Sentences with phrase «complexities of the good life»

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(Barron's) • In Search of the Perfect Recession Indicator (Philosophical Economics) • A Fireside Chat With Charlie Munger (MoneyBeat) • Complexity theory and financial regulation (Science) • Five Pieces of Conventional Wisdom That Make Smart Investors Look Dumb (CFA Institute) • This Lawyer Is Hollywood's Complete Divorce Solution (Bloomberg) • Curiosity update, sols 1218 - 1249: Digging in the sand at Mar's Bagnold Dunes (Planetary Society) • The Plot to Take Down a Fox News Analyst (NYT) • Ask the aged: Who better to answer questions about the purpose of life than someone who has been living theirs for a long time?

Given the high cost of whole life insurance, often several times that of term, and product complexity, our analysis shows term is typically better for the majority of people as you can still get significant financial coverage for your family.

This «relational» or dialectical» pattern of thought, Niebuhr maintained, is well adapted to the complexity of life and to the Christian answer to it.

It is true that purposefulness is much harder to see in lifeless than in living things, since the element of appetite, of striving for a good as a goal, seems absent from the former, whereas it becomes increasingly important and evident in the latter in proportion to their complexity, their rank in the hierarchy of living forms.

Similarly, while the mainstream Enlightenment (which privileged order, good behaviour and obedience) frequently sought harsh remedies for beggars, runaway slaves and other undesirables, Catholic religious houses could provide beacons of mercy and refuge, and moralists such as St Alphonsus Ligori sought to develop a theology which did real justice to the complexities of human life.

Blame Mother Nature, but turn to good and decent atheists to guide you through the complexities of life.

These honest and highly personal stories from fathers who have chosen to speak out and live openly with HIV, not only serve to demonstrate the complexity of parenting in the context of HIV / AIDS, but also act as a catalyst to better understand how the world needs to respond to the epidemic.»

Understanding the physics of these explosions allows scientists to better understand how the seeds of chemical complexity and life itself have been scattered in space and time in the Milky Way galaxy.

-- Terry Wahls, MD, author of The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life «The Wellness Project is a smart, funny, and incredibly helpful guide to the complexities of not just what makes us sick, but what makes us well.»

In speaking with such members of the gay community as U.S. representatives Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank, as well as radio personality Michelangelo Signorile, activist Larry Kramer, and former N.J. governor Jim McGreevey, Dick is able to explore the complexities of leading a double lifestyle, as well as highlight the double standards of a media that has become obsessed with covering the sex lives of gay public figures.

There is also the not unimportant matter of the need to communicate to people all over the globe the complexities of American life, thus contradicting the deliberate «pro-American» falsifications spread by the US film and music industries, media and government (see the delusional State of the Union address), as well as its «anti-American» counterpart abroad (which portrays a contented, prosperous population solidly backing official chauvinism and militarism).

Stronger isn't all grit and grime, and indeed its spirit is ultimately an uplifting one, but it doesn't shy away from the darker realities of life, and it's important to acknowledge complexity rather than settle for a wristband and a catchphrase that make you feel good.

While certainly less well - known than Schindler's List or La vita è bella (Life is Beautiful, Roberto Benigni 1997)-- the film succeeds in capturing a sense of the moral complexity, even the absurdity of wartime through the eyes of its teenage protagonist.

Strong performances by Phoenix and John Travolta (The Punisher, Basic) will please their fans, but I was especially impressed with the work done by Australian actress Jacinda Barrett (The Human Stain), who gives her role a realistic complexity that drives the scenes of Morrison's home life very well.

Johnny Depp handles the lyrical and melodic complexity of Sondheim's songs well (Far from opera, he and Helena Bonham Carter use character - based voices), but his Todd is always a morose blank, whether he's brooding over memories of his lost family, slashing the throats of the general populace, or even participating in Mrs. Lovett's daydream of a potentially happy life together.

If students do not have opportunities to develop their higher order, cognitive skillsets they won't develop the reason, logic, creative problem solving, concept development, media literacy, and communication skills best suited for the daily complexities of life or the professional jobs of their future.

These principals understand the complexity of their position, perform duties and responsibilities at a high level, and are able to multi-task, fitting all of the interconnected pieces of school life together for the good of their students.

These complexities of behavior were surprising and thought provoking showing that decisions of what is good and what is bad isn't as simple as it seems when life stands in the balance.

Simpson's opening gambit is a «Note to Customer» from the publisher of Two Sleuths, the best - selling comic created by Miles and Hector, but she wisely uses this framing device lightly, allowing this exceptionally incisive, fine - tuned, and charming novel to unfold gracefully as she brings fresh understanding and keen humor to the complexities intrinsic to each stage of life and love.

Noah's coming - of - age during apartheid in South Africa vividly comes to life in this incisive, funny, and fresh memoir, which candidly addresses the complexities of race, gender, and class, as well as South Africa's emergence from apartheid, and sparkles with moments of epic teen awkwardness and nervy entrepreneurial success.

However in his teens, when he better understood evolution, he came to the conclusion that evolution could account for the complexity of life and that a designer was not necessary.

By reducing the choices of action to «a war against» whatever - it - is, you divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes / No, On / Off.

While it includes all the requisite details of Hemingway's storied life — the love affairs, the feuds, the wars (real and emotional)-- that shaped the writer in all his complexity, her portrait is a largely psychological one, seeking both the impetus for his distinctive fiction as well as the roots of the failures in his personal life.

I specialize in retirement and college planning, and my extensive tax background provides a very good foundation for navigating all of the complexities that go along with your financial life.

Given the high cost of whole life insurance, often several times that of term, and product complexity, our analysis shows term is typically better for the majority of people as you can still get significant financial coverage for your family.

Unlike many other aspects of life, complexity in investing does not mean the returns will be better.

Richard Davies, head of AB defined contribution, predicts the new solution will help employees better navigate the increasing complexity of ensuring they have enough money to live comfortably in retirement.

But here's the good news: Despite the seeming complexity, there are major similarities between certain types of life insurance contracts: term insurance typically works the same from company to company, and so do different types of permanent or cash value policies.

But as Walter Schloss» life and experience teaches, unless complexity can improve the explanation of something, it is better to proceed toward simpler theories.

This study draws attention to the intelligence, as well as the emotional complexity of dogs, and anything that can help us understand their anxieties so we can help them to lead a happy life can only be good.

Yet practices that invest in integrating behavioral medicine into their services experience growth in the complexity of services delivered across all medical fields because patients live longer and better lives.

• The complexity of animal well - being: advances in our understanding of quality of life, welfare, and happiness — and why it matters in animal research.

Albers, in her writings and art, as well as in her life story, has helped me think about the labor of domestic and industrial textile workers, the politics of romantic involvement with an established artist, and the complexities of being a Jewish refugee living in mid-century America.

Michael Straus, Chairman, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts «Sharon Louden has invaluably gathered together in this book an exceptionally diverse range of artists» experiences in order to illustrate, in a manner otherwise inaccessible, the inherent tensions that artists face in constantly balancing their drive to devote core time and energy to creating new work and their wish to share that work with the world with the complexities, as well as the joys, of their personal and family lives.»

The detail pays homage to the complexities of organic life, its ceaseless regeneration, flux and decay, as well as its minor imperfections.

Not only do these photographs «make us aware of the role and power of community,» he writes that they also «illuminate the transitions, displacements and complexity of urban life as well as the conventions or biases that color our understanding of it.»

Her work at once appears to be a celebration of these life - bearing forms, as well as something more decidedly complex - in her words, «the light, line, complexity, and density of the wide, thick fog and smoke; the happiness and hopefulness, misery and bliss of this life we are passing through.»

Capturing everything from local coming - of - age ceremonies to school life and funerals as well as the surrounding landscape, these photographs are shot through with vitality, pathos and temporal complexity: half - naked children splashing in a mountain river; the shocking sight of a small shrine knocked on its side; a poem, scrawled onto a wall, that reads Dete iku mono no / kanashisa o / aa, dare ga wakatte / kureyou ka / Waga itoshiki / yama yo, kawa yo (Oh, who can share the sorrow of the one who has to leave?

Together, words and images - from Victor Brauner, Alexander Calder, William Copley, Max Ernst, Fred Hughes, Louis Kahn, Mickey Leland, Jim Love, Roberto Matta, Jermayne MacAgy, Renzo Piano, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Man Ray, Larry Rivers, Roberto Rossellini, Dorothea Tanning, Andy Warhol, and many others - reveal the complexity and intrigue, high - stakes and playfulness of the dynamic art world the de Menils inhabited across seven decades, as well as the range of the couple's interests, the depth of their patronage, and their love of living artists.

I learned something from that academic exercise that immediately prepared me for the real world in general as well as later in my life in particular, for the complexities of climate.

As Mikael puts it so elegantly, «they are best served at street level as integral threads woven into the rich urban fabric to contribute to the beautiful complexities of city life.

It serves as a «checklist decision tree» when facing important choices in order to help avoid ingrained thinking patterns, many of which served us well in our simpler evolutionary past, but now hurt us when faced with the complexities of 21st - century life.

Rates will vary depending on whether you live in a city or small town, as well as the complexity of the case.

Given the high cost of whole life insurance, often several times that of term, and product complexity, our analysis shows term is typically better for the majority of people as you can still get significant financial coverage for your family.

But here's the good news: Despite the seeming complexity, there are major similarities between certain types of life insurance contracts: term insurance typically works the same from company to company, and so do different types of permanent or cash value policies.

Because of the complexity of permanent life insurance, as well as the financial commitment required, it is important to work with a knowledgeable agent.

I specialize in retirement and college planning, and my extensive tax background provides a very good foundation for navigating all of the complexities that go along with your financial life.

When you can do this, you are able to manage the staggering complexities that exist within life, as well as find joy in the process of living.»

I specialize in assisting individuals and couples to better understand the complexity of family of origin relationships, establish better boundaries, handle difficult emotions, and navigate stressful life events.