Sentences with phrase «confidence game»

Often at museums I feel that I'm in a giant confidence game which is trying to convince me that what I am seeing and the meanings I'm sensing are not really there.

My love of confidence games, card - sharps and great filmmaking makes this the most obvious choice on the list.

Theo seems to slowly be winning over a lot of doubters which is absolutely brilliant as he seems to be growing in confidence every game.

Director Joe Rotunda of the TSSB Enforcement Division told ETHNews about how bad actors play confidence games like those used to swindle investors in conventional markets, but repackaged for the era of crypto:

As part of an elaborate confidence game, he provides some of his pretty secretaries to the men, as he reads off a list of black market items (including perishables and cognac) to be acquired (with invested Jewish money) from Poles by Pfefferberg:

It may not keep you guessing to the end, but there are enough surprises and wry revelations, right down to the last play, to make this a most satisfying cinematic confidence game.

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He is fascinated by the deceptions of one confidence game assembled inside another.

Luckily for them, what does come before these scenes is well done, such that the entertainment value is sufficiently met to make Slevin a very worthwhile thriller for those that love the stylish cinematic maneuverings of a well - orchestrated confidence game.

Confidence Game indeed.

So i will buy in confidence this game and probably redownload SSDelta in the meantime.

It gives the history of confidence games — how they developed, and how some faded, and others grew, at least for a time.

This film centers on an elaborate confidence game, and its labyrinthine plot is laden with twists and reversals.

From there it turns into a combination Robin Hood story, revenge tale, and confidence game with three players constantly shifting alliances (and sometimes identities).

and in a confidence game like real estate, where prices are held aloft entirely by the willingness of the next buyer to play along, a crash warning runs the risk of becoming self - fulfilling.

A select few are genuine page - turners, like The Confidence Game by New Yorker writer Maria Konnikova.

Con artists are motivated both by a desire to be the center of attention and the power that comes with that ability to manipulate others, psychologist Maria Konnikova, author of «The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It... Every Time,» explained to me earlier this year.

They're not all practitioners of the confidence game; many truly believe what they are saying or believe it's worth it to stretch the truth to accomplish their political goals.

Through the confidence the game of golf brings injured Service - members and Veterans, the ultimate goal of the On Course Foundation is to carry the confidence their members enjoy on the course, off the course through work experience roles and full - time job opportunities within the golf industry.

There is a good book about this story as well, «Confidence Game»

However, to initiate a position in gold or gold mining stocks is seen as potentially career - threatening at this juncture in part because the confidence game has persisted for so long and in part because adoption of precious - metals exposure is seen as potentially harmful to performance.

«This is a confidence game.

The Sonics found their confidence game just in time to stave off the Suns and send the conference championship back to the Kingdome

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Parenting is a confidence game.

Sometimes we need a little support for the inside to be reflected on the outside, don't be afraid to ask for some help, you're human and it's easy to get knocked off your self - confidence game every once in a while.

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But the challenge of taking on another protégé in the confidence game becomes more disruptive than Roy ever envisioned.

I'd even add that it's worth it just for the scene where everything screeches to a halt for a couple of minutes while Joe delivers an impassioned, vein - popping progressive screed about how all you rich white guys better watch out, because the United States is a confidence game cooked for the ruling class and one day poor, downtrodden minorities and women will rise up and take what's theirs.

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It might feel a bit weird relying on the car to do all the work, but there's also a curious delight to hearing the car change down two or three gears at the last moment as you brake hard for a corner — it's a bit like one of those confidence games where you have to close your eyes and trust someone to catch you as you fall backwards.

The Confidence Game asks not only why we believe con artists, but also examines the very act of believing and how our sense of truth can be manipulated by those around us.

Deeply researched and elegantly written, The Confidence Game will widen your eyes and sharpen your mind.»

At the peak of the «Great Dutch Tulip Mania of 1637,» an event which is covered in The Confidence Game, the most desirable tulip bulbs commanded outrageous sums of money.

Reading The Confidence Game might not make you immune to all scams and schemes, but it can at least offer you consolation if you ever find yourself wondering how a smart person such as yourself could have ever been so foolish.

Being tricked by a con man, as Melville, a big fan of the Siamese Twins, reminded us long ago, is a price we pay or a risk we take in a confidence game called Democracy.

«It's a bit of a confidence game.»

If you want to buy the book, you can buy it here: Confidence Game: How a Hedge Fund Manager Called Wall Street's Bluff.

That's right, its a confidence game - a Ponzi game.

Now I am studying for the 87 — my how interesting it is to study law... BTW, the next book I am reviewing is Confidence Game.

Then when the training does not work, they blow you off and blame you, BUT YOU DO N'T HAVE TO WORRY about getting ripped off because you can Spy The Trainer Lie and have been educated about the «Confidence Game,» and no longer need to worry about becoming a dog owner - victim.

The more a console sells means the developers have more confidence their game will sell well on that given platform.

This sounds more like a confidence game, both literally and figuratively.