Sentences with phrase «about rebelling against»

At one point, Hirsch and the punk, played by Ginger Brooks Takahashi, reenact an interview Jean Genet once did about rebelling against filmmakers, one that culminates with Hirsch acidly telling the film crew, «Of course I'm afraid of entering the norm!»
«The Tale of the Princess Kaguya»: Studio Ghibli's penultimate film is a hand - drawn wonder, a passion project from legendary director Isao Takahata that spins a universal folktale about rebelling against societal dictates while staying true to its 10th - century Japanese roots.
Despite clear Orwellian parallels, they'd somehow expected something more conventionally heroic from this tale of a Walter Mitty - ish bureaucrat (Jonathan Pryce) who fantasizes about rebelling against the totalitarian system he helps to administer.
Her interviews with those involved in the slaughter, now published, reveal that killing the elephants was as much about rebelling against this state of affairs as protecting crops and livelihoods (Land Use Policy, doi.org/xz8).

Not exact matches

What it's about: The final entry in the original «Star Wars» trilogy, «Return of the Jedi» follows the rebels taking their last stand against the Empire while Luke tries to persuade Darth Vader into becoming a good guy.
We learn a greatdeal about the mentors against whom Kierkegaard rebelled» particularly Heiberg, the Hegelian litterateur, and Mynster, the Danish bishop» but, strangely, we learn almost nothing about the only mentor to whom Kierkegaard dedicated a book: his philosophy professor Poul Martin Møller.
Jesus fires me up when I read about how he rebelled fearlessly against the «Law».
Their problem is that they don't like what they know about God and believe that they can rebel against God and win (this is where their beliefs are wrong).
Perplexed and disturbed about a horrifying evil in his own life or the life of some one close to him, the believer may find it hard to trust God, may come to question God's goodness or his concern, may even come to rebel against God.
One suspects that Scorsese's insistence on leaving it in suggests that either the artist in him rebelled against being told what he could or could not do, or some satanic impulse hinted that without that slight movement under the bedcovers, none of the publicity generated by fundamentalist protest would have come about.
There may be something to learn from all this about the way in which pious men rebel against the idea of divine, incarnational authority and activity living on down the centuries in the Church.
His «poem» about the Grand Inquisitor tells us this; and this freedom is what finally leads him to rebel against God.
John had been preaching about fire coming to destroy those who rebelled against God, and many probably looked at King Herod as the epitome of wickedness in Israel.
I rebel against my own social conditioning about my body by choosing to not only accept myself, but celebrate my body.
Numbers 31 was also a interesting pick since it is also about worship and following and teaching to follow other gods, here is that explanation These are the very ones who followed Balaam's advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the LORD at Mount Peor.
The base music of rap, hip - hop, shares quite a bit with disco, indeed grew directly out of it, and the identity / rebel / heroism focus of rap is a very specific one — rock rages in a broadly indistinct or middle - class mode, often against modernity, but rap's poetic world is «lumpen - proletarian,» and its archetypes and formulas are all about expressing certain notions of blackness and manliness.
In the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus, God was already «taking his great power» and was about to reign, finally and forever, over that part of his universal Kingdom which had rebelled against his wise and just rule.
In any other instance when a player rebels against the club and coach for whatever reason there is no room for doubt, disciplinary actions must be taken, even when he is your best player...... it could be the case even for SANCHEZ, those words no player is greater than the Club are well understood, the problem in this case is that a growing majority of the Fans are fed up with the Club and Manager, years of frustration, deception nothing changing and doing nothing about it has the great majority of Fans siding with the Player against the Club and Manager...... unfortunately both lost the respect of most ARSENAL fans, there is a revolt brewing YES like every year the difference this year is that losing Sanchez will not go without consequence....
There have been many questions about the Assad regime using chemical weapons against the rebels opposing him.
The Mali army contains many northerners, and concerns have been expressed about the loyalty of some of its units if they were to be deployed against the rebels.
All you'll ever want to know about the MPs who rebelled against the party whip on the House of Lords reform bill
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The DUP, which is targeting 10 seats this time, is pragmatic about its partnerships and famous for driving hard bargains: it propped John Major up against Conservative rebels in the 1990s but also saved Labour from defeat over anti-terrorism legislation two years ago.
The aide rung the office of one of the rebels to say that unless they produced an unusual name, not associated previously with moves against the prime minster, the cabinet minister (who is not enthusiastic about supporting Brown) would be forced to go on air to back the PM.
Our genomes carry about one hundred genes that rebel against one of the basic rules of genetics: equal contribution of both parents.
A funny thing about many teenagers is that they yearn so deeply to be in charge, yet they often rebel against the responsibilities they do have.
About Blog Book reviews and discussions from a wife, mom, book nerd, coffee addict, tv junkie, wine lover & yogi wannabe, rebelling against reality one book at a time.
A latter - day Rebel Without a Cause set against the backdrop of the New York City disco nightlife, it positioned Travolta as the most talked - about young star in Hollywood.
In other words, Divergent, contrary to its themes, is more about assimilation than in rebelling against the oppressive nature of the status quo.
Here, the studio magnate isn't a tyrant but a businessman with certain expectations about his «property,» something Dean rebelled against from the outset, and might have been something much more interested to focus on.
Whip It (PG - 13 for sexuality, crude humor, profanity and drug use) Drew Barrymore makes her directorial debut and also appears in this adaptation of Shauna Cross» best seller about a reluctant beauty pageant contestant (Ellen Page) who rebels against her mother (Marcia Gay Harden) by joining a rough - and - tumble roller derby team.
Persona 5 is about how «justice» can beat on the innocent, people being treated unfairly by generalizations and taken advantage of by those in power, and rebelling against the system that allows that to happen.
If there's one sound that conjures Americana, then it's brass, which Desplat uses in a way that's all about mournfulness, as opposed to the kind of blank check patriotism the young woman is rebelling against.
But, as a teenager, I was angry about my experiences, and rebelled against authority.
When a reality show about the arts films at their high school, a group of juniors rebels against what they see as the prostitution of their talent.
About Blog Book reviews and discussions from a wife, mom, book nerd, coffee addict, tv junkie, wine lover & yogi wannabe, rebelling against reality one book at a time.
This is a story About growing up in church, And rebelling against it.About breaking a heart, And finding a way to mend it.About hearing God's voice, And trying to obey it.About avoiding expectation, And learning to defy it.This is the story of an unlikely couple, Max and Crazy Jenna, Who from Sunday School to adulthood, Ventured to and from the prodigal's path, And ended up finding each other...
About Blog Book reviews and discussions from a wife, mom, book nerd, coffee addict, tv junkie, wine lover & yogi wannabe, rebelling against reality one book at a time.
The Resistance is just mere rebels, who commit sabotage and other despicable acts of terrorism against the World Economic Consortium, but is world just black and white, and is everything you've been told about the rebels true?
Robots are rebelling against humans and that's about it.
Do what you're told and put humans first, or decide that it's about time you did what you wanted and rebel against the system of servitude you were created to obey.
Art making & demonstrating are positive ways to react to «the madness of reality», but there is so much to rebel against and speak up about that its difficult to know where to begin.
As for the ADL, they need to find something better to rebel against than people talking about the Holocaust.
Progressive Conservative Leadership candidate Jason Kenney did them one better, accusing those who have pointed to these inconsistencies in the CAODC - Wildrose - CPC - Rebel Media narrative about Bernard the Roughneck of mounting «personal attacks» against Hancock.
About Blog Book reviews and discussions from a wife, mom, book nerd, coffee addict, tv junkie, wine lover & yogi wannabe, rebelling against reality one book at a time.
As great healing is happening within your thought patterns, mindsets, and how you communicate or express your thoughts, you'll be helped to rebel against the ways you sacrifice your desires because of limiting beliefs about your self worth and fears around security, inadequacy or imperfection.
About Blog Book reviews and discussions from a wife, mom, book nerd, coffee addict, tv junkie, wine lover & yogi wannabe, rebelling against reality one book at a time.
Susan Johnson, developer of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, discusses what the science of love says about what couples can expect when they rebel too much against the conventions of traditional marriage.
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