Sentences with phrase «defy everything»

«I attempt to be defined by nothing and to defy everything,» says the artist.

«This is a total disregard for science, reality, and history, and their actions defy everything we know.

Defying something doesn't not necessarily mean defying everything.

«It defies everything this country is about.»

But a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE paints a warmer, less macabre picture that defies everything researchers know about these creatures.

He climbed the northwest face of Yosemite's Half Dome and the Moonlight Buttress in Utah's Zion National Park — both climbs that, according to his peer and fellow climber Peter Mortimer, «defied everything that we are trained, and brought up and genetically engineered to think.»

Had that film won, it would have defied everything I know about the Oscar race.

Even setting aside my opinion that it's Anderson's coldest and least funny work to date, the film defies everything we know about commercial filmmaking, using an eclectic cast light on star power, an eccentric title, a period setting, international flavor, an R rating, and a versatile narrative that seems secondary to production design.

Even if it is, it can't change the wonder of Toy Story 3, a transcendent would - be finale that defied everything we know about entertainment life cycles and lapses.

Defying everything scientists understand about oversaturation, TT Games» licensed Lego adventures have lost little of their charm over the last 12 years despite inundating us with nearly 30 releases, from Lego Star Wars to Lego Dimensions.

The mantra that «all children can learn to the same high levels,» said Shanker, «is news to parents, teachers, and the public; it defies everything we know and appreciate about human differences.»

SB 808 is a proposed bill that defies everything the U.S. stands for - due process.

Defying everything I'd been encouraged to fear about Fiskers and electric cars, we traveled home twenty - one miles without incident and in superior comfort.

Permanence just defies everything».

I remember Yves Klein's show making a lot of impression on me because it just defied everything I knew about art.

Not exact matches

You must prepare for everything and defy anything that gets in your way.

One can live on little food, but not on none; one can defy his environment, but never wholly escape social claims; one can get more education, but can never know everything; one can live to a ripe old age, but eventually the grim reaper comes his way.

Yet the country is, perhaps unavoidably, being subjected to confusing messages: be vigilant but not afraid; be prepared to sacrifice, but do your patriotic duty by going on a shopping spree; everything is different now, but defy the enemy by returning to business as usual.

Moving from an old style evangelical faith to one which defies description was only possible when I realised that God is infinite and so it is impossible to know everything about Him.

I tried lighting candles, I tried «praying» to «satan», I tried everything I could think of for one little physics defying stunt.

It defies all logic to suggest that something can come from nothing; yet science can not get us «behind» that something from which everything came.

Nothing that has happened in the agricultural revolution of the last 50 years has disproved or invalidated these requirements, though everything that has happened has ignored or defied them.

Second tale: Defying all the best previous research on how readily people change their opinions, a young PhD student in political science at a top research university teams up with a senior scholar in his field at another top school to publish a brief report in America's leading scholarly scientific journal that upends everything we thought we knew about the subject.

I wanted so badly to defy gravity this weekend and do everything except lay face down in a pillow in my fluffy hot bed all day but sometimes the universe has other plans.

Still, she was overreacting to everything, shrieking constantly, defying my authority and being generally naughty.

Water droplets defy predictions, potentially offering insights to everything from fire - retardant fabrics to fuel cells

History is rife with individuals who, after being told they would never succeed in life or achieve their goals, defied all the naysayers by accomplishing everything they had originally set out to do and more.

In an OFM world most everything defies the conventional science, however, if you look closer this approach makes a lot of sense.

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The technique works to defy gravity by tapering everything in and lifting it up!

Still, she was overreacting to everything, shrieking constantly, defying my authority and being generally naughty.

Tracking patterns is near impossible, I've found, since everything defies gravity with it.

This age defy solutions travel kit would also take care of pretty much everything you would need for skincare in one fell swoop.

In an age where demographics and target audiences are everything, The Arbor is a film which genuinely defies genre.

Most of the other games out there are pretty unrealistic but this one defies beleief, It should be called HALO in military costumes, you have to shoot anything and everything as if they had steel skin.

The problem devastates their family and defies cultural expectations, leaving Adenike to make a shocking decision that could fix everything or destroy her family.

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary and uplifting story of one of the world's greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, and of two people defying the steepest of odds through love.

Ultimately his father risks everything to protect Alton and help fulfill a destiny that could change the world forever, in this genre — defying film as supernatural as it is intimately human.

The Park City at Midnight selection features everything from horror flicks to comedies to works that defy any genre, these unruly films will keep you edge - seated and wide awake.

With stunning performances by three leading ladies, Julianne Nicholson, Margo Martindale, and Lorraine Toussaint, breaking barriers and defying societal «norms» is everything we need to see right now.

In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path... or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.

by Angelo Muredda The apocalypse becomes an occasion for everything from learning what makes humans tick to getting to know the distant alien who is your significant other in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's genre - defying twentieth feature Before We Vanish, which might be most firmly characterized as a black comedy if it weren't so puckishly sunny.

Nocturnal Animals defies this notion, across the board and filmmaking departments, everything is sensational.

No, it's no BMW or Porsche or Alfa Romeo «sport / activity vehicle,» and that may place it in your mind on the wrong side of Automobile's «No Boring Cars» credo, but if like me, you're wary and weary of those European automakers and their attempts to defy their centers of gravity to make their SUVs handle «almost like a sports car,» you might see the 2018 Buick Enclave Avenir as a worthy do - almost - everything garage mate for your Toyota 86 / Subaru BRZ or Miata / Fiata or Porsche Boxster / Cayman.

In letters to her soon - to - be-adopted sibling, Sara explains how, defying her parents, she becomes friends with the birth mother, Iris, and ruins everything.

My Motorola Defy does everything the tablet can do, just on a much smaller screen.

But like most everything in his life, Kent defied the odds and is now, forty - nine years old.

The strong currents of the outer reefs bring nutrient rich waters from thousands of miles around, and in turn, lure in some of the most diverse life in the ocean, including everything from macro life to pelagic spectacles that defy the eye.

Everything came together in a way that defied everyone's expectations.

Defying all expectations, BioWare managed to take one of the most memorable Western RPGs in recent history and completely destroyed everything that made it so good.