Sentences with phrase «became very thing»

We have become the very thing we flew from in order to create this country: a country ran by religious zealots.

For even laughter calls for a reasonable ground, and when this is absent, the laughter becomes the very thing that is laughable.

He is challenging them with humor that they've become the very thing they have sought to avoid.

In the process, we become the very thing we hate.

What began two films ago as a deliciously snarky reinventing of fairy tales, done with appropriate, and long overdue, swipes at the purveyors of schmaltz has become the very thing it once made sport of.

Ironically, Shrek ultimately becomes the very thing it's poking fun at, except immensely watered down.

Rather, it's a bleaker look at the consequences of American policy (or the lack thereof), from the way in which the U.S. flaunts Germany's privacy laws to the way in which doles out «justice»: Do those who adapt the tactics of their enemies in order to defeat them not run the risk of becoming the very thing they fought against?

THE PLEDGE Sean Penn's third directorial effort is, like his first two, about parental anxiety, but the film is really a study in violence, and it preys on our cinematic conditioning: The very thing we dread becomes the very thing we anticipate — another way of saying «look forward to.»

Does a movie have an obligation to become the very thing its title advertises?

Release: Christmas Day 2015 [Theater] Written by: David O. Russell; Annie Mumolo Directed by: David O. Russell Does a movie have an obligation to become the very thing its title advertises?

Thus the very thing we dread becomes the very thing we anticipate — another way of saying «look forward to.»

It is a Cannonball Run film for the new millennium, a post-modern satirical farce that, like so many stunning pronouncements from artists who are not quite as smart as they believe, becomes the very thing it wishes to satirize.

It becomes the very thing many of us are trying to escape from.

With Will's words of wisdom in mind, you too have to become the very thing that you want more business from.

Not exact matches

«We were very quietly dating for about six months before it became news, and I was working during that whole time, and the only thing that changed was people's perception,» the 36 - year - old «Suits» actress also said.

It has become not just a company extremely admirable in its growth, but, well, the very model for how to do things when you're scaling a company.

The idea that this phone is a living thing that becomes more useful over time is a very alien concept in a mechanical world.

But before long, that perceived «inconvenience» becomes a real problem, and a person is left with a very powerful thing called regret.

In 2005, he became mayor of Solo — the very city whose slums he had grown up in — and did so good a job busting corruption and cleaning things up, that in 2012, he unseated incumbent Fauzi Bowo to become governor of Jakarta, the sprawling megacity.

When I was doing brand management at Coca - Cola, I became a bit indoctrinated into the classical sales and marketing way of things, which is very data driven.

Then a very important thing happens, which is that the relevance of the tools becomes apparent.»

Your broker is about to become a fiduciary — at least when it comes to your retirement accounts — and, depending on whom you ask, that could be a very good or very bad thing.

The only thing that seems certain — it was stated by Colin Powell when he said, «This nation must be very committed with minorities because minorities will become majorities in the near future.»

I'm at a point in my life where «wedding season» is about to become a very real thing, and I wanted something fun that would make me feel like the life of the party, even when awkwardly sitting to the side of the dance floor.

«If you get caught up in all that needs to be done, things become overwhelming very quickly,» he says.

«There are many historical cases where entertainment drives technologies that then become very practical for other things.»

There comes a point in the life of a startup when the very thing that spawned it becomes a strategic liability.

Bechtolsheim said he became interested in the startup because the development tool lets people «modify things very quickly» without having to futz with the underlying software that can slow things down.

«It became very easy to spend chunks of time chatting about things unrelated to Bolstr,» says Tribbett.

They probably won't put their heart into it, either, and without passion and heart, things become very average, very quickly.

But with rental websites like Airbnb becoming so popular, renting out your home or apartment for out - of - town visitors is a very real thing to do.

But instead of being confined by the company's legacy, he has managed to use the position to very much do his own thing — since becoming CEO in 2001, he has transitioned Canada Goose from a line of outwear products worn exclusively by residents» of Canada's icy northern regions into a brand sported by celebrities, featured in magazines (including Kate Upton's infamous Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover) and worn by individuals the world over.

It's very easy to let your daily work habits slip by, or to put things off until you get home — and then coming home becomes stressful.

And, more importantly, the less things I will need to «correct» because in a very short time those will become irrelevant.

It's hard to know where things are going to go, so until they become clearer, you've got to be very focused on your cash.

One thing that seems clear is the company will need capital to compete is what is quickly becoming a very competitive product category.

Therefore it all becomes a very personal thing at that moment.

5 Tips to Become a Millionaire «You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.»

The rest of the world doesn't have that, so one of the things we will be working very closely with the G - 20 is making sure that this doesn't become the Swiss numbered bank account,» said Mnuchin.

The rest of the world doesn't have that, so one of the things we will be working very closely with the G - 20 is making sure that this doesn't become the Swiss bank account.»

A year earlier, in July of 2014, Yellen said valuations were generally in line with historical norms, but «some things may be on the high side, and there may be some pockets where we see valuations becoming very stretched.»

But if same - day becomes a zero - or - very - small - premium option, clearly things change.

«Critics who treat «adult» as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term,» he said, «can not be adult themselves... When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown - up.»

This is the thing: when you start to hit 28 or 30, everything starts to divide, and you can see very clearly two kinds of people: on one side, people who have used their 20s to learn and grow, to find God and themselves and their deep dreams, people who know what works and what doesn't, who have pushed through to become real live adults.

'' In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with Elmer and the Word WAS Elmer; by him were all things created...... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we were to be vewry very kwiet, as Lord Elmer was hunting wabbits».

I have witnessed people on their death - bed also, and the whole world becomes very sharply focussed as the importance of those things melt away and we are left with our dying moments and as the author stated, they are always asking for their loved ones; not theirr boss, their coach, their president, or anyone else but the ones they love.

They still have to oversee things, even when they are in a Catholic schools, which, sadly, have become very liberal.

That can become very serious down the road when it affects things like custody, careers, etc..

What I experience as I stand in face of — and in the very depths of — this world which your flesh has assimilated, this world which has become your flesh, my God, is not the absorption of the monist who yearns to be dissolved into the unity of things, nor the emotion felt by the pagan as he lies prostrate before a tangible divinity, nor yet the passive self - abandonment of the quietist tossed hither and thither at the mercy of mystical impulsions.

Paul always referred to himself as Paul, an apostle of... Titles have become an in - thing today.One minister I spoke to was very adamant about titles, because in his view it created protocol.