Sentences with phrase «big obsession of»

Last summer, this was such a big obsession of mine.

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In a nod to the importance of marketing in an industry predicated on romance, intrigue and obsession, Lucara's new tag line, «Where Bigger Is,» leaves no doubt as to how it's positioning for the future.

This obsession with metrics has led to initiatives like affirmative action hiring programs set up by some of the biggest names in tech, which, unfortunately, have failed to perform as hoped.

But the biggest risk around our real estate obsession is the way it breaks the cardinal rule of wealth preservation: diversification.

Ezra Klein: It's interesting, because that's actually a very good bridge to... You brought up Singapore at the beginning of our conversation and I have a big obsession with the Singaporean healthcare system, too.

The obsession on belief is a Christian one since a big component of salvation is believing the right narrative.

Picking up on the NPD megachurch pastor commentary — here in us emergent world, you have the combustion of two NPD worlds — first the evangelical quest to follow the next Xn celebrity rock star coupled with the strain of male dominated NPD found in palces like Silicon Valley where there's an obsession to discover the next big thing.

Not really, other than when I'm feeling super dry I end up a bit like the father in My Big Fat Greek Wedding and his obsession with putting Windex on everything, and go - «I should probably put some coconut oil on that...» Having said that, I do often burn myself on hobs and getting things out of the oven and I love the Pai Skincare Organic Rosehip Oil — I just soothes the burns and makes them heal really well.

We are big nut fans so he did like the nut crumble topping with a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg and... I made it with brown butter, my current obsession:).

The oatmeal crisp topping is just like a big pile of granola (for more on my granola obsession see here and here!).

While in the Big City, an interest in wine grew into an obsession, resulting in him taking a series of retail wine positions while also playing bass behind a number of legendary blues performers (Big Joe Turner, Pee Wee Crayton, Cleanhead Vinson, et al) and producing and / or playing with a broad range of alt.country, jazz, punk, disco, metal and sensitive singer / songwriter artists.

Given the obsession with finding the next big talent that can be compared with one of the top players in world football currently, it is no surprise to see the early similarities being made.

I too don't count myself in any of those categories, but remain a frustrated fan that can see we will never attract the top top players precisely because of our obsession with our target — a Champions League place, and that is mediocrity relative to targeting top place like the big spenders do.

You may think this obsession with Champions League qualification for qualifying» sake is part of the problem — a wilful lowering of the club's sights — but it's hard to deny that our long - standing place in football's biggest club tournament has been at least some reward for being consistently good and occasionally much better.

The Senate Dems obsession with color is a big part of what put them back in the minority last time.

Food is a big part of their obsession.

After all, big, muscular arms are powerful confidence - boosters that automatically demand respect, so the common obsession with this body part is kind of natural and understandable.

«Ego Is The Enemy», a great book by Ryan Holiday, in which I've been more and more discovering things that suggest that perhaps a big part of a lot of what I do is based on me wanting to achieve a lot of things in life and that's great, if it's about affecting change in other people's lives, but I think that there may also be, potentially, a little bit of an unhealthy obsession with being great.

Antioxidants are the big health obsession of the moment thanks to their ability to extend your lifespan, and boasting of antioxidants is a chief way that the bottles get consumers hooked.

True, we live in a culture that all but demands we have an obsession with our looks, but the search for a perfect swimsuit body is also representative of something bigger — we're more concerned than ever about being healthy, fit, and energized.

The oatmeal crisp topping is just like a big pile of granola (for more on my granola obsession see here and here!).

Unlike team sports, usually a grip strength practitioner undertakes his obsession by himself in a dusty basement surrounded by storage boxes, or in a small portion of the garage that's just big enough to house a garage gym.

In particular, my Mum has big a been part of my obsession for great food.

So why is this one of my biggest obsessions?

Ok well you know me and my obsession with boyfriend jeans, so clearly I approve of this look big time!!

September brought many things — back to school season, the beginning of fall, a serious obsession the general public seems to have with pumpkin spice scented EVERYTHING, a big boom, a little fashion inspired by a Michael Jackson song, an arm party or two.....

One of my biggest fashion obsessions of the moment is «French girl style».

The over-the-knee boot obsession is still big, and thankfully there are lots of affordable options now!

Not only are the clothes totally affordable but they are also perfectly patterned with bright colors, which I'm a big fan of You also probably know about my obsession with over the knee boots.

Before you even made the reference to My Big Fat Greek Wedding I totally thought of the dad from that movie while you were explaining your cinnamon obsession!

A pair of Wisconsin convicts gain local fame for almost escaping prison using dental floss; high school students pose for smiley yearbook snapshots, which capture nothing of the drama in their lives; a man with a 30 - year obsession with one particular bird unveils the grainy, Big Foot - style video evidence that he actually saw it.

Bit parts on the syndicated sitcom Big Brother Jake (as Cassie) and the (very) short - lived, sports - oriented situation comedy Phenom (starring Judith Light and Angela Goethals) followed, as did stints in such forgettable telemovies as Children of the Bride (1990), Baby of the Bride (1991), and Killing Obsession (1994).

Much of the revulsion to the film is little more than backlash for the «American Idol» pop star oversaturation, not wanting what has become a national obsession on the small screen to start spilling over onto the big.

While a lot of big - name directors wiped out this year, a few filmmakers risked self - parody with projects that indulged their personal tics and obsessions with unapologetic thoroughness; the results were strange, kind of wonderful exercises in playing to a dwindling cult on their studios» dime.

He combines heroism and charm with a big measure of self - obsession and conceit, too.

War Dogs has the air of The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short as it is further proof of the obsession many young men have with money and power and how far it takes them before it all comes crashing down on them.

Lynne Ramsay, the Cannes - winning director of Morvern Callar and We Need to Talk About Kevin, is to return Herman Melville's classic tale of brooding obsession on the high seas, Moby - Dick, to the big screen.

But its place on the calendar, in February, doesn't quite fit with the awards - season - obsession of Hollywood, and so its line - up is often less star - studded than its rivals, with its biggest premieres often coming from movies that screened in the U.S. months earlier.

With an original screenplay brimming with quotable lines and memorable scenes (the «out of tune» episode is one of many uproarious highlights) and assured direction of a young man's dissent into a dangerously taxing obsession, while effectively portraying the effects of psychological harassment, Chazelle will be one of the year's biggest talking points (not unsimilar to Benh Zeitlin, but in my opinion, more deserved).

But simultaneously, the film focuses on Paul's tedious obsession with a single person, the missing Sumiko, despite the much bigger picture of its international boiling points.

The big screen adaptation of the cult - y Bryan Lee O'Malley comic book is, like its print counterpart, a mash - up of teen pop culture obsessions infused into a young romance storyline.

Talking movies with him is a treat, the conversation leaping from obscurities such as the 1980 asylum - set psychological thriller The Ninth Configuration (about which we discovered a shared obsession when we first met in 2002) to such detective classics as The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye, both of which cast long shadows over his latest work, Inherent Vice.

Based on Mary Mapes» «Truth and Duty: The Press, The President, and the Privilege of Power» (2005), screenwriter James Vanderbilt («White House Down,» «Zodiac») makes an auspicious directing debut with this layered, detailed condemnation of how Internet obsession with minutia / gossip has obliterated the big picture — and responsible reporting can not be rushed.

When their «Sound of Music» — loving mother is institutionalized — broken down by a gaggle of daughters and an absentee father — the Moochmore girls are shocked out of a navel - gazing obsession with their allegedly fragile mental health by the arrival of the tough, big - eyed Shaz.

«I have a temporary obsession with vehicular disproportion — particularly low, wide and big - tired,» said Greg Higgs of Fab Fours Inc..

Serena Jane's beauty proves to be her greatest blessing and her biggest curse, for it makes her the obsession of classmate Bob Bob Morgan, the youngest in a line of Robert Morgans who have been doctors in Aberdeen for generations.

The football tickets, of course, were the most valuable item in the estate, but then Addison was always the biggest favorite and the biggest fan, the only one of the children who came close to sharing my father's obsession, as well as the only one of us actually on speaking terms with my father the last time he drew his will.

In I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora has her readers in stitches discussing her obsessions, life in the Big Apple and how it really is to be a woman of a certain age.

Here at Royal Canin, there's no bigger obsession than making sure your purebred dog is as healthy as he or she can be; we've dedicated years of research to creating tailored nutrition for purebred dogs.

Ever since photographs of the Post Ranch Inn came across my inbox, i've harbored an obsession with Big Sur — often contemplating my escape into her arms while working away in my cubicle.