Yet,
rather than writing a book only for people experiencing illness or life - threatening situations, Nepo's book is for everyone.
Many authors have trouble finishing a book because they concentrate on author marketing, creating a fan base and a platform,
rather than writing the book.
Then a couple things happened: I didn't quit the day job, and, possibly a result of that (getting home after a day's work without the energy or desire to write) started researching self - publishing, and all it entails,
rather than writing the book.
Not exact matches
I tend to prefer the ones that give platform to the professionals, or high quality researchers,
rather than the ones who are basically professional speakers who found a niche, put what we already know into their own words, and
wrote a
book.
«
Rather than paying rent (in other words, putting your money towards your landlord's mortgage), you are investing money in an asset that builds equity,» Scorgie
writes in her
book.
In his famous
book, «The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money,» Keynes
writes, «a large proportion of our positive activities depend on spontaneous optimism
rather than on a mathematical expectation, whether moral or hedonistic or economic... if the animal spirits are dimmed and the spontaneous optimism falters, leaving us to depend on nothing but a mathematical expectation, enterprise will fade and die; though fears of loss may have a basis no more reasonable
than hopes of profit had before.»
In an earlier
writing Milosz had shown himself to be aware that this was the key insight of Job, even if, in the poet's version of the story, God says things that are
rather more severe
than anything to be found in the
book of Job.
Back then the prophets like Ezekiel
wrote on scroll paper that was wrapped around sticks,
rather than using
book form like the Bible is in today.
This is a few hundred years old at best and as pointed out «Because both sides of the fragment have
writing on them, King said it could have come out of a
book rather than a scroll.»
but considering: a) his divorce * preceded * this crisis of faith (& therein career, education, etc.) b) he is marketing this paradigm shift
rather than simply experiencing it c) he appears to be reciprocating the recent rash of «i followed the bible for a year» model of
book -
writing & simply applying it to atheism
Easily the best «Jesus
book» of our time, this has to be read with the consciousness that its author was
writing for the general public
rather than specifically for theologians or theological students.
Show me where they are
rather than just using words and quoting a
book written by man (the bible) /
John Shea, a young theologian and author of three
books, says that many fine thinkers of his generation prefer to «act out what they believe in social or political programs, or talk out their ideas in conferences and workshops,
rather than write them out.»
It allows the Word of God to remain alive
rather than shrouding it in the binder of the most read, but yet the most misinterpreted
book ever
written — because many of those who read it, read it through the eyes and mind of an ancient civilization that was only beginning to understand the mysteries of creation.
Also, I'm not against reading
books written by biblical scholars, I just started down this path because Jeremy stated that this is the best
book about Jesus,
rather than applying that attribute to the bible itself.
At least atheists base all of what they believe on reason and evidence,
rather than a
book that was
written by uneducated people during the Bronze Age.
It was the first time I'd ever been asked to
write a
book rather than submitting my own proposal.
Rather than being excited about some new insight from Scripture or idea about theology which I get to pass on to others, my
writing has become more about pageviews, backlinks, ad revenue, email subscriber stats,
book sales, and comment counts.
When Jason Boyett and I realized we had both
written memoir - style
books about our experiences with doubt to be published byZondervan in the spring / summer of 2010, we decided to team up
rather than compete — an arrangement that has probably worked more in my favor
than his, seeing as Jason's already published a shelf - full of
books and has earned a reputation for being one of the industry's most thoughtful and humorous voices.
Its almost as if over the years that the various
books were
written, they were copying off of other religions
rather than describing the same God.
«My goal with this
book,» he
writes, «is to assure people of faith that they do not need to feel anxious, disloyal, unfaithful, dirty, scared, or outcast for engaging these questions of the Bible, interrogating it, not liking some of it, exploring what it really says, and discerning like adult readers what we can learn from it in our own journey of faith... We respect the Bible most when we let it be what it is and learn from it
rather than combing out the tangles to make it presentable.»
But each time I read
books, blogs or articles about the topic (granted that I am more inclined to read stuff
written by people who are really serious about their relationship with God
rather than people complaining merely because they can — and thereâ $ ™ s plenty of them), I come to one conclusion: The complaints are mostly about what the church has become (or how people perceive the church to be)
than against the church itself.
Because both sides of the fragment have
writing on them, King said it could have come out of a
book rather than a scroll.
How distinctive to the Movement these meanings turn out to be, and how central the concept was to Tractarianism as a religious
rather than an intellectual movement, remain open questions, but FrPereiro has undoubtedly
written a
book that every serious student of the Oxford Movement will have to read.
Harned has done it, however, in a beautifully
written book that probably needs to be read and pondered
rather than summarized.
Lynch's academic habit of
writing often leaves non-specialists, for whom the
book is clearly intended, feeling that we would do better to live in our world and ponder it,
rather than read a
book about how we know.
Rather than using standardized textbooks, Waldorf Grades students create their own main lesson
books —
writing text and illustrations from their classroom learning and sometimes outside research.
If Dr. Spock was starting his career today he probably would have become famous by
writing a blog
rather than a
book.
«Sick babies temporarily divert their energy into healing
rather than growing,»
writes Dr. Sears in The Baby
Book.
«
written in a down - to - earth, straight - talking, no nonsense, humorous way, the
book goes through everything the other «pregnancy»
books go through, but with Dad in mind,
rather than mum»
I do think I felt this way because of the lack of influence I had from other people who have been influenced for a long time by what authors have
written in baby
books,
rather than what they actually feel.
Kabat - Zinn, Myla and Jon EVERYDAY BLESSINGS: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting Hyperion, 1998
Written by the parents of three grown children, this
book focuses on the thoughts and feelings,
rather than the techniques, associated with parenting children of all ages.
The
book is
written primarily for those who want to report on what goes on in politics
rather than comment on it.
«I would far
rather burn my whole
book than that [Wallace] or any man should think that I had behaved in a paltry spirit,» Darwin
wrote.
Indeed, I have no doubt that had he been able to
write a symphony
rather than this
book, he would surely have done so.
And you point out in the
book that if that line were being
written today we would say «science,»
rather than «philosophy,» philosophy being short for natural philosophy.
«Interval training offers a convenient way to fit exercise into your life,
rather than having to structure your life around exercise,» says Gibala, who has studied high - intensity interval training for more
than a decade and recently
wrote a
book on its efficacy entitled, «The One Minute Workout.»
The
book is packed with hundreds of illustrations, almost all in colour, but this is one
book where design serves its proper purpose of enhancing the
written word
rather than competing with it.
I found this to be a very good
book written by a cardiologist who is learned to step outside the box and heal your heart with natural remedies
rather than drugs and / or surgeries.
When I was logging extra long days while
writing my
book, I craved lots of chocolate; in my calmer moments, I realized that I was really seeking pleasure fun,
rather than the strenuous schedule of work I had laid out for myself.
* If you would
rather spend your time
writing / typing about fashion
than read a fashion
book or watch a fashion film, perhaps you need to create an editorial calendar.
Read this
book if you enjoy quality
writing, a story that drives the
book rather than action, and using your imagination.
At this very moment I'm eating and plowing through a huge amount of work before boarding a plane to SXSW so
rather than re-inventing the wheel here to let the world know about my new and very cool friend / neighbor and her super fantastic, well
written book.
If it seems less impressive to anyone that Scorsese's source this time around is a four - year - old movie
rather than, say, a Nicholas Pileggi
book, it's worth noting that the stylistic lexicon from which Infernal Affairs drew was
written largely by Martin Scorsese.
She has
written screenplays in the past, including the 2011 «Fright Night» remake, and
rather than necessarily seeing the
books «Sharp Objects» and «Dietland» as one - off films, she saw the open - ended possibilities for making them into series.
When was the last time a Hollywood movie portrayed the acts of reading and
writing in such a gratifying and fulfilling way that it made you want to read a real
book rather than an «airport» bestseller?
I suppose that makes me more in tune with my childish nature, considering Tolkien
wrote the
book as a children's story
rather than an adult epic.
The first picture was of simple, nightmarish thrills that
Book of Shadows prefers to comment on
rather than top — its scares are hooked on the hype surrounding the fictitious original, so that the mass hysteria The Blair Witch Project supposedly caused (I don't recall any «War of the Worlds» - type panic in the streets) returns in the form of distrust between the tourists; Berlinger, one half a gifted documentary team (he co-directed the acclaimed Paradise Lost films with Bruce Sinofsky), should've opted to
write a FILM COMMENT piece instead.
According to the story, which is told by Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis in their
book, Light Up Your Childs Mind, the student learned in a way that accented his talent
rather than be punished for his apparent disability in
writing.
The idea is to use a marking crib sheet to collate generic comments
rather than writing them down into individual
books.