Sentences with phrase «for meanness»

There are opportunities for meanness, vengeance, kindness and courage, because Secret means something as long as someone else is paying attention.

Good performances and occasional moments of hilarity don't make up for the meanness of the status quo at the film's centre.

But where is the cure for meanness of spirit?

Not exact matches

But none of that is cause for condescension or meanness.

Jesus told us in Mark 7:14 - 23 what will defile the man, not things that you take into the body, but the things that come from within, out of the heart, evil things such as hate for others around us, prejudice, unforgiveness, meanness, pride, lying, wanting to have what belongs to others, all those unloving things that come from out of the heart.

The worldly view always clings fast to the difference between man and man, and naturally it has no understanding of the one thing needful (for to have that is spirituality), and therefore no understanding of the narrowness and meanness of mind which is exemplified in having lost one's self — not by evaporation in the infinite, but by being entirely finitized, by having become, instead of a self, a number, just one man more, one more repetition of this everlasting Einerlei.

«Scapegoat Time,» wrote Bob Herbert of the New York Times, while Anna Quindlen evoked the left's favorite image for Republicans with «The Politics of meanness.»

We should have little respect for a private gentleman who did not exert himself to gain an estate, or even a considerable office, when he could acquire them without either meanness or injustice.

Those in the practical fields accomplish this adjudication by testing against «the psychological disabilities, the power plays and hidden interests, the structural constrictions, and the stinginess and meanness that preoccupies much of life in every context» — in short, by encounter with «sin, and the need for salvation.»

There are plenty of so - called «Christians» with the same meanness of spirit who lurk on the internet spoiling for a fight.

Meanness notwithstanding;) hope we see you in DC for the tour!

If he has the gall to bargain with a free transfer threat, good for him, finally the boy has become a man, and he just needs a bit of meanness.

Some popular TV shows even seem to promote meanness — people are «voted off,» shunned, or ridiculed for their appearance or lack of talent.

Six ways to teach honor to your kids; a 3 - step approach to dealing with meanness; helpful suggestions for parenting skills; biblical solutions to sibling rivalry; and fun family activities help you restore peace and contentment to your home.

And if rough play becomes dangerous (for example, when a much older child tackles a smaller or younger child) or degenerates into meanness, it's time to intervene.

Fox mentions a quote, «The only thing necessary for evil or meanness to happen in the world is for good people to stay silent.»

They will watch each other closely for missteps or meanness.

And he's sharpened his language, too, contrasting Washington's meanness with New York's fight for justice.

For example, bullying or meanness was associated with a 3.5 times higher risk, while unwanted contact was linked with a 2.5 times higher risk.

For the most part, the set - up works as the Will Ferrell - voiced lead is a sympathetic villain, warped by both his prison upbringing and the arrogance and meanness of his childhood rival Metro Man (Brad Pitt).

There's a streak of meanness in his films that can be explosively funny for short stretches, but gets tiring over the long haul.

The film's misjudged intro relies heavily on knowledge of a particular British TV show, but if audiences persevere through this awkward opening, Chalet Girl makes for untaxing, light - hearted fun that lacks the pretensions and meanness that seems to be the current flavour of comedy.

When the movie amps up its crude humor, with clumsy bits about overweight and transgender characters, it lacks the comedic instincts to make its meanness count for something.

I like movies that dig deep into the meanness of people but this one was just a little too much for me.

It's a film that confuses meanness for hilarity, including a weirdly uncomfortable streak of homophobia and / or emasculation.

Some may say that the movie's too mean for its own good, but the script's inherent meanness isn't the problem; the distribution of the meanness, however, is a problem.

The perfect antidote to any UKIP - like meanness at large, here was an early Christmas present to make up for a Pixar-less year.

The MPAA rated Matilda PG for elements of exaggerated meanness and ridicule, and for some mild language

When Teddy becomes more and more destructive in his attempts to get Mac and company to back down, the character transforms into a creep, and Efron's strategy is to play the meanness for real.

A statement of principle associated with the story — For example, The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton discusses the meanness in people's hearts.

Do the survey, put in your tax number, 5 % take for countries that have the right agreement with the US, avoiding that 30 % meanness!

And surely the meanness and the mischief of prying into a man's confidential consultations with his legal adviser, the general evil of infusing reserve and dissimulation, easiness, and suspicion and fear, into those communications which must take place, and which, unless in a condition of perfect security, must take place uselessly or worse, are too great a price to pay for truth itself.»

While it can involve meanness, Poole said it can also be responsible for a lot of good things: «Anonymity facilitates honest discourse, creates a level playing field for ideas to be heard, and enables creativity like none other.»

Given that, if we remove meanness as an option, the challenge is for couples to be more self - conscious about the conditions they create for disagreements to take place.

There is simply no room for rudeness, meanness, jealousy, insulting, degrading, blaming, guilting, criticizing, judging, or physically acting out, especially when the object is one's partner.