Sentences with phrase «foibles like»

Slow and mournful, it does not seem to have much in common with the work of other directors who emerged during the decade, especially vivid stylists with urban preoccupations like Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Paul Schrader, and William Friedkin, or a caustic observer of human foibles like Robert Altman.

Not exact matches

Each week the community changes, bringing different people with different attributes, foibles, likes and opinions.

So great, the Teller and his mate are free but we don't really have a sense of them as «persons» — motivations, history, foibles, loves — like we usually do with our Who monsters.

But it is the period from the 1870s when the first «descriptive writers» like Henry Lucy began to convey the tone and feeling of debates and comment on the personalities and foibles of MPs that we see the origins of the parliamentary sketchwriter as compared with the political reporter.

So all the key figures have been awarded interesting foibles that are displayed like battle decorations.

This has not deterred those like Venter, who want to bare their genetic foibles to the world.

And Larry (Kevin Spacey) is a bundle of energy who likes to drink, smoke, and start arguments; he's openly confrontational with Phil and Bob and quick to pick up on their foibles and failings.

The lead performances are so perfectly in sync that Alex and Ruth really feel like an old married couple who know each other's foibles and cherish every tic.

It has it's foibles, but for fans of the genre, there is much here to like.

There are a few foibles with the game though, like the fact that there seems to be an active reload system that seems lifted from Gears of War, only the game hasn't taken the time to explain how it works or what it does.

Not only does the narrative assuredly work on face value as a commentary on modern society (and all our foibles and failings), it completely functions in all of its Mobius strip - like allegorical connections (religious and whatnot).

The foibles, kinks and predilections of the adaptor visit themselves upon the foibles, kinks and predilections of the original author, just like the way actors bring themselves into a role written by another.

Unfortunately, the surrounding production is filled with so much promise that it tends to make extremely minor foibles stick out like a sore thumb — foibles that I assure small - time filmmakers are all too familiar with.

Unfortunately, the S3, like the RS 7 I also tested recently, has precious few foibles.

The 10.2 - inch touchscreen setup isn't without its foibles (it always feels like it takes one or two more finger prods than necessary to get up the sub-menu or setting you're after), but it's a huge improvement over the dated, clunky system Range Rovers were lumbered with up until recently.

A few ergonomic foibles aside, like the vision - obstructing placement of the (optional) TomTom navigation system and a trip computer button that took a visit to the owner's manual to find, the 500 Abarth's cabin is generally an upbeat and pleasant place to reside, eschewing the black coalbin nature of some of its competitors for more colorful bits of «flair».

I agree with LindaB, I didn't really like any of them either... but then, if you knew all my foibles, you wouldn't like me either.

McCorkle is an acute observer of the foibles of domestic life, and in stories like the title tale, in which a woman is yoked to her dying mother as a caretaker while her younger sisters carp at her from a distance, or «Surrender,» where a grandmother must suffer the childish cruelty of her late son's five - year - old daughter, she blends empathy for her characters» predicaments with an unsparing take on those grim circumstances.

Which presents a bit of a challenge... Despite the EU / Eurozone & a plethora of pan-European indices, buying Europe's nothing like buying the US for the average investor — it's still a somewhat daunting exercise in learning about / adapting to the foibles of every single individual market.

Researchers are people just like you and me, and all of the foibles of behavioral finance apply to them.

But like any good personal financial blogger plagued with the foibles of human emotion, I wanted to get the best price possible.

Like an intoxicated pirate crossing the international dateline, we hope sailing into the next calendar year will somehow magically imbue us with a new understanding of our foibles and better self - control.

Oddly enough, he doesn't like it when it rains on him, but a guy's got to have a few foibles, right?

Just like we humans, canines have their own little insecurities, fears, and foibles that can make a day pretty miserable.

Companies are really loving toys - to - life (and DLC in games like Theatrhythm) because it's a sneaky way to basically charge devoted fans two or three times the amount of money for the same software via a combination of unneccessary content gating and taking advantage of human foibles such as our instinctive urge to collect and our response to perceived scarcity.

I am under no illusions that scientists are above the petty foibles that beset the rest of us ordinary folk, like pride and ambition and biases and agendas.

When Orwell complains about the claim that «love of Nature is a foible of urbanized people who have no notion what Nature is really like», and that it is shown to be false by «Medieval literature», which «is full of an almost Georgian enthusiasm for Nature», he forgets that it wasn't the rural poor who were writing Medieval literature — they couldn't write.

This is often backed up by the statement that a love of Nature is a foible of urbanized people who have no notion what Nature is really like.

It's not subject to the licensing foibles and access restrictions of streaming, and DVR falls under fair use, just like it does with cable channels.

It avoids the design foibles that plague the likes of the LG Watch Urbane or Huawei Watch, by not trying to be more luxury than it actually is.

Personally, I really like the larger face size and overall look, but many more won't put up with the foibles of the Q Founder just because it looks nice.

Most importantly, consider they are human and have foibles just like you.

Like all people, individuals and couples considering adoption come to this process with their own share of worries and foibles.

It seems like the system is fraught with foibles.