Sentences with phrase «facing up to reality»

Facing up to the reality of what they have done, and deciding how to move forward, takes a lot of strength.

Facebook's battle is really about taking its head out of the sand, facing up to the reality that people are trying to manipulate the platform in turn to manipulate users, and effectively proving to the masses that it really has the ordinary user's interests — their privacy and safety — at heart.

Of course that would have taken 30 seconds worth of search, a willingness to recognise that «intuition» doesn't beat data and models, and facing up to reality.

Were American artists «facing up to the reality of their history» when they turned to the School of Paris or to German Expressionism or Dada or Surrealism or de Stijl or the Bauhaus instead of to Copley, Peale, Eakins, Blake or Ryder; was Picasso facing up to the reality of his history when he snooping around African art for inspiration?

For nations as well as individuals, wellness means facing up to reality, however painful, in order to move forward.

Better retreat into the Blairite comfort zone — it's much easier than facing up to reality.

So rather than facing up to reality, they run off into denialism.

With Giuseppe Rossi facing up to the reality of having another turbulent season on the sidelines, so must Fiorentina.

Arsenal game some of the moat delusional in the world so we always have a multitude of excuses ay the ready to explain away another melt down instead of facing up to the reality of the issue..

To avoid facing up to this reality we argue that these conditions are exceptional, temporary, the result of personal inadequacy, necessary for national security or simply a reflection of «human nature» — the prime excuse for escaping responsibility and avoiding action.

Since death is inescapable, we have every reason to face up to its reality and come to terms with it, so far as we are able.

And since it is inescapable, we have every reason to face up to its reality and come to terms with it, so far as we are able.

we should not be in this position if we had a manager that faced up to the reality that in today's world if u want to get world class CBs, you need to fork over the money.

@Nothing Changed i agree about 5 years ago, personally i'm finding our game exiting to watch with a strong belief that no mater what the score is we will win the game, obviously we don't win every game but the belief is there for me and i'm enjoying watching more then last season, we have to except that some teams in Europe are almost impossible to catch and City is coming close to that point of dominating years to come and only Man - U or Chelsea could muster up a small challenge, sad but unfortunately we have to face up to reality.

Time to face up to reality and stop pretending that selling to City is like selling to a direct competitor.

The Chilean and the Welshmen are just two of hundreds individuals who have to face up to the reality that they won't be going to Russia next summer.

What really holds our club back from enforcing this vital change is the immature, wilfully blind and one eyed stance of so many who can not stand the truth, not being brave enough to face up to reality.

They are afraid to face up to the reality that bad things can happen to them too.

In the wake of the Scottish referendum, as all parties face up to the reality that the devolutionary genie is well and truly out of the bottle, and with a powerful economic case being made by the City Growth Commission and others, the «DevoManc» deal is an idea whose time has come.

But he insisted there was no alternative, claiming that the public had to face up to the reality that additional state funding is needed if large donations are to become a thing of the past.

We should face up to the reality of what is going on in Calais — and stop the widespread use of a term that dehumanises migrants.

The party has faced up to the reality of the defeats, the wings have simply reached different conclusions on how to reverse this.

You've been told by your doctor that there is «no known cause or cure» for psoriasis... You've been told to accept psoriasis as a «way of life» and to face up to the reality of creams, ointments and drugs for the rest of your life.

And she makes us all face up to the realities of what you can discover on the internet about someone with a few short clicks.

The world has faced up to the reality that individual sexual preferences will remain varied with people holding on to what they feel is best for them.

Whether we choose to face up to that reality is ultimately a moral question.

They were willing to learn to live without illusions, to rebuild their relationship, to face up to reality and deal with it.

When Miss Nochlin says, «What is important is that women face up to the reality of their history,» well, the point is, artists are always choosing their history from day to day and their history follows them as much as it precedes them.

What is important is that women face up to the reality of their history and of their present situation, without making excuses or puffing mediocrity.

One factor increasing my confidence is the continuing pause in warming, and the pathetic sequence of excuses dreamt up to explain it, rather than face up to the reality that they have greatly overstated the role of CO2 and underestimated natural variation.

Now if he faced up to that reality, and dealt with it with some measure of accountability, that might be worth noting.

The future for small - and mid-sized law firms is far from bleak, but we do have to face up to the reality of changes in our profession and the market that we serve.

Whether you've been co parenting for a while, or are just facing up to the realities of parenting after separation, you'll find some challenges to overcome.

Tip: Losing your home can be very emotional and most people don't want to face up to the reality until foreclosure sets in.

Not exact matches

CHICAGO, Feb 28 (Reuters)- People trying to escape soaring rents in U.S. cities face a cruel reality: home prices are going up, too.

Wharton professor Jonah Berger says negative publicity is like playing Russian roulette, so unless Amy's Baking Company plans to take the «reality show» idea all the way, it's safe to say that this example of bad press definitely blew up in the company's face.

those are all parts of life... we deal with them as they come and realize that as tough as those things may be, it is a reality that we must face... we accept that this life will bring us ups and down's... emotions are a wonderful thing and we do not see the need to plead with an unknown deity to get solace for those.

so this new job came up, i was bitterly disappointed, god waving it in my face, me not being qualified but 15 years of experience in the business and this new ground floor from scratch spin off that will eventually get spun back in, and the job is a lateral move technically, but in reality i was the top of the old ladder, and the lateral move would be to the bottom of the next higher up ladder.

For if those with faith come up short we have lost nothing for we were happy in hoping for eternal life, but if those without faith come up short then they have to face the reality that they rejected God and they missed out on the greatest opportunity, plus they probably were never truly happy in this life.

But «the reality of grief is the absence of God,» he noted, and we must guard against words offered «for self - protection, to pretty up a situation whose bleakness [we] simply [can not] face...» («My Son Beat Me to the Grave,» A.D., June 1983, p. 26).

As grave as the situation now appears, a good number of religiously minded people are waking up to the realities and dangers we face.

This author in my opinion deep inside is questioning her faith but like a security blanket to a child does not want to get rid of it and is looking for any explanation she can come up with to hold onto it even in the face of the reality that the text that faith is based upon is highly flawed and frankly quite silly.

Nice one that is... still living the Sixties 60's as it seems... well good for you as they seem to have been Golden Days there and then... Dear John Rich... Should have left HP living his sweet dreams than waking him up to face the sore Reality's of this era...

Only when the majority of stand up with courage, and face reality, and take ownership of their own lives, will this mythological nonsense end, allowing a more enlightened age to begin.

They were also blind to the reality that, while people might have been unhappy about elements of Obama's foreign policy and would be willing to trade up to something better, most swing voters would, if faced with a constrained choice, prefer the mistakes of Obama to the mistakes of George W. Bush.

When are people going to wake up and face reality?

But in government the Coalition faces the reality of manufacturers on the brink because of the sustained high Australian dollar and cheap imports, and is battling to reconcile its determination to pare back government spending and avoid «propping up» industries unsustainable in the longer term, with every government's reluctance to preside over the loss of jobs.

wenger is a legend in his own mind so other peoples opinions... fans, ex players, journalists, etc... have no bearing on his greatness or the righteousness of his own decisions... from end of last season it was clear we needed two quality attacking options to put up a serious challenge (getting rid of walcott and campbell or ox and bringing in a serious upgrade over giroud) instead he brought in another midfield option (having done the same in the winter window) which only makes sense in his own delusional world rather than the reality of facing up to serious and strengthening competitors and which defines the job at hand....

It is time to wake up and face reality, we are no longer a club who can dream about being a big club.

Arsene Wenger has asked the squad not to keep hiding behind excuses and instead face reality that the squad just hasn't been up to scratch this season.