Sentences with phrase «as hedonistic»

«In the 90's Vang Vieng in Laos was known as the hedonistic, party capital of Southeast Asia... however after many tubing related deaths due to drink, illegal substances and dangerous behaviour the Laos Government shut the tubing down.

Vang Vieng used to be known as the hedonistic party central in Southeast Asia.

Were I as hedonistic and narcissistic as I often pretend to be when I test luxury cars, I would have been seriously pissed off.

Fellini cast Ms. Ekberg in La Dolce Vita as a hedonistic American actress visiting Rome.

While this gang's sinful pleasures might not be nearly as decadent as the hedonistic indulgences of the bon vivants of The Bucket List, their relatively - modest last wishes nonetheless allow for a more meaningful meditation on what really matters.

Without much in the way of conflict, then, what's left is a piece that relies on every other element of story and craft to convince us that there's a reason we've gathered to watch Malcolm McDowell, self - consciously good as two - fisted octogenarian sports writer O.B. Keeler, or Jeremy Northam, excellent as hedonistic Walter Hagen, the anti-Bobby, if you will — it's unclear what flag they're saluting.

Miles Teller first gained our attention as hedonistic ladies man Sutter in the 2013 rom - com «The Spectacular Now», before going on to another comedy love story «That Awkward Moment» earlier this year.

A humorous send - up of the 21st Century commune as a hedonistic dystopia for spoiled brats who can't cope with the real world.

Hahaha I am glad to hear that your nutritional values while dining out are as hedonistic as mine.

Would you rather live as a Christian, thinking that no matter what you do, Christ will forgive you and let you into heaven and therefor live as hedonistic a lifestyle as you like, looking down at the unsaved pagans with disdain all along.

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son, the Christians that pay attention to the mega churches «feel good» messages are just as hedonistic as you.

Not exact matches

When it is desired to present something dreaded, such as the current Inflation Rate, they can toss out certain expenses such as food, energy and to a certain extent — housing costs due to «hedonistic» or «seasonal» adjustments.

Evidence of this cultural septicity is everywhere: in the rise of hedonistic escapism, in the violence of our popular entertainment, in the media's embrace of assisted suicide as the next great progressive cause.

Are the better ones, the ones who are not «hedonistic», as judgemental as you seem to portray yourself?

With the help of a professor he persisted, and ultimately came to see the book as an incredibly rich source for thinking about questions that had already occurred to him: Why not engage in a life of hedonistic sexual pleasure, as Augustine did, and as everyone around him was currently doing?

In 1995, Blessed John Paul II wrote that our culture suffers from a «hedonistic mentality unwilling to accept responsibility in matters of sexuality, and... [from] a self - centred concept of freedom, which regards procreation as an obstacle to personal fulfilment.»

I believe that we have established that there are definitely times when it is needed for us humans to take a stand against one another and our destructive suvivalists and hedonistic impulses; and it is also needed that we give each other grace and stand back to allow each other to believe and act as we wish.

I've been autonomously spiritually seeking since I was a young boy and independently began going to the Baptist church as a teenager, left that, became secular hedonistic, burned out, traversed back through Buddhism into the 12 - steps and ultimately converted to Catholicism.

As neurologist Michael Gazzaniga says, most people eventually walk away from the hedonistic pleasures of illicit drugs.

This article is not meant to simply turn you away from getting married; it's an invitation to see your life as bigger than simply a hedonistic pursuit of sex.

As more parents express concerns about the consumerist and hedonistic youth culture that their children are exposed to in mass media, they naturally favor schools that filter out its worst elements and focus young minds on worthier things.

Starr's image of California as a garden of earthly delights reminded me of James M. Cain's 1933 essay for the American Mercury, «Paradise,» which blamed the state's endless sunshine and gentle climate for driving residents into a sort of hedonistic stupor.

This entails an understanding of exactly why the Magisterium is so central to the Church, why it is right to talk of «formal cooperation» with evil as always doing «irreparable harm -LSB-...] to the whole of society» and why the Catholic vision of sex, love and, so crucially, our woundedness (see Fr Cummings» article in this issue), is the right alternative to the prevailing hedonistic humanism.

If you're like most of western society, you love chocolate in all of its incarnations: ice cream, candy bars pressed into Halloween shapes, milkshakes, cookies, cake, brownies, as a fruit dip, smeared into peanut butter sandwiches, and even (if you're particularly hedonistic) as a decadent cloak for bacon.

I don't doubt you had a decent time as a tourist but open your eyes to what goes on in the world, courtesy of corrupt Russia, run by a deranged and hedonistic gangster, young man.

We're all on this hedonistic treadmill — pursuing funding, pursuing fame, pursuing h - index — and the idea of science as a public good is being lost.»

It is so determined in its off - season quietness that its status as a famed hedonistic summer destination — popular with gay visitors because of its tolerance — is difficult to imagine.

One of the things we want to test is the model that Sebastian Seung came up with, the hedonistic neuron model, where in order to generate, for example, memory, you require not only persistent electrical activity but also chemical rewards such as dopamine.

Essentially, if we are culturally conditioned to think of a food as «sexy,» or if the luscious texture and scent make us feel sensuous while eating it, the placebo effect can kick in — by surrounding ourselves in a pleasure - focused environment we will actually start to feel more hedonistic.

Mimi Rogers was very good as Sharon, a woman who finds God when her empty, hedonistic lifestyle bottoms out.

The series also features Sidse Babett Knudsen as Theresa Cullen, Westworld's head of quality assurance; Jimmi Simpson as first - time visitor William; Rodrigo Santoro as Hector Escaton, Westworld's perennial «most wanted» bandit; Shannon Woodward as Elsie Hughes, a rising star in the park's behavior department; Ingrid Bolso Berdal as Armistice, a savage fighter and brutal bandit; Ben Barnes as Logan, a veteran guest whose hedonistic romp through the park is motivated both by self - indulgence and a desire to help is friend William; Simon Quarterman as Lee Sizemore, the park's head of narrative whose storylines tantalize guests; Angela Sarafyan as Clementine Pennyfeather, one of Westworld's most popular attractions; Luke Hemsworth as Stubbs, the no - nonsense head of security; and Clifton Collins Jr. as Lawrence, a charming but lethal outlaw.

The film does often flirt with he racy elements of Spring Break in Florida, such as the whipped cream bikini contest and lots of searching for vacation flings, but the film stays true to its wholesome PG rating, and the stars are especially modest by being the characters with the more family - friendly notions of love and honor above hedonistic pursuits.

This certainly applies to Bill Nighy, who's at his most affably languid and hedonistic as the chalet's wealthy owner.

• Picnic at Hanging Rock: Miranda (Anne Lambert) opens the gate to the picnic area, startles a flock of birds, and turns her head to follow their wheeling flight as the images overlap one another: the beginning of a ballet of mystery for Peter Weir's camera; layers of style as milestones of a hedonistic pilgrimage...

As Jack Kroll has observed, all pretensions toward the healthy hedonistic innocence of this island idyll tend to be deep - sixed by the circumspection of those celebrating the innocence.

The action is rooted in a make - believe New York City during the Roaring Twenties, a period of prosperity and hedonistic pursuits but also repression and intolerance that took such forms as Prohibition and the rise of the KKK.

Hurd Hatfield plays Dorian Gray, a handsome, earnest young man who stops aging after having his portrait painted, and George Sanders takes top billing as Lord Henry Wotton, the hedonistic cynic who tempts the young and moral Dorian to indulge in all the pleasures of the world.

The shockwave of this event makes an already dysfunctional family fall apart at the seams, as the father (Jeff Daniels, The Hours) withdraws into stony silence, the mother (Sigourney Weaver, The Village) devolves into a bout of hedonistic pleasures, and Tim can't put himself together no matter what he does.

But quite apart from its central provocations, «Nocturama» is as aesthetically exciting as any film from 2017, with flowing Steadicam shots, vivid colors and hedonistic soundtrack selections that add up to pure cinematic stimulation.

So when AI moves away from the placid confines of the suburban Swinton home and into the wild and woolly world of such locales as the neon - drenched, hedonistic urban center known as Rouge City or — in the film's most stunning sight — a Manhattan that is all but completely submerged in water, Osment's David remains a captivating companion on an increasingly strange and surreal journey.

Fueled by his dad's neglect, Britt becomes increasingly self - centered and hedonistic as he grows up, indulging in girls, booze and wild parties.

Well, now it seems that the key element that made The Informers stand out from its darkly hedonistic pack, a good dose of the supernatural, including a vampire storyline starring Superman Returns «Brandon Routh as the book's main vampire, Jamie, has either been «exorcised» or dumped altogether.

Legendary director Terrence Malick («Badlands», «Days of Heaven») began his career as a philosophy professor and his latest film is an existential examination of the hedonistic lifestyle of a frustrated screenwriter living in the Hollywood Hills.

Knight of Cups — ** 1/2 OUT OF 4 Legendary director Terrence Malick («Badlands», «Days of Heaven») began his career as a philosophy professor and his latest film is an existential examination of the hedonistic lifestyle of a frustrated screenwriter living... Continue reading →

But it is New Year's Eve as I type this (my least favorite holiday since i can remember... I only like to goof off at home and make lists for this one) and we must start the New Year on a positive hedonistic note.

This picture is the brainchild of Anna Biller, who not only wrote and directed her hilarious, hedonistic adventure, but stars in it as well.

Grainger and Shawkat will star as Laura and Tyler respectively, best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim — an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.

Nabil Elderkin (director) and Marcus Guillory (writer) / Gully (U.S.A.): This non-linear, slightly dystopian vision of LA follows three disaffected teenagers, Jessie, Calvin, and Nicky — all victims of extreme childhoods, running supreme hedonistic riot as they try to work out a way in life.

Automakers observed a certain segment of truck buyers were using them as their sole mode of transportation; thus the trend toward quieter operation, a smoother ride, easier handling, and hedonistic levels of luxurious accoutrements.

And if you're clever about where you stay and dine, your trip of a lifetime into the hedonistic heartland of Mediterranean Europe doesn't have to leave your budget as flat as a day - old glass of cava.