Sentences with phrase «dictated by our choices»

It looks at time, how our perception of time is dictated by our choices and the way we live, and what we appreciate within those ticking seconds.

Every character in the film makes choices, and the film's commitment to its South Boston framework continually asks — as smalltime private eye Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) does in his opening voice - over — whether those choices are what define us or not, and whether they are «real» choices at all, or are already determined by the nature of the chooser, dictated by the choices he didn't make.

there are a few other new elements, of course, many of which have been dictated by the choice of setting.

Even your «love interest» is dictated by choices made from previous games, though I was able to participate in multiple «loves scenes» with multiple partners (not at the same time, as this isn't Cinemax) for the first time ever.

Dictated by his choice of insurance company?

Not exact matches

Often, your choice of a distribution plan will be dictated — or at least strongly influenced — by various factors relating to your product, your customers and the way they'll use it.

The lawsuit notes that, since the TDPs and the Diversified Fund invest in these underlying funds in an amount determined by the investment committee, it is the investment committee that manages and dictates participants» assets allocated to each fund, and not the participants» choice.

The nature of significant freedom dictates that God's creative choices are limited by the decisions which he knows free creatures would make if created (NN 169 - 84).

Steven thanks for your testimony I agree with your view that homosexuality is not an orientation we are not born that way but its a choice.We can choose to live by what our flesh dictates or we can live by what God reveals through his word and by his holy spirit.If we are serious about following God we chose to follow him so it does nt matter whether gay or straight our choice is to follow God with all our heart.I have never been gay but have battled and was overcome by my fleshly desires not until i turned from them and asked the holy spirit to help me have i been changed for that i will always be grateful to the Lord.So in that sense we are no different our testimonys are important and are powerful.Thank you for your witness and may the Lord continue to use you as his vessel to touch lives and hearts for him.brentnz

But psychologically this dichotomic process, whereby at each point of choice something like a new spiritual species breaks away, is influenced throughout by a final orientation which qualifies or obscurely dictates each of the earlier choices: «In what direction and in what form are we to look for this new state of being which we expect to be born of our future development?

Remember that we all came from the same place, we are here now sharing this Earth, and we will go back to where we came from very soon... So lets spend our time wisely... We must use the gift given to us and choose to think for ourselves, by not allowing the past or others to dictate how we should live our lives... lets practice recognizing ourselves in each other... It may not always be easy... but each new day we can choose it... and that choice has an intrinsic value, upon which great things will be borne...

The nation is threatened by «moral zealots» who want to dictate all manner of life choices according to their strict neo-Puritan prejudices.

By allowing the church to dictate what they cover is taking away that choice.

I like to serve crisps with whipped cream, ever so lightly sweetened and fortified with a nip of spirits dictated by the fruit of choice.

Le Coq is a great players in the making but he's way far from being in the same league as some of the other choices that Dechamps has available and this is indicative of the Arsenal problem, half our Squad are not good enough to make thier national sides despite what Le Fraud says about them, lets not forget Cabaye was in our sites ubntil we offered a lower sum than what the magpies wanted and now he's at Palace Le Coq himself was farmed out to Charlton with a view to being dropped by Wenger, circumstances dictated that he had to come back to us and yes he has made an impact but he's NOT as good as is available currently and thats my point.

When I interviewed Eric Anderson, an American sociologist at England's University of Winchester, a few years ago, when his provocative book, The Monogamy Gap: Men, Love, and the Reality of Cheating, was published, I was disturbed by his claim that cheating is a rational choice for people constrained by the social dictate of monogamy.

By including them in the choices (rather than dictating exactly what they eat all of the time), I am helping them to learn to take personal responsibility toward make good choices.

Under the guise of a capitalist property - owning democracy we have gradually re-institutionalized corruption and allowed a select few to monopolise resources and by virtue of that become political kingmakers who dictate even the choice of constituency party executives.

A Strategic Defence and Security Review in which hard choices were dictated by the deficit, and in particular by Labour's overcommitted defence equipment programme, was always going to upset those parts of the forces which lost out.

It remains to be seen, however, whether the bowerbird traditions exist because males are copying the decoration selection made by their more successful neighbors or whether the preferences of females dictate the males» choices of ornamentation.

Again, my choices in applying for and accepting these positions were not dictated by my race or gender.

Her choice was dictated by the fact that her husband, also a scientist, had finished his Ph.D. months earlier and had already landed a post in France.

In choreography the goal is artistic expression and choices are dictated by -LSB-...]

In choreography the goal is artistic expression and choices are dictated by elegance and aesthetic appeal.

The choice is not just dictated by the day's weather — it's about my mood, the role I have to play and the people I have to meet.

Our week was a whirlwind of activity and outfit choices were dictated by comfort and practicality rather than style.

The elephant painting (painted by one of the roommates) you see above, along with the existing gold mirror dictated my color choices.

As the spring is quickly approaching and our fashion choices are no longer completely dictated by the weather, here at FTD we are so excited to see that floral is the new black.

Your fashion choices shouldn't be dictated by who you are going to see, who you are with or the people you surround yourself with.

Whenever he showed a measure of restraint (e.g., X-Men: First Class), it was less by choice or preference than studio dictate, meaning the Kingsman series falls squarely on Vaughan's shoulders.

If I do say so, I've experienced some success with topical differentiation (giving students choice when it comes to the topics they explore) and learning style differentiation (providing activities that appeal to the spectrum of learning styles), but readiness differentiation — instruction dictated by a student's readiness, or ability, to comprehend a concept or develop a skill — has presented a much bigger challenge.

Each man's moral choices is dictated by the era in which they live.

The size of your spine is dictated by the number of pages, and your paper choices, and other factors, so I can't say what it will be.

The readers» choices are no longer be dictated by the traditional publishers.

To be fair though, Samsung has been offering three color choices in most of its products, and its choices, like Apple's, are more dictated by consumer demand than anything else.

He was presented with the choice of repurchasing his firm at the price dictated by the parent or being shut - down.

The state does not allow filers to use federal exemptions for assets, so their choice is dictated by state bankruptcy exemption laws alone.

To fend off that feeling, let your spending choices be dictated by your financial goals — not peer pressure.

The choice of which is usually dictated by the looseness of the joint, and the dog's size and age.

My choice of what type of booking to make and where to stay is strongly dictated by who I'm traveling with (if anyone).

The choices open to you are dictated by a set of role - playing game style stats, which indicate your current level of empathy, courage, and knowledge.

The choice of regional Comic Reader software is dictated by the PSP's firmware region, and can not be chosen.

Unlike most of the art holdings amassed by his high profile collector colleagues, his choices were not dictated by art advisors or influenced by art world trends.

The choice is dictated to some extent by the fact that Newman worked at times with extreme formats — canvas widths fluctuating between 18 feet and 1 1/2 inches — which defy appropriate reproduction, particularly in this medium, as does the subtlety of the facture of his paintings.

First, you have the socio - economic uncertainties (which dictate emissions and CO2 growth rates, etc) and is mostly determined by human political choices.

The proposition that «science» somehow dictated particular policy responses, encouraged — indeed instructed — those who found those particular strategies unattractive to argue about the science.36 So, a distinctive characteristic of the climate change debate has been of scientists claiming with the authority of their position that their results dictated particular policies; of policy makers claiming that their preferred choices were dictated by science, and both acting as if «science» and «policy» were simply and rigidly linked as if it were a matter of escaping from the path of an oncoming tornado.

I think we have gone beyond fighting and insulting those clowns at Westiminster, and instead we are now able to make conscious choices and put our money where our values are, and this, ultimately will dictate the future, NOT decisions made in Westminster, but by the way we spend our money and the choices we make.

«So, a distinctive characteristic of the climate change debate has been of scientists claiming with the authority of their position that their results dictated particular policies; of policy makers claiming that their preferred choices were dictated by science, and both acting as if «science» and «policy» were simply and rigidly linked as if it were a matter of escaping from the path of an oncoming tornado.»

Human rights are far from universal, and individuals who believe that religious mandates trump individual rights are plentiful and all too often in power, attempting to actually institute the horror that is Old Testament law, literally applied, but fortunately «the West» remains steadfastly in favor of heresy and an individual's right to choose what to believe (including the choice to believe nothing at all) and the individual's right to not have their moral behavior dictated in law and enforced by threat of violence by a set of religious rules with which they do not agree.

Even precise and unequivocal knowledge of future temperatures, if available, would not by itself dictate a precise and unequivocal course of action to governments — not even on basic strategic choices of prevention or adaptation.