feel guilty for struggling. Even just talking about depression openly can help. For example, research shows that asking someone about suicidal thoughts actually reduces their suicide risk.
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What game theory teaches...
ourselves to the world the easiest way to understand the game you're in is when you have an opposing force in other words not that right so you want great leadership you want somebody to say what we stand for but if you don't have that you get to say not that so it was really
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What is bipolar...
while Type 2 involves briefer, less extreme periods of elation interspersed with long periods of depression. For someone seesawing between emotional states, it can feel impossible to find the balance necessary to lead a healthy life.
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The language of lying —...
In his denial, Armstrong described a hypothetical situation focused on someone else, removing himself from the situation entirely. In his admission, he owns his statements, delving into his personal emotions and motivations.
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What makes a hero? -...
An invitation, a challenge? Assistance The hero needs some help, probably from someone older, wiser. Departure The hero crosses the threshold from his normal, safe home, and enters the special world and adventure.
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How Do Cartels Get Their...
CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
when you protect someone without asking or expecting anything in return. So you might even risk your life and so it started sort of all sort of flooding in about.
Video examples
Why do people get so...
Thinking of yourself as someone who can grow and improve can actually help you grow and improve. If you're a teacher or parent of young children, try being playful with math and focusing on the creative aspects. That can build the numerical skills that help students approach math with confidence later on.
Video examples
What happens during a...
If you think that someone might be having a heart attack, the most important thing is to respond quickly. If you have access to emergency medical services, call them. They're the fastest way to get to a hospital. Taking aspirin, which thins the blood, and nitroglycerin, which opens up the artery,
Video examples
What happens when our...
The risk is that if somebody figures out how to crack the first challenge without also having cracked the additional challenge of ensuring perfect safety. So I think that we should work out a solution to the control problem in advance, so that we have it available by the time it is needed.
Video examples
What is depression? -...
Comparing what they're experiencing to normal, temporary feelings of sadness can make them feel guilty for struggling. Even just talking about depression openly can help. For example, research shows that asking someone about suicidal thoughts actually reduces their suicide risk.
Video examples
What game theory teaches...
ourselves to the world the easiest way to understand the game you're in is when you have an opposing force in other words not that right so you want great leadership you want somebody to say what we stand for but if you don't have that you get to say not that so it was really
Video examples
What is bipolar...
while Type 2 involves briefer, less extreme periods of elation interspersed with long periods of depression. For someone seesawing between emotional states, it can feel impossible to find the balance necessary to lead a healthy life.
Video examples
The language of lying —...
In his denial, Armstrong described a hypothetical situation focused on someone else, removing himself from the situation entirely. In his admission, he owns his statements, delving into his personal emotions and motivations.
Video examples
What makes a hero? -...
An invitation, a challenge? Assistance The hero needs some help, probably from someone older, wiser. Departure The hero crosses the threshold from his normal, safe home, and enters the special world and adventure.
Video examples
How Do Cartels Get Their...
CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one
Video examples
A whale saved my life PIPE...
when you protect someone without asking or expecting anything in return. So you might even risk your life and so it started sort of all sort of flooding in about.
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Quote examples
Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people's life better, then that's something that's really good.
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Jim Rohn
American Businessman
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
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Rihanna
American Musician
You don't want to live your life and then meet someone. You want to share your life with someone. That's what I'm missing right now.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Author
So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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Joe Biden
American President
A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
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Jim Carrey
Canadian Comedian
I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible forever and ever.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.
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James A. Garfield
American President
Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
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Woody Allen
American Director
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people's life better, then that's something that's really good.
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Jim Rohn
American Businessman
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
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Rihanna
American Musician
You don't want to live your life and then meet someone. You want to share your life with someone. That's what I'm missing right now.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Author
So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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Joe Biden
American President
A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
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Jim Carrey
Canadian Comedian
I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible forever and ever.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.
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James A. Garfield
American President
Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
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Woody Allen
American Director
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.
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