Sentences with phrase «cynicism while»

DeWoskin's novel evokes high school life with a kind of biting cynicism while it simultaneously offers a hopeful coming - of - age story with a performing arts setting that will appeal to fans of the television shows Fame and Glee.

This is key to the film's method of reworking cynicism while, in fact, it cynically suckers viewers into hagiographic admiration.

When it went bust, it reinforced their cynicism while strengthening their sense of possibility.

Not exact matches

I railed against institutions and organizations, wouldn't darken the door of a «real» church, became fluent in fault - finding and cynicism, the word «orthodoxy» made my left eye twitch, while you tacked hard the other way, steering towards seminary, conservative denominations, structures, authorities, you longed for accountability.

Or how it's when you're down to the essence of yourself that you realize even cynicism is for the well - rested and undesperate, and how God deals so gently with us, more gently than we can suspicion, and I feel like I could lay down on the floor and just rest in the love I feel so strongly while I'm here in this daily luminous life, and then I think I should just quit and tell everybody to go read Brennan Manning or Madeleine L'Engle because this is absolutely ridiculous.

While her research on the cynicism of the food industry and complacency of the government is alarming, her rhetoric is predictable.

While it is encouraging to see religious concerns permeate the secular culture, at the same time social reform without a vital connection to religious conviction tends to end in disillusionment and cynicism.

While I found hope on the other side of my cynicism and kept moving forward, many of my friends were not so lucky.

While rampant cynicism is not desirable, there is a healthy dose of skepticism that one needs to have when a politician promises the moon.

While there was little cynicism over Welbeck's potential, the Englishman's track record at Manchester United wasn't the most prolific one.

If anything, it was his defending that fuelled some cynicism, while the transfer negotiations were taking place, with many going onto proclaim that the 29 - year old would just concentrate on going forward, thereby leaving his central defenders do all the defensive work.

I find a lot of this animosity does actually appear online, though, when people seem free to express their more judgemental side without having to stare someone in the eyes while being nasty... I love that your idea of cynicism is that we all just actually love, respect and accept each other!

«This marketing campaign by press release shows Nestlé's cynicism as it claims expertise to educate mothers on protein, while hiding the reasons for the clearance sale of its current formula.

It takes a special kind of cynicism to promise tough action on foreign criminals while simultaneously instructing that the majority of them are to be released.»

And while cynicism about the deal abounds (much of which, it has to be said, may turn out to be well founded — nothing about this deal is risk - free), very few people seriously disagree that the concessions Nick Clegg and his team wrung from David Cameron were very considerable indeed.

However, most predictions displayed an enduring cynicism with Mr Blair's leadership; three per cent said cash - for - honours would become his legacy while two per cent remember his government's reliance on «spin».

Gordon Brown displayed «a mix of high moralism and low cynicism», while Tony Blair, who has disparaged Blue Labour, «had a slightly demented view of modernisation.

This is our time — to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth — that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes We Can.»

The second installment, «Shrek 2,» unbraided the gags from the feeling, tipping the balance to gleeful cynicism, which, while fun to watch, was discomforting.

While the eventual awful revelations might shock liberals who believe the absurdly sunny West Wing to be a documentary, anybody with a shard of cynicism in their heart will react with an unsurprised shrug.

And while none of the previous films fully captured the spirit of the popular Jeff Kinney books that inspired them — a silly and smart mix of cynicism and heart — they came way closer than this new installment does.

So while Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a hugely enjoyable movie - going experience, there's a certain cynicism in Goldman's writing that becomes increasingly apparent the more times you watch the film, and which casts him as a kind of puppet - master pulling our strings.

Director is as tight as actor, and while Alexander Payne and Martin Scorsese are 1) geniuses and 2) nominated for outstanding work this year, we'd have given one of their places to Spike Jonze for crafting a beautiful love story set in an unerringly crafted near - future, and doing so without a hint of cynicism or derivation.

As impressive as Edwards» low - budget effects are in «Monsters,» it's their performances that make the film so effective — Able was sympathetic, steely and vulnerable, while McNairy brought an unusual energy and a certain cynicism to his role, so it's no surprise that it has led to great things for the duo.

While effectively expressing some obvious cynicism about hypocrisy in contemporary television, the film can't grasp the tonal dexterity necessary with such hot - button material, and instead drowns in sanctimony.

We watch as he battles the cynicism of the music industry while simultaneously taking it by storm, and how his relationship with Kathy Etchingham (Imogen Poots) begins to fall apart as his star becomes known.

These are the ten films from this past year, however, that moved me most of all — the ones that inspired me, filled me with hope, and reinvigorated my sense of purpose while the world threatened to crush it with cynicism and negativity.

The French is the more precise, referring to the dispirited state of radicals following the events of May, 1968, while Thunderclap Newman's yearning anthem about armed insurrection evokes only a roughly simpatico version of late -»60s American idealism falling into»70s cynicism.

I kind of respect it, even while I can feel the cynicism of the storytelling choices coursing through my body.

Screenwriters Strong and Craig ditch the propaganda speechifying that bogged down the previous film, while returning director Francis Lawrence doesn't allow Collins» pointed cynicism about political leaders to overshadow the fast - paced and exciting action sequences.

My cynicism was driven partly by my own experience working with several of ASI's units, before and after they acquired them (back when I worked for Writer's Digest in 2007 - 2008), and partly based on their relatively low revenues of $ 100m in 2011, spread across 11 different brands and services, while employing 1,600 + people in Bloomington, Indiana and Cebu City, the Philippines.

For reasons I will not go into right now, my main band — Cynicism Management — has been quiet for a while.

Placing cynicism aside, it's still possible for travel writers to write with integrity while we're «selling» a place to our readers.

Eventually I moved on, as over the past weeks and months a miasma of cynicism set in over the state of the MMO genre, ushering me out from my chosen genre and into story - driven single - player games like Telltale's Game of Thrones, 80 Days, Life is Strange, and even a bird dating simulator known as Hatoful Boyfriend — I swear this one is better than it sounds — and little did I know, all the while I was playing these games, a pretty enjoyable story experience was growing in my own genre.

While Anne Pasternak, director of the Brooklyn Museum, who was not involved with the award, acknowledged «a growing cynicism about prizes» in general, she said that «having major artists come talk about their work and all the things connected with a prize is very inspiring to a local arts scene.»

Flood flatters their cynicism about the art scene, while letting them know that he cares, honest.

Mundopa's use of colour is raw emotion; impassioned with anger, cynicism and compassion, while the lines are suggestive of «control».

With humor and cynicism, Lamdark's conceptual disco mocks the Chinese cultural invasion of Tibet, while graphically commenting on the tragic self - immolation of Tibetan monks in response to their oppression.

A monumental sculptural installation by Nancy Rubins and a large group exhibition titled Denial Is A River explore our collective iconography as it has been built up by the mass market throughout the last decade through physical and intellectual deconstruction, while suggesting new meanings with wit and cynicism.

But among these potential supporters, intense negativity and extreme polarization on issues like climate reinforce feelings of cynicism and inefficacy while likely adding to the propensity to tune out the debate.

This animated ad grabs attention through entertaining visuals and an engaging voiceover while ultimately positioning the law firm as a viable ally when dealing with cynicism and questions about insurance companies.

After a while, you start to recognize one of the key defining attributes of what separates a good lawyer from a bad lawyer is cynicism.

While that is true when you are strictly in bitcoin, it's worth maintaining some cynicism and thinking about the costs involved in the «on» and «off» ramp getting from sovereign currencies into bitcoin and back.

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