Sentences with phrase «becoming white whales»
Mickelson, however, ate up almost every bit of sunlight before the start of an event that's become the white whale of his career.
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As many people know, the Hot Summer Peach DS in particular has become the white whale in my journey to complete my rather large Princess Peach collection.
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As Dr. J. S. Whale exclaims, «If water might suddenly freeze in midsummer; if the specific gravity of lead might at any time become that of thistledown; if pigs might fly or the White House turn into green cheese — man's life would be a nightmare.»
According to Dr. Altizer, «Ahab's mad quest for the white whale can be seen as faith's response to the death of God, wherein the man of faith becomes the murderer of God so as to make possible a historical actualization of God's death in Jesus, and thus an apocalyptic consummation of God's original self - sacrifice or self - negation.»
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This saga of The Essex is actually told to Moby - Dick author Herman Melville (Ben Whishaw) by an adult Thomas (played by Whishaw's «Suffragette» co-star, Brendan Gleeson) 30 years later, and it becomes the inspiration for Melville's fictitious tale of the great White Whale.
The footnote to the Essex tragedy is that it loosely inspired Herman Melville's Moby - Dick, which becomes In the Heart of the Sea's raison d'être as Howard sets out to conquer the white whale of literature with all the legitimacy of Melville and none of the author's high - school syllabus stigma.
Oscar (Will Smith), a lowly tongue - scrubber at the local Whale Wash, becomes a hero when he tells a great white lie.
Publishers today are totally invested in chasing the great white whale — unpublished writers whose first work will become monster best sellers.
Meanwhile, the white whale has become an enduring symbol of any all - consuming, elusive pursuit.
The United Nations Convention on the Trade of Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) lists the whale shark, basking shark, and great white shark as species that could become threatened if trade is not controlled.