You alienate yourself, your intimate relationship with your partner or spouse becomes strained, and you live in an unhealthy fantasy world that no real person can
ever live up to.
But can
it ever live up to the marketing materials and spec sheets?
When almost four years» events transpire between releases of a particular franchise, can the newest entry
ever live up to the hype?
While other companies tried to copy the game's winning formula - there were Wild West, Star Trek, and Robin Hood - themed Commandos clones - none of these games could
ever live up to the original.
No Kuvasz could
ever live up to Katie, but a GBGV, we have plenty of room for one of this breed!
Will the Captain
ever live up to his potential?
But the storyline itself doesn't quite
ever live up to the characters that inhabit it.
Despite all the flowers, cards and sappy commercials, that second Sunday in May is the one day of the year that makes many women question if they'll
ever live up to the ideal of the perfect parent.
Some WAY members make the conscious decision that they will never date anyone else again, because they feel that nobody could
ever live up to the partner they have lost.
Turns out, this one was cut for a bigger bust than I will
ever live up to!
But a series of setbacks has taken the shine off, and many researchers now doubt it will
ever live up to its early promise.
How in the world could anyone
ever live up to the wonder of your first born?
No human being could
ever live up to this, and what's more, it's not good for the kid.
The hype and the money of a pro bowl, maybe even all - pro, player and doesn't
ever live up to it.
Considering the fact that he is probably as healthy now as he is ever going to be again in life, is it time to start wondering if he'll
ever live up to his tremendous abilities?
How will
I ever live up to her standards?
If I try to be you, or you try to be me, neither of us will
ever live up to our God - given potential, and we will never be able to help each other in our battle against sin and Satan.
And iCloud, the company's service to back up photos, video, documents and user settings over the Internet, has laboured for years to meet Apple's «It Just Works» standard without
ever living up to expectations (internal frustration with the situation boiled over last fall when Apple insiders talked — anonymously — to reporter Jessica E. Lessin at tech news site The Information about the business unit's disarray).
No restaurant pie has
ever lived up to Elsie's.
I just don't see how he's
ever lived up to his hype.
Whether
he ever lives up to his potential or not, he's a major threat on the perimeter to blow past everyone on every play.
By then, I've built it up so much in my mind that no occasion
ever lives up to the right moment and it goes unworn.
And then there's yesterday's best of breed Cavalier title winner; honestly I despair of the Kennel Club
ever living up to their claim to be «the UK's largest organisation dedicated to protecting and promoting the health and welfare of all dogs.»
Not exact matches
Here are a few things I learned at the J.P. Morgan Health Conference this week: (1) Vice-presidential motorcades tie
up as much traffic as presidential ones; (2) San Francisco hotels have no compunction about charging pharma - sphere prices, especially when the city is overrun by pharma executives; (3) no one will
ever know if you brought more than one blue blazer
to a four - day meeting; and (4) in my next
life I want
to come back as Bryan Roberts.
Masciovecchio, who was born in the nearby village of Paganica, says he has lost all hope of
ever returning
to his former home and speaks bitterly as he walks around the boarded
up houses and debris in the narrow streets where he used
to live.
One of the fastest - growth, opportunity - rich, ill - defined industries
ever is and will be the independent
living industry, where products and services devoted
to supporting seniors in
living on their own their entire
lives will converge and synergistically integrate in new ways, and entirely new businesses or modes of conducting business will rise
up.
Cruz — at 5 - foot - 7 and 120 pounds — was scrawny, and rarely, if
ever, felt comfortable with other kids, either in his Parkland neighborhood or at Stoneman Douglas, according
to Paul Gold, who
lived next door
to the Cruz family and remained in touch with Nikolas
up until his mother's funeral in November.
That spring, before anyone had
ever heard of Satoshi Nakamoto or Bitcoin, Mr. Szabo revived his bit gold idea on his personal blog, and in an online conversation about creating a
live version of the virtual currency, he asked his readers: «Anybody want
to help me code one
up?»
Ever since, APEC has been growing vigorously,
living up to the role as the region's premier economic forum.
While thinking about what
to write, I suddenly had a moment of clarity as I stomped the snowy pavements of NYC, I want
to dedicate my editor's letter
to the pages I'm reading because they sum
up in the most simple and logical way why we as a generation are mentally suffering more than
ever before and how
life could be infinitely more fun with a small mindset shift.
That's retiring early isn't about «doing nothing» anymore but doing «awesome things» forever and
ever because you've set your
life up financially
to be able
to do so.
This is the biggest free training package I have
ever put together — so if you want
to apply its power
to your
life, sign
up today!
It may be harder than
ever to catch Chainalysis, however, if it can
live up to the claims it makes about its own efficacy.
Your savings rate is the the key factor if you want
to shape your finances, gain financial flexibility in your
life, being able
to invest and build
up an
ever growing passive income stream in order
to reach Financial Independence in a reasonable time frame.
Now I'm in my late 20's and it breaks my heart when younger people and teens come
up to me asking if I
ever heard of Jesus Christ (like I never
lived in the USA).
Every Jesuit I have
ever met (had many professors, a rugby coach and just around campus)
lived up to their vows.
Our sped -
up, hyper - efficient, media - saturated world seems
to be making it harder than
ever to live pious, simple, disciplined Christian
lives.
And when our discourse was brought
to that point, that the very highest delight of the earthly senses... was, in respect of the sweetness of that
life, not only not worthy of comparison, but not even of mention; we raising
up ourselves with a more glowing affection towards the «Self - same,» did by degrees pass through all things bodily, even the very heaven whence sun and moon and stars shine upon the earth; yea, we were soaring higher yet, by inward musing, and discourse, and admiring of Thy works; and we came
to our own minds, and went beyond them, that we might arrive at that region of never - failing plenty, where Thou feedest Israel for
ever with the food of truth.
After the service an an elderly man, who taught and
lived Jesus - like as no one I'd
ever seen previously, walked
up to me and said, «I heard what he said, but it was only words».
That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying
to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying
to get me just as they are about
to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me
to do bad things
to people when I get put into a mode of fear I
live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying
to connect with God and feel his love which I used
to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more
to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had
to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed
to just I can't explain it I guess if you
ever need a test subject I'm
up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey
to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going
to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information
to be plundered loll
Coupland ends
up pushing back
ever so gently on the idea that we can or should try
to live without God.
Have you
ever wondered what kind of person you would be if you
lived up to your potential?
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and
Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed:: I just happened
to pick this book
up this year without
ever having read a Dear Sugar column or listened
to the podcast.
But when the pain does finally cease, and the confusion caused by both the situation and our own attempts
to avoid it clears
up, we're left with the clear truth of
life's permanent importance, which no pain should
ever be permitted
to obscure.
In my own
life I found myself saying, «I love bacon too much
to ever give it
up.»
Until Americans wake
up to certain realities their
life styles will continue
to decline AND there is no ** necessity ** for it
to ever improve.
From the far distant past right
up until the twentieth century, humankind showed a tendency
to divide and diversify into
ever more ethnic groups, all of them retaining the tribal type of social
life.
It is something made
up to make you
live in fear of a hell that as far as anyone in recorded history knows does not exist (no - one has
ever returned from the dead
to say otherwise).
Ask any pastor who fell from grace, ask any parenting expert that hollered at their kids this morning, ask any vegan sneaking cheese, ask any one who has
ever drawn breath — we fail, we are do not
live up to our own standards.
Catholic laymen must take
up their place in
life and face their family, their love, their children (who perhaps do not always come
up to their expectations), their professional duties which grow
ever more irksome and their duties as citizens; in doing so they will meet situations in which, because they reflect on their faith, they will know how
to behave as Christians
living in the grace of God, the light of the gospel and the imitation of the crucified Christ.