Sentences with phrase «by believing in characters»

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On Wednesday's broadcast of CNN's «Wolf,» Representative Steve Cohen (D - TN) reacted to White House lawyer Ty Cobb's departure by stating, «Nobody can stay around Donald Trump long who has a conscience and who has character and who believes in ethics.»

Astonished at the scenario presented by the Inquisitor, one of the characters cries out, «Your Inquisitor does not believe in God, that's his secret.»

Lewis» most successful novel, I believe, is the first part of his science - fiction trilogy, Out of the Silent Planet, in which a Cambridge don named Ransom is kidnapped by two diabolical characters, the scientist Weston and the entrepreneur Devine, and transported via rocket ship as a sacrificial victim to the inhabitants of another planet called Malacandra (Mars).12.

A practical theology of virtue and character must be supplemented and supported by a practical theology of procedure and one, I believe, that also builds an important role for ethical principles in theological reflection.

You tell a true brother that he is deceived for believing that the resurrection power of Yahshua is strong enough to cause him to die to all sin, becoming a mature man, giving Yahshua a place to live in the earth in him by His Spirit, and so have a place in the earth to live out His nature, and character, to His glory, and the glory of the Father.

Instead of believing with Hartshorne that man's convictions about the ultimate character of reality can and should be determined by allegedly neutral logical principles, the understanding here being argued is that man's thinking about God is and should be governed by a vision emerging in the context of faith, a vision that is itself decisively conditioned by its rootage in history and in the prereflective levels of consciousness.

The real danger comes from a much larger group of persons who believe that Notre Dame can strive for ever - higher standards of academic excellence — and use the same criteria of excellence by which the best secular universities in the land are judged to be excellent — without forfeiting the Catholic character of the University.

Nevertheless, it is, I believe, by no means a hopeless task to recover from the Pauline epistles some indication at least of the character and content of Paul's preaching, and not only of his distinctive preaching, but of what he preached in common with other Christian missionaries.

In estimating the religious character of individuals, nations, or races, the first question is, not how they feel, but what they think and believe — not whether their religion is one which manifests itself in emotions, more or less vehement and enthusiastic, but what are the conceptions of God and divine things by which these emotions are called fortIn estimating the religious character of individuals, nations, or races, the first question is, not how they feel, but what they think and believe — not whether their religion is one which manifests itself in emotions, more or less vehement and enthusiastic, but what are the conceptions of God and divine things by which these emotions are called fortin emotions, more or less vehement and enthusiastic, but what are the conceptions of God and divine things by which these emotions are called forth.

«If you believe that government has the responsibility to promote the common good and general welfare and moral good of the society and it's ordained by God to do that, then for me, I would probably want someone with character and is interested in those questions at least,» he said.

Their parents don't value their believing in these characters so they don't enable their kids by playing into the leaving cookies out and hiding eggs traditions.

I'll take you at your word regarding your recommendation to study and suggest you read WHAT GOD DOES TO YOUR BRAIN by two neuroscientists, Andrew Newberg who is a «theist» (believes in some kind of divine character) and Mark Waldman and agnostic (a non commit on the question).

Not only the cruelty, but the paltriness of character of the gods believed in by earlier centuries also strikes later centuries with surprise.

Today at 11:44 am - Former striker Ian Wright has claimed Arsene Wenger was sacked by Arsenal and does not believe it is in his character to walk away.

By Press Association Sport staff Former striker Ian Wright has claimed Arsene Wenger was sacked by Arsenal and does not believe it is in his character to walk awaBy Press Association Sport staff Former striker Ian Wright has claimed Arsene Wenger was sacked by Arsenal and does not believe it is in his character to walk awaby Arsenal and does not believe it is in his character to walk away.

It is a dangerous error to believe that flaws in a child's character will disappear by themselves.

Instead, advocates for adoption by unmarried women believe that an individual's character, strength, and potential parenting capacity are better considered in providing a child with an adoptive home.

The Ezzos believe this promotes character formation in the infant 1 by giving the baby experience in delayed gratification and submission to parental direction.

His parents were Tories «who believed in character and pulling oneself up by one's own bootstraps».

The complex pattern of memories, aspirations and actions which make up a character were carried for a time by the atoms of her body, but we believe they are also stored up in the Cloud of God's being.

Please people, stop giving this game a 10, and stop buyng it, if you keep believing the hype and continue to pretend this game is good just because you liked its predecessor (which wasnt as good as the original Syphon Filter by a longshot by the way) then the game will never improve, the next version will have just as lame a story, with another crappy character, and they'll lazily put in another torture sequence, and stinger fight with an aircraft (how lame was that?)

Adrian Brody is remarkable in this role and I believed every single action taken by his character.

The film is rife with scenes in which characters voice sentiments like «I believe it is important to assert that materialism as we conceive it differs from bourgeois materialism by questing for a more humane society.»

I believe there was only one use of the «d» word and the name of «Christ» was also used in vain — once — by a character from whom you would expect such words, «Darwin's Bulldog» as he would come to be called, Thomas Huxley.

She believes that by portraying a real person, an actor takes on a lot of responsibility: «You want to do justice to their memory, to their character, to who they were, or who they are in this case.

It simply seems to believe that the characters» most identifiable traits, a subplot about Bernard's grandfather (played by Bruce Dern) falling in love, the growing admiration and affection between the teens, and a story about politics that has nothing to say about politics will be enough.

Still, all of this I can forgive, because I believe in these characters and I am moved by their plight.

Then there's other such unclassifiable ephemera as the McLuhanesque meltdown My Name Is Bruce, the 2007 film in which Evil Dead's only continuing star, Bruce Campbell, plays himself, hired to fight a demon by fans who erroneously believe he's as handy with a chainsaw as the character he plays.

We don't really know anything about their characters, but the basic setup of the show is that it's an anthology series where each episode is about a different person in the present day who believes that they're descended from the Romanoffs, the former Russian royal family who were (supposedly) all killed off by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

In RUBY SPARKS, Paul Dano (THERE WILL BE BLOOD, LOOPER) is a struggling author, under the trap of writer's block and decides to find romance by creating a female character, that he believes will love him and then — somehow — he turns her into reality.

The African American actor who played Dr. Kananga / Mr Big in «Live and Let Die,» believes «James Bond was established by Ian Fleming as a white character,» and should be «played by white actors»

Out of nowhere, the movie lands in the zone of gimmick, by carting out a story trick that's clever and yet hard to believe in terms of the characters.

And that's not just so we can believe in the highly improbable character played by Johnson — Davis Okoye, a musclebound San Diego primatologist who has built up a sign - language - based relationship with an albino gorilla called George, and who just happens to have a background in the Special Forces.

When the beautiful, young Saoirse (pronounced «Seersha») Ronan stunned us all with a fantastic performance as the title character in «Hanna,» it was easy to believe she'd soon be taking Hollywood by storm; little did we know that what she has in talent, she unfortunately seems to lack in wise decisions.

The burden was on him to make us believe that he would turn into the already established character created by another actor, and he joins the pantheon of Robert DeNiro (as Don Corleone in The Godfather Part II) and Ewan McGregor (as Obi - wan Kenobi in the otherwise unwatchable Star Wars: The Phantom Menace) in pulling off this delicate task.

It's a movie that you have to see to believe, and even if it never really ends up being the hilarious action - horror film you expect it to be from the description, it does surprise by being true to the characters and situations in a way that merits respectability where it could have easily gone for exploitation.

Lelio attempts to deal also with the injustices many trans people are subject to — in one tense scene, Vega is forced to strip naked by police officials who believe she was being abused by her partner, and she is frequently misgendered by other characters.

If rumours are to be believed, Deadpool director Tim Miller is eyeing a return to the X-Men universe, with Collider claiming that he is currently developing a movie based around the X-Men character Kitty Pryde, played by Ellen Page in X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Maybe I just can't get past his role in last year's We're The Millers, but every negative line by Poulter had me struggling to believe that his character wasn't going to subsequently get a wedgie from another one of a guys.

As Dave Kehr points out in the New York Times, Velle also manages to soften the implied harshness of Sherman's script by making the characters enjoyable in their own right, independent of the plot: «Though the script gives us every reason to believe that Kevin despises Marianne, the two are shown forming a jolly, piratical friendship as they plan to defraud and humiliate the abusive Hansau.»

While the gunplay and the assault on the villains» hideout are certainly tame by Sam Peckinpah standards, the characters» sense that they're mere hirelings with nothing left to believe in definitely anticipates «The Wild Bunch», making this a movie that's perfectly enjoyable on its own terms, but even more fascinating when viewed in the wider context of what was to come.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills identified a broad set of knowledge, skills, work habits, and character traits that are believed — by educators, school reformers, college professors, employers, and others — to be critically important to success in today's world, particularly in collegiate programs and contemporary careers and workplaces.

Much like the character she portrayed on the screen, the main character of the book is a constant skeptic when it comes to the very strange things happening right in front of her, though nothing as unfortunate as Scully actually being impregnated by an alien and then still somehow refusing to believe in the crazy theories her partner Mulder laid out.

hi im interested on ur work but i do nt have much budget my name is luther john and i created our very own first princess fairy tale called the last moondancer Princess Luna the lead female protagonist is based on the character of ancient Babaylans before the spaniards discovered the philippines She was adopted by the oldest moondancer in puerto princesa After a cursed volcanic eruption in mt mayon and was trained all her life to become a moondancer but all her life she only dreams of finding this magical pearl which believed to be the tear from the Gods that grants ur wishes Moondancers can heal any kind of sickness when they dance and their powers wer gift from the Goddess of the Moon Mayari

Davidson and his dogs are believed by some to have been the models for Sir Walter Scott's characters of Dandie Dinmont and his dogs in Guy Mannering, published in 1814.

Richard, the main character in The Beach and portrayed by Leonardo Dicaprio, believes the very same thing.

I believe that the time - honored tradition of yoga can help develop the character of God in our lives by fostering patience, balance, humility, and self - control, benefiting our inner selves and our relationships with God and others.

As has been said by Masahiro Sakurai on Smash Bros., and (I believe) verified by the residents of SourceGaming, character modelling is the most strenuous and time - consuming process in making those characters.

The plot is a family - friendly tale of believing in yourself that you've heard a hundred times by now, but it's told well through endearing characters and is surprisingly substantial.

Earlier this month, we brought you news of a supposed casting list for Grand Theft Auto V. And now another casting call has been intercepted for a number of characters, ranging from a «liberal young male who believes in a conspiracy made by republicans to undermine America» to a «young, fast - talking boy fighting for the right of young boys to drink alcohol and have sex».