Sentences with phrase «battle against self»

Magee's Blue # 3 tells the touching story of a rural family struggling to stick together against all odds, and of a young boy's battle against self - blame for his family's flaws.

The touching story of a rural family struggling to stick together against all odds, and of a young boy's battle against self - blame for his family's flaws.

Of course: for love of another is always a battle against self - love.

Not exact matches

A key document in Alphabet's legal battle against Uber reveals that a former Alphabet executive had a trove of data on Alphabet's self - driving car technology and accessed some of the files after he left the company.

Other legal fights related to Uber include its battle with self - driving car company Waymo, which is suing Uber for allegedly stealing trade secrets, and a lawsuit filed by investor Benchmark against former chief executive officer Travis Kalanick claiming breach of contract.

In addition to boardroom squabbles, Uber's newly minted chief legal officer Tony West will also have to navigate a trade secret battle against Alphabet's self - driving arm, in addition to several federal probes into the company's privacy practices.

It has its own distinctive message of salvation (political freedom), its own «set apart» people group (America and its allies), its own creed («we hold these truths to be self - evident»), its own distinctive enemies (all who resist freedom and who are against America), its own distinctive symbol (the flag), its own distinctive god (the national deity we are «under,» who favors our cause and helps us win our battles).

As a viewer, this talk about Bottas» alleged complacency against the likes of Ricciardo's self - belief will hopefully translate into an aggressive battle on track between these drivers.

People fight food, fight pleasure, fight their instincts and desires, fight body fat — and because it's a battle against our own selves — it's a fight we're destined to lose.

It's an interesting theory but with Hela also seen in the Ragnarok trailers to be powering up via an orange hue to her true self after Loki frees her, and also destroying Mjolnir in battle against Thor, it may hold a lot of credence to it.

Running an uninterrupted 16 minutes, Indignation's fiery centerpiece pits self - righteous college freshman Marcus Messner (Logan Lerman) against the school's condescending dean (Tracy Letts) in a knock - down - drag - out battle of wills, 1950s academia style.

In the earlier film O'Neal was engaged in a battle of wits with an insurance investigator (Warren Oates), very much a model of his former, straight self, who has sworn to nail him; here he is up against a manic police detective (Bruce Dern) determined to do the same, and to break the law if he has to to get the job done.

Chronicling a historic moment in the world of tennis, in which world champion Billie Jean King faced off against self - styled chauvinist pig Bobby Riggs in a high - stakes match — setting a precedent for the way women would be treated in tennis, and in the world at large — Battle of the Sexes is a naturalistic counterpoint to La La Land «s heightened world of musical magic.

Also, I still feel that a bias against indie or self published authors is what the example in the first paragraph highlights - regardless of how silly it is for any author, self or traditionally published, to battle over exclusion from some list.

People are always battling their present self against their future self, and to make better decisions we need to find investments that can appease us adequately today and in the future.

The events that follow lead to epic battles against a villain called Ansem, his horde of dark creatures called the Heartless and his right - hand, self - proclaimed mistress of all evil — Maleficent.

Two events include «Old vs. New» challenges where classic cars are pitted against their modern selves and «Manufacturer Battles» which showcase «the most iconic car rivalries in an all - out battle.»

Then we have the third game, in which we experience the classic (but classic because it works) battle against one's darker self.

As The Boston Globe describes it, the case «pits Nesson, a self - avowed marijuana user who has tried only four cases (one was the Pentagon Papers case in which he defended Daniel Ellsberg) against a team of battle - tested lawyers for the recording industry.»

Levandowski has been at the center of an ongoing legal battle between Uber and Waymo since February, when Alphabet - owned Waymo filed a lawsuit against Uber claiming that Levandowski — a former Google engineer who had joined Uber — downloaded 14,000 files before leaving the company to build Uber's self - driving truck program, Otto.

The Verge pushed back against the use of «hoverboard» to describe self - balancing scooters, but ultimately we lost that battle.

Unfortunately «ridiculous» also describes CREA trying to fight a legal battle against an opponent with bottomless pockets especially when those opponents» pockets are our own as taxpayers CREA, the provincial organizations, and now it seems the boards appear to be more interested in finding new ways to extract funds from REALTORS ® as our membership shrinks, with the goal of self preservation rather than providing value and constraint instep with the financial challenges the average agent faces in today's markets.