Sentences with phrase «as ancient»

Do you want to know what he shaded his investing advice in an anti-stock direction in the months following the crash and is shading it in a pro-stock direction now that many investors have come to view the crash as ancient history?

As the ancient proverb goes, a house built upon sand is subject to collapse.

Economic security is a societal concern dating as far back as ancient Greece and medieval Europe, with the ever present threats of unemployment, illness, disability, death, and old age.

As the ancient Greek comic poet Euboulos neatly summed up such instances: «For sensible men I prepare only three kraters: one for health (which they drink first), the second for love and pleasure, and the third for sleep.

Truly, as an ancient proverb reminds us, «The debtor is servant to the lender».

In a city as ancient as Venice, myths and legends passed down from generation to generation record more than just love or murder.

Philosophy: Ed Sizemore writes about the deeper meaning of Keiko Takemiya's classic sci - fi manga To Terra: Takemiya's real concern is the same as the ancient Greek playwrights.

This is surprising, as our ancient - in tech terms - Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 - inch played the same file flawlessly.

The centrifuge, designed for spinning down cells in solution, was clunky as an ancient washing machine.

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Stadt Luft macht frei, as the ancient German saying went — «City air makes a man free».

As the ancient history majors among you may know, that year my father was the Democratic nominee for vice president.

How about a tablet / notebook convertible device that's as flexible as the ancient physical and mental healing method promises to do to the human body.

She also thought she was living in ancient Egypt several thousand years ago, and that she should be worshiped as a god as the ancient Egyptians did

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Living up to the motto «Compliance is control,» the car immediately stops chafing its chin and scraping its belly on what Italian authorities mistakenly preserve as ancient cultural assets.

For many students, cursive is becoming as foreign as ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Both children and staff dressed up as Ancient Greek characters, from mythical Minotaurs to Greek gods, to add to the buzz and excitement around school throughout the day.

We hold exhibitions of student artwork both in school and with partners such as the Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life.

As far back as the ancient Greeks, we knew that character is everything.

Doctor Strange movie review: Everything is forgotten in the brilliant Inception - like reimagining of cities, streets and buildings that the film deploys, as The Ancient One and her pupils battle out Kaecilius and his lynchpins in different dimensions.

Swinton's casting as The Ancient One in the Marvel film sparked controversy because the character is an Asian man in the comics

Hot on the heels of the casting announcements of Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Mordo and Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One comes this fan - made teaser for Marvel's Doctor Strange.

One of its strongest assets is its cast, with superior actors in the leading roles: Cumberbatch as Steven Strange, the brilliant and arrogant New York surgeon whose reason for existence is cut short by a horrific car crash... Tilda Swinton as a mystic known as the Ancient One who is willing to lead him to enlightenment in Kathmandu if only he will subjugate his inflated ego... Chiwetel Ejiofor as her faithful follower and right hand man... Benedict Wong as the guardian of the library where the accumulated secrets of their sect are stored... and Mads Mikkelsen as the brilliant student gone rogue who may soon destroy the earth, one major city at a time.

On Tuesday, Marvel Studios released a statement through Mashable, defending its choice to cast Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One in this November's Doctor Strange.

The film, which doesn't hit theaters until Nov. 4, also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as the villanous Baron Mordo and Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One, a mystical guru who gives Strange his powers.

When Strange showed up in Tibet, the sorcerer known as The Ancient One refused to fix his damaged hands, offering Strange an apprenticeship instead.

While it does appear that the people behind Doctor Strange gave some thought to avoiding stereotypes, many have questioned why Tilda Swinton was cast as The Ancient One.

The supporting cast is also terrific, including Oyelowo, Peter Gerety (as a pragmatic old union chief), Elyes Gabel (as a frightened driver), Jerry Adler (as the ancient Hasid from whom Abel is buying the property), and Alessandro Nivola (as a sleek heating - fuel kingpin who plays tennis in a bunker that looks as though it could withstand nuclear attack).

He is capable of making a wind - swept prairie in the Midwest look just as remarkable as an ancient Norman castle.

After a terrible accident, Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) loses his ability to operate but finds new purpose when a mystical being known as the Ancient One reveals that Dr. Strange is the newly designated Sorcerer Supreme.

Marvel's Doctor Strange was criticized for casting Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One, who is Asian in the source material.

When Strange comes to Nepal to seek out the healing powers of one known only as The Ancient One (a freshly shorn Tilda Swinton), he realizes that there is more to the world than meets the eye.

It'd be wrong to say any idea is too old to be revamped, not when people are still successfully updating games as ancient as Space Invaders and Pac - Man, but some concepts are clearly a product of their time.

He travels to Kathmandu to study alternate healing methods under the tutelage of a mystic known as the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) and her assistant Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor).

The film stars Cumberbatch in the lead with Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Mordo, Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One and, in undisclosed roles, Rachel McAdams, Michael Stuhlbarg, Scott Adkins, Amy Landecker, and Mikkelsen playing the as - yet - unnamed villain, described as «a sorcerer who breaks off into his own sect.»

The newsstand edition depicts Benedict Cumberbatch casting a spell as the Sorcerer Supreme, while the subscriber cover features a group shot of Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Karl Mordo, Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One and Benedict Wong as Wong.

The casting of white actress Tilda Swinton in «Doctor Strange» as the Ancient One, a character portrayed as a Tibetan man in the original Marvel comics, has led to criticisms of whitewashing.

Swinton touched once more on the controversy surrounding her casting as the Ancient One, who traditionally appears as a Tibetan man in the comics.

The story tries to take itself seriously by presenting the water gun tournament as an ancient tradition where shinobi teams participate from around the world.

Swinton is currently appearing as the Ancient One in Doctor Strange, the new Marvel movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

Looking to help regain his skills, he turns to an unusual mystic and healer known as The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton).

Assassin's Creed Origins is poised to be the must - have game of October as its ancient Egypt setting absolutely reinvigorates the franchise.

The tribal people who lived called the destroyed race as ancient ones, unaware they were reason of destruction.

He'd be starring opposite Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange, Tilda Swinton as Ancient One, and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Mordo.

The character has been at the center of some controversy, however, as the Ancient One is depicted as Tibetan in the comics.

In light of the controversal casting of Tilda Swinton as the Ancient one in Doctor Strange, Marvel Studios has reportedly released a statement to Mashable addressing the issue.

I'm just not certain Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One or Marvel Studios are the best examples to call attention to a worthwhile issue.

But in addition to its not - goodness, it also became infamous for whitewashing — casting, as ancient African deities, a white guy from Scotland, a white guy from Denmark and at least seven white people from Australia.

Strange's mentor is a Tibetan mystic known as the Ancient One, who is training pupils to be the next sorcerer supreme.