Sentences with phrase «about toil»

It is about listening and talking, about toil and play, but above all these texts also reflect the uncertainty of human existence as played out in language or within power relations.

But for all its fugitive conventions, the film is at heart a social - realist tale about the toil of the working man.

Emmanual Gras» award - winning documentary about the toils of a Congolese charcoal maker is an exercise in attention

Personally, when I think about those toiling, vulnerable masses who are going to suffer the worst consequences of a warming world, I find it offensive to hear a comfortable, white American say, «We are going to do OK.»

Not exact matches

On this day, Aeryon's office on the outskirts of Waterloo, Ont., is a quiet place where about two dozen people toil in cubicles separated by glass walls scrawled with engineering formulas.

It's a trend that's opened the door for more honest discussions about the emotional toil of pouring everything into a company that, statistically, won't make it.

For weary generations the Jews have not ceased to toil, sweat, groan, travail, and endure the sufferings and experience the sorrows of a misunderstood and despised people, all in order that they might come a little nearer the discovery of the truth about God.

Everything I did, and wherever I went, I was still in a storm, and yet I continued to be the chief contriver and ring - leader of the frolics for many months after; though it was a toil and torment to attend them; but the devil and my own wicked heart drove me about like a slave, telling me that I must do this and do that, and bear this and bear that, and turn here and turn there, to keep my credit up, and retain the esteem of my associates: and all this while I continued as strict as possible in my duties, and left no stone unturned to pacify my conscience, watching even against my thoughts, and praying continually wherever I went: for I did not think there was any sin in my conduct, when I was among carnal company, because I did not take any satisfaction there, but only followed it, I thought, for sufficient reasons.

«And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.»

Even before we meet him, man is defined by his work, man has his work cut out for him: less the ruler over life, more the servant of the earth, man will till and toil, needily waiting for rain, anxious about the future.

Unborn millions will bend their necks in toil in order to pay for the terrible step we are now about to take.

17 But to Adam he said, «Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, «You must not eat from it,» cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

In the United States, the Olympics aren't about the Olympians, most of whom toil in obscurity for years and compete for free at the Games.

Jim Mora was specifically talking about Darnold being a great fit in Cleveland, a city that in Mora's mind is apparently populated entirely by dreary factory workers who will only accept a football player willing to toil in anonymity.

The revitalised Frenchman toiled in midfield, supported the front men and made some key interceptions - notably when Lacazette was about to let fly from the edge of the area.

The farmer described Akufo - Addo as a «dishonest and an insincere» person, noting that «the highest form of disrespect towards us, as farmers and our toil is this deliberate act of misrepresentation of facts about our sector by Akufo - Addo.

There has been ample speculation about why the Senate decided to pack it in early on the evening of Monday's special session while the Assembly toiled into the wee hours of Tueday morning and then returned later Tuesday afternoon to pass, among other things, the NYC OTB bailout bill and a hydrofracking moratorium that had been passed by the Senate earlier in the year.

I respect deeply the memory of the great patriots whose sacrifice and toil brought about our independence and freedom.

If you fail to act which I doubt you will, our children born and unborn will read about your negative government forgetting all the toils and efforts you had put in to become our most favored gentleman of the land.

During the last century, the Australian government encouraged farming on difficult land, handing out water licenses to just about anyone willing to put in the backbreaking toil of making the country's vast tracts of scrub desert bloom with citrus orchards and vineyards.

TOIL AND TROUBLE This video inside a super-chilled (about 145 ° Celsius) chamber shows bubbles forming and popping in irradiated ice.

How about a robo - scientist toiling away next to you at the bench, not only pipetting but also formulating hypotheses and designing experiments?

San Francisco, CA About Blog Run by Coni - A portly, loveable, and somewhat disheveled spinster who loves to stitch and who toils in vain to meet every whim of a fussy little dog who insists on wearing a silk smoking jacket and cravat.

I really doubted this day would actually come, I've toiled with this decision for weeks now and contemplated even more about how or when to do it.

But I've had a lot of fun over the years and met some amazing people who toil behind the scenes who actually care about their customers.

San Francisco, CA About Blog Run by Coni - A portly, loveable, and somewhat disheveled spinster who loves to stitch and who toils in vain to meet every whim of a fussy little dog who insists on wearing a silk smoking jacket and cravat.

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That moment is risible in a way that's rare for these from - toil - to - triumph movies, whether it's about the welder who exotic - dances on the side or the exotic - dancer who wants to weld.

Like that film, it's also about men at work — about breakin» rocks in the hot sun, as the song goes, although the Eastern European climate in Valeska Grisebach's film is somewhat more moderate than the pitiless desert where Denis's legionnaires toiled.

The tinting of Jean Dujardin's toothy mug to accommodate black - and - white cinematography is about to rob recognition from the folks who toiled away, one last time, on magically morphing Ralph Fiennes into the pasty bane of Harry Potter's existence.

Since the series launch, AMPAS has released 16 episodes that have covered everything from how Jurassic Park changed the VFX world to an episode about everyday people toiling away at screenplays in their local coffee shops

This led me to think about my own experience as a middle school teacher in Los Angeles where I toiled for 15 years before retiring in 2009.

The maddening toil that working the electronics in the LC500 are, however, almost completely forgotten about once you start driving it.

I bet those Medieval monks toiling away in the scriptorium illuminating vellum manuscripts by hand felt the same way about that new fangeled printing press and the Gutenberg Bible.

You'll feel more like a sailboat that's using the wind to tack and go in the direction you want to, with less effort, versus not understanding the environment and having your sailboat tossed about while you toil and fight to stay above water.

If you read much about animal rescue or follow a lot of Facebook about animal rescue, you'll possibly come away with the impression that rescuers are like Florence Nightingale in the Crimea; toiling away knee deep in gore and horror, reeling from one story of despair and misery to another.

It can be fascinating watching local people going about their daily toil — but while the resulting photos can be great, you need to shoot with respect, says Steve Davey

San Francisco, CA About Blog Run by Coni - A portly, loveable, and somewhat disheveled spinster who loves to stitch and who toils in vain to meet every whim of a fussy little dog who insists on wearing a silk smoking jacket and cravat.

They're a neat group of characters, but even after twenty hours of grueling toil, I know very little about any of their personalities.

Works like Flea Market Lady (1990/94, below) draw from a rich visual heritage about the nobility of toil.

Her piece «Toil» is part of a current series about Young Marie Antoinette's maids and their interactions.

That seems to be our human nature and why so few of us remain as farmers: optomistic about the future; going about the present as if our toil really does matter.

I've been toiling in the vineyards of Skeptical Science for about six years.

Fossil Fuels kill 320 times more people per unit power produced than solar + / Egyptians... There is something satisfying about visualizing oil company executives conscripted to toil under the hothouse conditions on 21 st Century Earth building the Great Carbon Pyramids - pyramids of calcium carbonate (or calcium bicarbonate, as the case may be) miles high, /

Toiling away at the day job this afternoon, I had a spare moment to pen this whine about the ruckus over the past several days about Tim Barnett's new work on ocean temperatures and climate change.

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble: Babies across America are sitting waist deep in an odious brew of cancer - causing chemicals and other toxins that could be detrimental to their health, according to a new report by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics about children's bath and personal - care products.

So if you're a lawyer preparing to give a CLE, law student toiling over a project or marketing department putting together a proposal, forget about purchasing PowerPoint and give the free Google presentations a try.

But as we toil away on our individual projects, there is seldom an opportunity to think about how we fit into the bigger picture.

The best part about the device battery was the standby, because we kept the phone on mobile network without anything else activated or running, and while it was only the calls and occasional app usage during the day, there was only about 44 % of battery drain, and only the connectivity started taking toil on the battery.

San Francisco, CA About Blog Run by Coni - A portly, loveable, and somewhat disheveled spinster who loves to stitch and who toils in vain to meet every whim of a fussy little dog who insists on wearing a silk smoking jacket and cravat.