Sentences with phrase «a painful reality»

You could, though, just think of it as the sort of controversial communication that gets people to consider a few painful realities.

With every passing quarter, however, that behavior becomes less of a bogeyman and more of a painful reality — and the latest survey of cable subscriber numbers has a little something for both sides of that debate.

Thankfully, Pete the Planner is using his comedic skills to help broach a very painful reality in order to bring awareness to this very serious issue in America.

The painful reality of Canadian cellphone service has once again come to the forefront this week.

Once those millennials land in the workplace, it can be a painful reality to discover there's no medal for coming in last place.

This speaks to the fact that I'm constantly trying to find comfort outside the painful realities in my daily life.

If we're honest, a lot of us are tempted to move through life like this at times, covering our eyes and ears to tough, awkward or painful realities around us, hoping that we can buy ourselves a bit more time before we must confront them.

Very few are in favor of this an that is a sign that our digression in the painful realities of a PC world are almost over.

This was the painful reality of so many of my students in the inner city of Nashville.

From a growth perspective, knowledge of the dynamics of the ego's defenses is a valuable resource because it clarifies the ways in which people unconsciously isolate themselves from painful reality and from the growth that is possible only by dealing more openly with this reality.

The recovering alcoholic must find nonalcoholic means of satisfying the needs he formerly satisfied or attempted to satisfy through drinking — reduction of anxiety, closeness to others, psychological «vacations» from painful reality, a sense of adequacy, experiences of transcendence, and euphoria.

Ascribing motive is a way of protecting myself from the painful reality that deep down, I want these people to like me and understand me.

I just wonder if it simply reflects the painful reality that one group's «let's wait and see» is another group's «not again!»

It is quite possibly true that some of those who work in the Roman Curia may be insulated by their position from many of these painful realities, but the value of the service rendered by the Curia to the universal Church is not predicated upon the merits and talents of those who work therein.

sure without a doubt West Ham played well and were the better team, but for a team with our talent on it and with our ambition, that sounds like a painful reality, putting to shame our ambitions.

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard's failure to qualify for the FA Cup final on his birthday could be further compounded by the painful reality that he could be leading his team in a guard of honour for champions - elect Chelsea at Stamford Bridge next month, the Daily Mail reports.

And I wondered — did my experience with the often excruciatingly painful reality of heartbreak influence how I moved forward in love and -LSB-...]

And I wondered — did my experience with the often excruciatingly painful reality of heartbreak influence how I moved forward in love and life?

Beginning next month, Garfield Park will be more than a place to go to escape the often painful realities of life on the West Side.

The painful reality for the party is that its leader cobbled together an inchoate platform that masked fierce ideological differences in the ranks and hoped to steer it through an electoral window opened up by Lib Dem collapse and Ukip insurgency.

He emphasized that while it's «not illegal to be homeless,» and «those experiencing the very painful reality of being street homeless, they don't take any joy in it,» the city would promptly crack down on any criminal behavior.

«And not just from some of the painful realities of crime and violence in some of our neighborhoods but safe from the very people they want to have faith in as their protectors.»

Despite the plea, Ste points to the painful reality he has just been made aware of «You were raped!»

Boyle takes advantage of the different moments of the boy's life to immerse himself into painful reality... [Full review in Spanish]

Without giving it away, Killmonger's final line of dialogue is an indelible reminder that the best pop myths come straight out of the most painful realities.

Immediately after, Miyazaki cuts to the painful reality: after the photo was taken, the plane's wings broke off and the plane plopped back onto the water it had only just lifted off from, after going a few hundred feet.

BEST SCENE: Similar to the overall existence of Wright's previous films, The World's End can make for some big laughs when it recognizes cliches, but shows the goofiness within their painful reality.

Jonathan is forced to confront painful reality with the support of his forgiving mother Rachel (Anne Archer) and his sister, the tough lawyer Karen (Jessica Brown Findlay).

It truly is the first Marvel movie that unapologetically addresses the sort of painful realities that superhero movies rarely make room for.

The plot, conjointly written by Weinstein, Musa Syeed and Alex Lipschultz, is anything but bland, embroidering a painful reality about this particular religious group, which defends that a widower must remarry in order to properly raise his children.

Together, the members of Squad E will get to experience the painful realities of war, but will the bonds of their friendships survive the frozen battlefield?

From the trailer this is very obviously a dark comedy, mixing in the painful reality that surrounds Thomson's attempt to reclaim glory and how his mind reflects his persona.

And the painful reality was some of the biggest disappointments in modern cinema.

This is a comedy with the sort of laughs that land big and then build into second, smaller laughs, and it cleverly masquerades as light fare in its first act before grounding its humor in a more painful reality in the second act.

What he offers instead is an oftentimes hard - to - watch drama that explores Christian faith and the painful reality of religious prosecution (which sadly still occurs today).

Sheridan's world is well - crafted, showing the audience the painful realities of a world often forgotten on the big screen.

And with ongoing implementation of Common Core standards and assessments, Skandera pursued what she calls «truth telling,» or being honest about school and student performance after too many years of failing to acknowledge a painful reality.

Bridging the divide by giving young people an entry point into the painful realities of race in America

Today's foremost objection to «credit recovery» is not the second - chance opportunity but the painful reality that getting credit in this fashion does not denote true mastery and that colleges and employers won't honor it any more than the G.E.D., maybe less.

The painful reality is coalition politics are always difficult and constantly shifting.

Sophie Baird is looking for a way to escape the painful reality of her parents» deaths.

That is a painful reality for some authors to digest, but it's the truth.

Here's a case in point: authors who think that Google is the only search engine in town, and who are putting all their SEO (search engine optimization) eggs into Google's basket will be in for a hard landing (and a painful reality check) when the Next Big Thing in search engines comes along, and Google is out of the picture.

While you may want to find readers for the book you already have, instead of writing a new one, the painful reality is that if you're a self - publishing author who only ever writes one book, your chances of succeeding with it in a meaningful way are very low.

This collects stories of survivors and activists who have mobilized to break the silence surrounding the painful reality of sexual violence on college campuses.

These are painful realities for the aspiring author who wants to get his or her message out to a mass audience with the intent of changing the world.

The painful reality of these financial times is that the options open to people with poor credit scores are limited.

As rewarding as the college experience can be, it often comes with one very painful reality: paying back student loans.

Let's just wait & see what happens — I don't think Americans are going to be too thrilled waking up one day to huge price increases across the board for much of their favourite stuff (or facing up, finally, to the painful reality that a major portion of American industry has long priced itself out of customers / existence).

It is a painful reality that for many low / fixed income individuals, obtaining medical care for their pets is unattainable due to the high cost of veterinary services.