Sentences with phrase «from uncomfortable truths»

Such findings support the our research, supported by a large and growing body of evidence, that finds that silence is not accidental but has been socially constructed to create distance and defend ourselves from uncomfortable truths.

Part of their surprise almost surely stemmed from an uncomfortable truth: people with BPD are often regarded as hopeless individuals, destined to a life of emotional misery.

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These are real reasons not to walk away from Facebook, and they're also telling ones: They reflect the uncomfortable truth that while the internet may have expanded our virtual communities, it's also resulted in fragmented echoes of our physical communities.

I believe in creating peace, in disrupting for peace, in the truth that peace isn't always polite and it certainly isn't status quo and it isn't always cozy with twinkle lights and it will make people uncomfortable because they're so used to benefitting from the lack of it.

But it can turn into self - delusion when it keeps us from being honest with ourselves about uncomfortable truths that might compel us to change.

They even admit themselves that ``... the uncomfortable truth is that, for most of us, the weight eventually creeps back on» — Michelle Bridges from her latest book.

The truth is, I've always heard such horror stories from other gals about how uncomfortable they are, so I was always leery about investing in such a shoe.

The «couple falling apart in paradise» genre is a rich one: from Voyage to Italy to Certified Copy and Before Midnight, there seems to be something about the old world wonders of Europe that provokes romantic resentments and uncomfortable truths.

The Mirage details an uncomfortable truth: as much as everyone from Capitol Hill policymakers to school instructional coaches wishes they knew how to help teachers improve, they don't.

Instead of addressing the uncomfortable truth that some educators are not the best fit at urban schools, or helping educators improve their practice to help them become more successful working with students who are different from them, schools go for the quick fix which, to them, means as a black educator you can expect to have difficult students in your class because you can handle them.

However, one inescapable — and deeply uncomfortable truth underlying these latest figures is that certain groups of pupils continue to more likely to be excluded than others: boys; pupils with SEN; pupils who are eligible for Free School Meals; and pupils from certain minority ethnic backgrounds.

Those concerned that Lamborghini might have gone soft couldn't be further from the truth - and that's not just a dig at the marque's deeply uncomfortable sports seats.

As a Holocaust fable, I guess it gets a message across, but I'm not sure for whom or what exactly that message is: maybe, tell your children the truth, don't try to protect them from uncomfortable facts?

Uncomfortable truths about his past rise up from this haunting investigation, truths that force him to reinterpret the events of the notorious Reasoner case from years before.

Selected pieces from Naming The Money were also shown as part of Uncomfortable Truths at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 2007

Harris Museum & Art Gallery 2007 Talking On Corners Speaking In Tongues was a mini retrospective at the Harris Art Gallery and Musuem showing work from selected exhibitions including: Uncomfortable Truths at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London Fabrications

Those words of wisdom captured a very uncomfortable truth of the state of the world: nowadays «not knowing» can not be an excused for inaction since we are constantly being bombarded with information from all fronts, including information about climate change and climate justice.

Anyways... my verdict on Saving Mr Banks... if you can get past how uncomfortable the lead character makes you, you'll end up all teary and thrilled with the concoction in the end, no matter how far it may be from the truth.