Sentences with phrase «about victories and defeats»

«It's about victories and defeats.

Not exact matches

We know a thousand items about the day or yesterday, we learn the events and troubles and heartbreaks of a hundred peoples, the policies and pretensions of a dozen capitals, the victories and defeats of causes, armies, athletic teams.

Questions such as whether torture is permissible in Tolkien's world view, whether war is glorified (with a side - debate about how the films differ from the books in this respect), and how victory and defeat are characterised, are worth considering and will encourage readers to think more deeply about LOTR and appreciate how nuanced Tolkien's treatment of these issues is.

Now (and this is important, and will be even more important when we come to talk about girls), most boys used to have some model they could refer to in cases like these: their dad, an older brother, or perhaps a footballer who could rally his team to turn apparent defeat into victory.

We're not here to talk about the past, but have you noticed that the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat aren't what unite the wide world of sports anymore?

If Wolves replicate any of their three performances talked about in the above preview, during their victories over Liverpool and Chelsea or even in defeat to Man City last weekend, then it's difficult to envisage anything other than a home win for Wolves, what with their opponents, Liverpool, having won just once away from home all season and just twice in the last twelve months.

But conversation again centred around turnout and, convinced that the UKIP voters had defected en masse to the Tories, Phil spoke worriedly about having to write two speeches for the count: one each for victory and defeat.

But a growing number are beginning to find fault with the Conservative leader's battle plans, and fear they are about to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

In the end [it] isn't about victory or defeat... It's about surviving another day, doing one's job, and getting back to family.

I will save an accounting of my victories and defeats for later posts, but I still have a printout of Jay Greene's early email counsel about my school board enthusiasms (expressed in this Education Week essay in 2009) taped to a long - dead computer screen:

The STATE of POLITICS blog is a running statewide conversation about NY politics - the debate and the drama, the victories and defeats.

Engage in strategic combat and think about the consequences — victory or defeat and even the permanent loss of a character depends on your choices

It's about practice, instincts, memory, friends, deception, justice, victory, community, variety, repetition, silence, shouting, patience, and defeat.

Rome About Blog Site entirely dedicated to the life, splendor, victories and defeats of the Roman Empire.