Sentences with phrase «dreams of a big house»

When the direction of our lives — not our geographical location, but our inner direction — is dictated by the compensation or prestige levels of employment, or by our dreams of a bigger house or new car or nice vacation trip or comfortable retirement, then we have chosen to place these first and God second, and the god we worship is not God.

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Elaborating on this premise, Vanderkam interrogates how happy expensive aspects of the traditional American dream like the big house in the «burbs really make us, and concludes that in general we underspend on experiences like learning and travel and overspend on material goods.

Well, when some of your life goals include big dreams like buying a house, owning property, or preparing for a family, financial planning is key to making sure you're never stuck without a backup.

At the very least, it's awoken us from our national fever dream of easy riches and bigger houses, and put a necessary end to an era of reckless personal spending.

Patterson, who is from Toledo, Ohio and said he dreamed of playing in the Big House, has several connections to the Wolverines and the Mitten state.

The BBC has a preview of what the Prime Minister will say: «A fair society is one where everyone who works hard and plays by the rules has a chance to fulfil their dreams whether that's owning a bigger house, taking a holiday abroad, buying a new car or starting a small business.

The President mentioned in his speech to both houses of Congress that, «American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream.»

That's on my list of things to include in my dream house (which also includes a sauna, big windows, a pottery studio, heated floors and a room for yoga).

Well, being the good big sister that I am, I finally conceded, just like the time I actually played Barbies with her for a few minutes, instead of just decorating the Barbie dream house.

It's such a big dream of ours to own a house here one day, but for now we are taking it slow and trying to explore different neighborhoods to see what suits us best.

I had dreamed of having a house with a big porch for years.

You'd like to skip through the parks, run along the beaches, start dreaming of houses and kids and eventually plan a big ol' wedding together.

The two main performances are excellent: Lange plays the singer without a hint of condescension to her dreams of «a big house with yellow roses», while Harris is persuasively menacing, with an inventively foul mouth.

Lady Bird (and her mom) dream of living in the big houses they can only walk past — or tour when up for sale as if they would ever be able to make an offer.

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There are walking tours of the city devoted to the film, showcasing sites like Thrift Town, or the big blue house that serves as Lady Bird's dream home, and the city's tourism board have called the film «a little gem that drops out of the sky.»

At the beginning, when Belle (Emma Watson) walks out of her house and wanders through the village singing «Belle,» that lovely lyrical meet - the - day ode that mingles optimism with a yearning for something more, the shots and beats are all in place, the spirit is there, you can see within 15 seconds that Emma Watson has the perfect perky soulfulness to bring your dream of Belle to life — and still, the number feels like something out of one of those overly bustling big - screen musicals from the late»60s that helped to bury the studio system.

Rose, who is locked up in a house in New Jersey — but in 1927 — also plots an escape to the Big Apple, dreaming of seeing her idol, film actress Lillian Mayhew.

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Writers who self - publish — and even those who contract with traditional publishing houses — often dream of a big ROI (return on investment) for paid book advertising.

Imagine this: after years of perfecting your craft and building an audience in the independent publishing world you finally land that contract you've always dreamed of with one of the big five publishing houses.

Dreams of a big publishing house marketing you all over radio, TV, print, the Internet, and billboards across North America are largely unrealistic.

The Martian Started as a Self - Published Book (All Things Considered, NPR): «Self - published authors often dream of snagging a big contract with a major publishing house.

His obsessive love will also take him to the demimonde of Istanbul film circles (where he promises to make Füsun a star), a scene of seedy bars, run - down cheap hotels, and small men with big dreams doomed to bitter failure.In his feckless pursuit, Kemal becomes a compulsive collector of objects that chronicle his lovelorn progress and his afflicted heart's reactions: anger and impatience, remorse and humiliation, deluded hopes of recovery, and daydreams that transform Istanbul into a cityscape of signs and specters of his beloved, from whom now he can extract only meaningful glances and stolen kisses in cars, movie houses, and shadowy corners of parks.

House of Earth, inspired by Guthrie's own experiences, is a social realist novel about West Texas farmers Tike and Ella May Hamlin, whose simple dream of a house built of earth is thwarted by big business and greedy landlHouse of Earth, inspired by Guthrie's own experiences, is a social realist novel about West Texas farmers Tike and Ella May Hamlin, whose simple dream of a house built of earth is thwarted by big business and greedy landlhouse built of earth is thwarted by big business and greedy landlords.

I've also had two literary agents, the last having a stable of award - winning authors and multi-book deals with the Big 5 publishing houses, but I released her of her contract to use a fabulous entertainment lawyer to negotiate the dream movie deal for me.

Authors dream of being picked up by large publishing house with visions of a big advance on royalties.

When I was four, we moved out of our house in Laconia into a big old farmhouse (my mom's long - time dream).

Thanks for making those of us who likely will never see the imprint of a big house on our publications continue dreaming our dreams.

He also dreamed of founding a town there that would resemble the sort of company - based community he had helped to establish in the U.S. Over a span of 18 years, Ford worked to fulfill this vision, sinking big money into the town, which was equipped with a golf course, movie theaters and Cape Cod - inspired houses.

Despite all the excitement about self - publishing these days — and I'm a big proponent — many writers still dream of being published by a big house like St. Martin's Press or a prestigious literary publisher like Algonquin or Bloomsbury.

What I mean by that is that I wanted to be «big enough,» I guess, that a publishing house would pull out all the stops and give my book all the promotion, packaging, and editing that writers dream of books getting.

Of course, all of us dream of having their own house, a big car and all other material things to enjoy our life to the fullesOf course, all of us dream of having their own house, a big car and all other material things to enjoy our life to the fullesof us dream of having their own house, a big car and all other material things to enjoy our life to the fullesof having their own house, a big car and all other material things to enjoy our life to the fullest.

For my wife and me, the dream of a house with a big, wonderful garden is deeply rooted and in fact, buying our first real estate object is an incredibly exciting goal we pursue.

Stephanie Barker did, but the senior vice president at Arm Energy also recognized a big opportunity to own the house of her dreams — a four - bedroom, custom - built, one - owner with a large backyard and a converted attic office space.

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«The once desolate desert lands of Las Vegas are now heaving with swanky hotels, vast casinos and millions of tourists dreaming of making it big, forgetting the key rule that the house always wins.

Describing it sounds curiously like recounting an odd dream: «First, there was this big stone corridor and a cavern full of houses, and I went inside one and it was a lava bookstore full of demons and the lava sucked at my feet, and there was a key on a pedestal and, and --»

, you are lying on the floor of your place looking up, a small draft runs through the room, between the door and the window, and all things seem perfectly still, wind only disturbs concrete in imperceptible ways, or it may take millions of years to be noticed and, as the air runs through the space, all your plants move and all is animated and all is alive somehow, and here are the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, and that wind upon your plants is the common air that bathes the globe, and we have no ambitions of universalism, and I'm glad we don't, but the particles of air bring traces of pollen and are charged with electricity, desert sand, maybe sea water, and these particles were somewhere else before they were dragged here, and their route will not end by the door of this house, and if we tell each other stories, one can imagine that they might have been bathed by this same air, regrouped and recombined, recharged as a vehicle for sound, swirling as it moves, bringing the sound of a drum, like that Kabuki story where a fox recognizes the voice of its parents as a girl plays a drum made out of their skin, or any other event, and yet I always felt your work never tells stories, I tend to think that narrative implies a past tense, even if that past was just five seconds ago, one second ago was already the past, and human memory is irrelevant in geological time, plants and fish know not what tomorrow will bring, neither rocks nor metal do, but we all live here now, and we all need visions and we all need dreams, and as long as your metal sculptures vibrate they are always in the Present, and their past is a material truth alien to narrative, but well, maybe narrative does not imply a past tense at all and they are writing their own story while they gently move and breathe, and maybe nothing was really still before the wind came in, passing through the window as if through an irrational portal to make those plants dance, but everything was already moving and breathing in near complete silence, and if you're focused enough you can feel the pulse of a concrete wall and you can feel the tectonic movements of the earth, and you can hear the magma flowing under our feet and our bones crackling like a wild fire, and you can see the light of fireflies reflected in polished metal, and there is nothing magical about that, it is just the way things are, and sometimes we have to raise our voice because the music is too loud and let your clothes move to a powerful bass, sound waves and bright lights, powerful like the sun, blinding us if we stare for too long, but isn't it the biggest sign of love, like singing to a corn field, and all acts of kindness that are not pitiful nor utilitarian, that are truly horizontal as everything around us is impregnated with the deadliest violence, vertical and systemic, poisonous, and sometimes you just want to feel the sun burning your skin and look for life in all things declared dead, a kind of vitality that operates like corrosion, strong as the wind near the sea, transforming all things,

What I learned over the course of the weekend, talking with dozens of people, is that many Texans have BIG imaginations and they're dreaming up awesome tiny homes and tiny house communities.

Conditioned to want more and more, many have succumbed to the American Dream spoon - fed to us by advertising agencies, but by redefining what is meant by «more,» people like Adam Money and Cynthia Aimo are reserving less for big houses and more for their own bigger dreams of the future.

Designing and building a massive temple to modernism with an emphasis on reduced energy consumption is more common than ever, and, the question of big expanses of glass notwithstanding, it is possible to build dream homes that meet the passive house standard.

My daughter and I have been dreaming of owning two tiny house (one each) for over a year now but it seems that the prices just keep getting bigger for less space.

Paired with his expert 3D drawing and design skills, this guys has an arsenal of tools to bring to life your big dream of a tiny house.

«It was a big contrast with a lot of the jobs I do for clients, where I'm building their dream house and it tends to be complicated and unusual.

Having moved into his «dream house», cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has now secured his five - storey Bandra residence with a staggering Rs 100 crore insurance cover — one of the biggest insurance deals by an individual.

There's the artist who dreams of painting in the attic of a big house with just the right light coming through the window.

If your listings include a town house on the water, you're selling a property that enables a couple in their 60s who have sold their big house in the suburbs to be able to enjoy the lifestyle they've always dreamed of.

Put big, beautiful photos of your dream house on the refrigerator or in your office workspace — and wrap a small one around the primary credit card in your wallet.

«Many areas exist outside of the Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest where tech folks can find both their dream job and the home of their dreams,» says Grant Simmons, VP at Homes.com, «Cities like Denver not only offer tech - focused career opportunities, but also more bang for their housing buck, great schools, and lifestyle options that suit both small - town and big - city appetites.»