Sentences with phrase «only the human scenes»

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You know that scene in The Great Divorce in which C.S. Lewis described the damned as only vaguely human, «shrunk and shut up in themselves,» alienated from the world by choice?

Consequently, the world that was meant to be a great human family «with liberty and justice for all» is the scene not only of injustice, tyranny, and heartache, but of bitter strife that may engulf us all.

Israel had abandoned the gods of ancient man in favor of the YHWH who addressed them in history, and now in the Israelite human scene there appeared a man who not only spoke the Word of God but who embodied it in flesh and blood.

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

The Bible, therefore, leads us to pay proper attention, not only to the significant events in the period of origins to which it gives first - hand witness, but also to the human scene of our own day.

Whereas AI relies on two newspapers to write its report on countries across the world, Global amnesty watch, will ensure that does not only visit scenes of incident but will go further to consider actions with existing legislature and in conformity with the Universal Convention on Human Rights», they revealed.

While the final scene is a plea for peace after all the political machinations, the one - two punch speaks less to an unextinguished crisis in human rights led by the so - called «only democracy in the Middle East» than a failed bid by the filmmakers to have it both ways, representing the warped rationales of the terrorists while celebrating the IDF's strategic ingenuity.

Not only does Fast & Furious 6 feature car chase after car chase that consistently top the one before it (and challenges what we currently know about physics and the resilience of the human body), but the fight scenes are also exciting, visceral, and more importantly — well - choreographed and shot.

It was actually a teensy bit of a disappointment each time we cut to a scene featuring only humans.

The only real downside to the film in terms of assessing the overall quality comes from the scenes involving the human actors.

With only a few scenes, Simmons and Hawke create a vivid, disturbing picture of how, like athleticism, masculinity is conditioned by ignoring natural aspects of human experience.

The Human Contract is so overloaded with clumsily delivered exposition that it's easy to imagine Pinkett Smith giving Clarke a 300 - page rundown of his character's backstory, with the caveat, «Only about 5 percent of this actually makes it into the film, but for instance, the fact that your character wouldn't pay for his high - school girlfriend's abortion informs several later scenes on a subliminal level.»

Whether the disaster is natural or human - made, American Humane's Animal Emergency Services team responds to calls for emergency assistance only after receiving a written invitation to do so from authority at the scene of the disaster or incident.

Nearly every soldier has at least a small bit of a cut scene dedicated to building his character up from just another blood - thirsty soldier to a guy you can see yourself relating to, if only on the most basic human level.

Think of any science fiction scene where human soldiers plink away at armoured monstrosities, only to be slaughtered once the aliens open fire; that's what the start of X-Com felt like, especially when the aliens showed up with heavy weapons.

There are lots of approaches to solving this problem, ranging from Chris Crawford's attempts to render conversation in a computer - friendly pseudo-language to the extensive reliance on not - actually - human characters or characters who are present only in cut - scenes and journal entries.

2012 Ed's Party: spheres of Influence in the LA Art Scene, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Mic: Check (The: human mic)(Occupy), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY What Only Paint Can Do: an erratic selection of Triangle Alumni, Curated by Karen Wilkin, Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, NY Notations: Contemporary Drawings As Idea and Process, Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

The only place for cloth fibres, human hair and dust in my home is the vacuum cleaner, but that's not the case for Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki, who loves to use them to create incredibly detailed miniature scenes that depict Japan's industrial rise.

Just as when in 1948 human rights sprung on the scene in a new way at the birth of the United Nations, the U.N. is still the place — the only legitimate place — to see this big idea through.