Sentences with phrase «defined by my story»

The public's image of the vehicles will be defined by stories like the crash in Tempe, said Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor who studies self - driving vehicles.

If the moral philosophers, theologians, and others are right, however, our society is equally united and defined by the story we collectively tell and live.

Not exact matches

Quill turns boring numbers into written communication that seems human and natural — a story — and Hammond says the results are guaranteed to adhere to the truth as defined by the data.

Success stories like Harrison's are few and far between for social entrepreneurs, defined as «someone who targets an unfortunate but stable equilibrium that causes the neglect, marginalization, or suffering of a segment of humanity; who brings to bear on this situation his or her inspiration, direct action, creativity, courage, and fortitude; and who aims for and ultimately affects the establishment of a new stable equilibrium that secures permanent benefit for the targeted group and society at large,» by Roger L. Martin and Sally Osberg in a 2007 Stanford University report titled «Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.»

It seems counterintuitive to define your own success, when you're bombarded by ads and stories all day long of what success means.

Organic reach, as defined by Facebook is «the number of unique people who saw your post in News Feed or on your Page, including people who saw it from a story shared by a friend when they liked, commented on or shared your post, answered a question or responded to an event.»

And good characters are defined by being accessible: The audience must be able to see through their eyes and live in their shoes, or the story falls flat.

who defines what that means is another story... believe what and why and for who??? By the way there NP — being outside the constraints is so freeing!!!!

This strikes me as an important and refreshing message to send to girls, who are bombarded with stories and images that reinforce the notion that a woman's identity is defined by her appearance and her ability to snag a man.

Israel asked for a King, so God reluctantly granted their wish... Interesting how in every story about the Israelites, they become defined by whoever was their leader at the time.

Insofar as cultures are defined by their dominant stories, premodern Western Civilization was a biblical civilization.

If objectivity is defined as what underpins the «one true story position often taken by science or theology, then the answer is No.

Our story has been a confusing one: best defined by an exhausting game of red light, green light.

The groups have «renamed the category formerly known as «Bible Antagonists» as «Bible Skeptics,» and now define the category as people who «selected the most negative or non-sacred view of the Bible from five options, saying they believe the Bible is just another book of teachings written by men, containing stories and advice.»

The Gospel is defined by the apostles in 1 Corinthians 15 as the completion of the Story of Israel in the saving Story of Jesus 2.

A myth he defined as a story wholly created by devout imagination on the basis of an original idea.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

A religious end or aim is defined by a set of practices, images, stories and concepts which has three characteristics.

FYI covers a range of stories and experiences that reflect how people actually live their lives today, not defined by just one passion or interest.

But WVU's story has been defined by a defense that has allowed just 23 points in three games.

They may have some hormonal ups and downs, but just as women don't appreciate being grouped together and defined by exaggerated stories of PMS and men don't like every decision they make in middle - age to be labeled evidence of a midlife crisis, teens don't deserve that kind of disrespectful stereotyping, either.

UPDATE, 10/4/10: The story has been amended to reflect that although mass produced chicken nuggets at large may contain mechanically separated chicken, McDonald's famous McNuggets no longer do contain «mechanically separated poultry as defined by the federal government.

The process of diagnostic assessment, as guided by DSM defined disorders, may limit our ability to listen to the story and gain a full understanding of a child's experience.

Democrats and Republicans are mounting a fierce battle to shape voter impressions of Congress during August's political lull, convinced that they must define the story line of the 2008 congressional election before voters are swamped by the presidential campaign.

While it wasn't the lede in many of today's SOS stories — many of which were written by male political reporters — it could be a defining agenda piece of Cuomo's first term.

Unfortunately, your story is not unusual, though, so I should probably start this column by defining more precisely what I mean when I say «speculative applications.»

«When we think about quality of life for older adults, and improving quality of life, it seems like targeting the individual is only part of the story, and our findings suggests that for older adults, a larger part of individual well - being is defined by our partner's health and cognitive functioning as well,» said UA psychologist David Sbarra, a co-author of the paper, which will be published in Psychology and Aging, a journal of the American Psychological Association.

Meng Zhang's vision is to inspire by bringing psychedelic bursts of colors and shapes to unique oriental prints, allowing each and every piece to tell a story that defines her world of modern luxury living.

The film traces the Tiffany story from its origins with the Tiffany family to the modern day globally desired brand including the story behind the iconic Tiffany Blue color as defined by the Pantone Color Institute's custom color program.

The characters as are so well defined by this season that there is no drop in the believability and this balanced as the writing hasn't slacked due to that knowledge and given lackluster story with the expectations that these set ideas will balance it out.

Like the films by the aforementioned Apatow, it's a «guy movie,» which means that they men all have nuanced personalities, while the women display only one defined trait to push the story along for the men, whether it be sexiness or shrewishness.

Hollywood has always been a famously middlebrow place, but the grand irony of «The Shape of Water» taking best picture is that it's a love story, and Hollywood is virtually defined by love stories, yet this one is decorated in so much magical - realist bric - a-brac that it gets you to do everything but swoon.

A former superhero whose career has been defined by that one role isn't far from Keaton's own story, making Birdman a film that explores «truth» in the very way its characters wish to in their play.

One of the many reasons that «Heat» works so well is because it clearly defines the code by which each of its two protagonists operates, and then builds the story, and the action, outward from there.

Thanks to career - defining performances, a subtle and elegant screenplay by James Ivory (Maurice) and intelligent, playfully seductive direction by Luca Guadagnino, who also made I Am Love and A Bigger Splash, the movie, a gay coming - of - age story, is a more than worthy companion piece to Moonlight, Brokeback Mountain and Carol.

A powerful film that encompasses two stories: a community that refused to be defined by tragedy, and the transformative power of the arts.

The screenplay is the first by James C. Strouse, and despite it being clear the themes and archetypes that attracted Buscemi to the story, the finished film features vaguely defined characters that never become fully believable.

The Last of Us ™ is a genre - defining experience blending survival and action elements to tell a character driven story about a population decimated by a modern plague.

Not wanting to be defined by Birdman, Riggan is going to show the world what a true talent he is, putting on a Broadway show adapting a short story, «What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,» by Raymond Carver.

It's another classic Disney story where the protagonist is repeatedly shot down (her parents tell her to give up on her dreams, her water buffalo police chief played by Idris Elba has no confidence in her and assigns her to be a meter maid, and more) except with a much more defined and well - written character at the center.

This will be Steven Spielberg's own love letter to a pop culture that he helped define by bringing this story to the big screen.

Written by aviator - turned - author John Monk Saunders (of Wings and The Dawn Patrol fame) and directed by German émigré William Dieterle, the film lacks a strong central personality and mostly meanders through the middle but that easy rhythm and directionless story defines their whole situation and sets up the devastating third act, where the group travels to Lisbon for the bullfights.

Nier Automata combines various game play environments into one, backed by a intuitive set of characters who's story defines the game objectives.

Ultimately, The Danish Girl is suffocated by the staggering performances that define it while the complexity of the story it tells remains, sadly, elusive.

Linklater uses era - defining music as a sort of bookmark for time, shaping his stories around cultural happenings as defined by what was playing on the radio.

And how he is determined not to let his worthy film be defined by that case, lest it detract from his mission to use Turner's story as a catalyst for discussion on the turbulence between blacks and whites that has roiled major cities across the country this year.

De Rochemont's background informed the film: it was based on a true story and largely shot on location, and the espionage drama, which was defined as much by the workaday procedure of the American agents as by the melodramatic storyline and the exotic danger of covert spies and double agents, was framed by authoritative narration.

But the film is never defined by these politics; instead, Hornby feels his ways into the story and resists the urge to turn his heroine into a symbol, an icon, or anything less than a human being.

The film's framing device, in which Clooney's Frank (whose childhood was defined by time spent in Tomorrowland) and Casey jointly tell the story, is mildly humorous but also shows signs of trouble.

Within the story world of A Quiet Place, they're wholly defined by their primary relationships (parents, spouses, children) and their attempts to survive under a «new normal:» Any sharp, distinct sound can lead to almost certain death and dismemberment (not necessarily in that order).