Sentences with phrase «for disillusionment»

Among the other fiction films to look for in theaters or on VOD: John Michael McDonagh's Calvary, in which Brendan Gleeson gives a beautifully modulated performance as a dedicated priest who is no match for the disillusionment of his parishioners and the rage of another inhabitant of his Irish seaside village, determined to take revenge against the priesthood for the sexual abuse he suffered as a child; the desultory God Help the Girl, the debut feature by Stuart Murdoch (of Belle and Sebastian), all the more charming for its refusal to sell its musical numbers; Tim Sutton's delicate, impressionistic Memphis, a blues tone poem that trails contemporary recording artist Willis Earl Beal, playing a character close to himself who's looking for inspiration in a legendary city that's as much mirage as actuality; and two horror films, Jennifer Kent's uncanny, driving psychodrama The Babadook, with a remarkable performance by child actor Noah Wiseman, and Ana Lily Amirpour's less sustained A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, which nonetheless generates some powerful political metaphors.

There is delight and distress in equal measure: for his talent, mischief, waywardness, for the disillusionment and tragedy of his later years.

It is part of the reason for the disillusionment which the party is now paying the price for.

Fear serves as fuel for disillusionment and apathy, for hatred and xenophobia, all of which are the seed if, which allowed to root, will ultimately grow and bear the rotten fruit of war.

That's a pretty good recipe for disillusionment soup, regardless of how you feel about performance - enhancing drugs.

Consider the potential here for disillusionment and misunderstanding.

Be grateful for your disillusionment because it will push you away from revere - ing your own self or your heroes of the faith or the mystics or doctrine teachers or bloggers or missionaries or churches.

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His reasons for turning his back on America are still debated by historians, but the accepted reasons include money, disillusionment, and personal vendettas against the Continental Congress.

The post is also an example of a category of content that has been around for decades, but seems to be especially popular this summer, centered on disillusionment with the startup world.

Despite what most observers see as highly uncertain environment, market expectations of near term volatility are near record lows suggesting scope for sudden disillusionment.

Consider his apologia for the poetry he was writing during and after World War II, when the world was undergoing a shock and disillusionment perhaps unparalleled in human history.

Among this group, top reasons for leaving were working conditions (for example staffing levels and workload), cited by 44 per cent, a change in personal circumstances (such as ill health), cited by 28 per cent and disillusionment with the quality of care provided to patients, cited by 27 per cent.

As disillusionment spreads — and clearly, it is spreading — I wonder if it spells freedom for you, leader.

With all reasonable caution against trying to imagine Jesus» thoughts and feelings, one is surely justified in pausing to consider how profoundly discouraging the situation must have been for him, and to be grateful that there are such clear reflections of his disappointment and disillusionment.

Take it from me: When you grow up being taught to love God with your mind and then get punished for trying to do so, the temptation to leave the faith in anger and disillusionment is overwhelming.

Disillusionment isn't just for the obvious times when life doesn't go as we planned.

When rudely awakened by the experience of ideals betrayed, we, in our disillusionment, may mistake ourselves for fallen angels or even beasts.

Ann Svennungsen, president of the FTE and a former senior pastor in the program, says that «if we are to raise up the next generation of pastoral leaders, pastors must be intentional not only about inviting people to consider ministry, but also about retaining those trained for ministry through times of disillusionment.»

«There was the search for community, whether in parachurch groups or forms of communal life; a quest for ecstasy or an alternate form of consciousness along with a disillusionment about Western rationalism; and, thirdly, a search for new forms of healing.»

However bitter our disillusionment with human goodness, there are stronger scientific reasons than ever before for believing that we do really progress and that we can advance much further still, provided we are clear about the direction in which progress lies and are resolved to take the right road.

After a long period in which the need of many for a sense of life's meaning seemed to be supplied by the progress of civilization or by the realization of national destiny, disillusionment with the half - gods has made itself felt.

For many, this is the winter of ecumenical discontent and disillusionment, which we must not permit to become terminal discouragement.

Disillusionment is always painful, yet I would wish it upon everyone at every opportunity, for I love truth and hate lies.

What it will be like when they get there??? Wow, there's a recipe for disappointment and disillusionment.

A few of the obvious drives that pack us off, daily or weekly or episodically or, for some, in hope, permanently, are fear or even terror in the particular given set of circumstances; the sheer discouragement and exhaustion of facing questions without answer; profound disillusionment — it takes many forms — with the pertinent, prevailing system or systems; deep and bitter contempt for one's own society, bred of the abysmal failure to attain in consistent practice even a semblance of the justice professed and acclaimed; despair — so it was with the college generation of the late sixties — over the formidable obduracy of a political establishment in going its merciless way quite apparently deaf to the cries of anguish of its empathetic and real victims, victims by the tens of millions here and around the world.

I wish to show in this paper that, however bitter our disillusionment with human goodness in recent years, there are stronger scientific reasons than ever before for believing that we do really progress and that we can advance much further still, provided we are clear about the direction in which progress lies and are resolved to take the right road.

As long as men hope for something, they are victims of disappointment and disillusionment.

Economy tanked — people stopped giving — pastor took money from earmarked building fund for other uses — disillusionment set in — lots left - but many stayed??

Disillusionment, painful though it may be, is always to be desired unless you are morally bankrupt or unable to deal with reality for some reason.

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The 1973 - 4 season that began so well for the Republic of Ireland international Eamon Dunphy at Millwall ended in disillusionment and a transfer to local rivals Charlton Athletic.

Safe to say there was some disillusionment in the squad after last year — 3 managers in 24 months does not instill confidence in players who came in thinking that they will be pushing for bigger things.

The comparative lack of devotion to him amongst the Real Madrid fans is said to be another factor in his disillusionment, which would make the prospect of reuniting with a club which has made no secret of its continued love for him an attractive one.

Only Aston Villa, relegated last season, recorded a lower percentage last season and that was only at the end of a brutal campaign that had seen fan disillusionment with the club's ownership, management and players see them heading for the exits.

I'm 41 years old, and last year i got a disillusionment from someone who was extremely abusive and cruel to me that i was in a relationship with for thirteen years, before that i was not very wise in matters of dating, but that was my first relationship since high school.

He outlines his «disillusionment» about the bold promises of the Lib Dems and says it's «unconscionable» that someone can stand for election without ever being accountable.

Green supporters share with those of Ukip a certain populist disillusionment with the political mainstream (for example, three - quarters agree with the statement that «politicians don't care what people like me think»), but there is a crucial difference: they are much more likely to have a sense of political efficacy than Ukip's followers.

This is a fight against disillusionment and despair, this is a fight for the working people of Britain and this is a fight I am determined to win.»

ALBANY, N.Y. — It was approaching 11 on Saturday night, and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo still hadn't secured the nomination of the Working Families Party, a goal he had pursued for weeks in the face of disillusionment among party leaders with his record.

For younger readers, some of whom may be casting their first vote this very year, well, your nightmare of civic disillusionment had to begin sometime.

Ironically, given her disillusionment, Casey's Albion character Christine eventually becomes a politician herself, branching off from the EPA and standing for office.

«New Yorkers looking at their state government have gone from disillusionment to disappointment to despair,» said Michael Kink, a liberal advocate who leads the Strong Economy for All Coalition.

There was a period in 2014 when disillusionment with austerity, the possibility of Scottish independence, and a firmer push against nuclearism by the Liberal Democrats in coalition and Labour under Ed Miliband could have aligned to shift the debate, but that moment has passed — at least for now.

Teachout, a new resident of the sprawling 11 - county district who has Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders» support, has been endorsed by The New York Times, which calls her the better candidate for this era of gridlock and disillusionment.

Having gotten the WFP's ballot line, which otherwise would have gone to Ms. Teachout, Mr. Cuomo ensured that he would not have to fear a split in the balloting during the general election among Democrats, although disillusionment among the party's left wing accounted for his getting 9 percent less of the vote than in 2010.

This suggests that while all those polls showing a Conservative lead as the best party to run the NHS and suchlike were just the result of a torrid couple of weeks for Labour, there has been a genuine change in peoples» perceptions of Labour's competence and it is this and disillusionment with Blair that has pushed them behind the Conservatives in the polls.

Bowin said that she was part of a wave of progressives, including third party and unaffiliated voters, who found renewed enthusiasm for the Democratic Party after years of disillusionment with the centrist policies embodied by Clinton.

5.30 pm: Thanks to readers who found the quote (from 1999): «For when I spoke to you in this hall two years ago I said that New Labour would bring first fascination, then admiration, then disillusionment and finally contempt.

It was a great disillusionment for me.

On the off chance that you go down the liar's way, regardless, you better be set up for some vital disillusionment, both from you and from potential partners.