Sentences with phrase «fan of a particular person»

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The rationalization of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification for outright racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly against this kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure of respect for them — but to shrug off a blatant act of discrimination as the «work of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't for people having the courage to fan the flames of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more evidence of the ignorance of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular

Martin Scorsese was a fan, hailing the young director as his heir apparent and heaping praise on what he called «a picture without a trace of cynicism, that obviously grew out of its director's affection for his characters in particular and for people in general.»

And then, on top of that, I am no particular Will Ferrell fan, as I am one of the few people in my circle of friends who did not like Anchorman (though I loved Elf and Stranger Than Fiction, which are admittedly atypical of his usual vulgar output).

Although this is the case, some people within the science fiction shooter's community weren't too impressed with the design of the peripheral, with one fan, in particular, creating a mock - up image for what they think the controller should have resembled.

The hysteria has fanned unreasonably high advantages for this particular discipline — and indeed, not only the most vocal fearmongers but also many other people have benefited from this dynamics and many of them even began to take it for granted.

What emerged was a sense of how fans, and more importantly, fan communities are about more than just a group of people who are passionate about a particular TV show or film.

For many first - person shooter fans in particular, it's the mouse, the perfect way for them to communicate sweeping hand movements into game - winning feats of excellence.

One particular map, known by fans as Masayuki's Map in honor of the person who discovered it, had a dungeon whose 15th floor was exclusively populated by Metal King Slimes; it became so popular that it was shared across much of Japan.