Sentences with phrase «fulfilling prophecy»

An American version of Jean Renoir's version of Emile Zola's novel La Bete Humaine, Fritz Lang's Human Desire is a tragic reminder that jealousy is a self - fulfilling prophecy.

But Cuffing Season, like so much else, has also become a self - fulfilling prophecy in the new - rules era, where people are assumed to have been looking to cuff - up simply because of the time of year.

«You effectively build up this issue, because you're worried about it, which makes you spin inside your head in the moment, which in turn makes you less of a conversationalist,» he says, «it's a self fulfilling prophecy.»

In fact, your negative expectations will likely become a self - fulfilling prophecy, and dating will be far more of a chore and a bore than an opportunity.

The mind - set we have when we approach dating becomes a self - fulfilling prophecy.

Regardless, the fact remains that if you're feeling lonely, the low moods that naturally arise from this can be de-motivating and make the quest for meaningful relationships even harder; in many ways, feeling lonely is a self fulfilling prophecy.

This can, in turn, become a self - fulfilling prophecy, pushing their partner away, and existing between an uncomfortable juxtaposition of dependency and anxiety.

Ultimately, their sense of dread about making a commitment becomes a self - fulfilling prophecy, and the relationships they pursue are doomed.

Perhaps it's all a self - fulfilling prophecy, just playing out my role as Jocelyn said, repeating the same pattern over and over again.

The trick is to make this innate drive toward self - fulfilling prophecy work for you rather than against you.

When you start becoming hyper - sensitive to your bladder filling and rushing to the bathroom at the drop of a hat, you create a self - fulfilling prophecy: Worrying about «not making it in time» can contribute to not making it in time!

But I wasn't an astrology person, like I thought that like it was giving up your own personal power, and that what's the point of like looking up in what the moon's doing, and what it's not, and I felt like it was sort of like a self - fulfilling prophecy, and people would be like, «Oh, it's mercury retrograde so everything's going to go wrong,» and then like things would go wrong because they had that intention.

So that was kind of fulfilling the prophecy of my body needing cortisol at night because I was throwing all of these stressful tasks at it.

It's a bit of a self - fulfilling prophecy: the optimists» positive self - talk and confidence in their abilities helps stack the deck for positive outcomes.

If you think of yourself as a free spirit, a hothead, or an intimacy - phobe, you can label yourself into a self - fulfilling prophecy.

This tends to cause anxiety around getting to sleep, which can be a self - fulfilling prophecy.

While repeating a mathematical equation until memorized may benefit a student, repeating a negative story can create a self - fulfilling prophecy.

Moreover, the very knowledge of the lore regarding near - death episodes might play a crucial role in experiencing them — a self - fulfilling prophecy.

As such, it is defined as being potentially addictive and having no medical use, which under the circumstances becomes a self - fulfilling prophecy.

Body language is at times almost a self - fulfilling prophecy.

She considers it a national priority to keep them enfranchised, as otherwise the notorious lack of a science work force in this country will become a self - fulfilling prophecy.

If so, he ought to be screaming at them for their clear lack of financial support, because it sends a terrible signal — and makes the idea Astorino can't win a self - fulfilling prophecy well before Election Day.

But it's also a self - fulfilling prophecy that keeps small parties small.

Dame Anne continued: «Without that, there is a real risk of a self - fulfilling prophecy: that the prison experience will create or entrench alienation and disaffection, so that prisons release into the community young men who are more likely to offend, or even embrace extremism.»

In a buzz of self - praise over a self - fulfilling prophecy, the newspaper even growled at the Osun government to junk its education reforms, simply because the chaffing, all - mighty Punch balks!

This can too easily become a self - fulfilling prophecy.

It's partly down to the self - fulfilling prophecy that is Nigel Farage's popularity.

«I really believe that was a bad poll, inasmuch as it seemed to predict a higher turnout than you'll see in the city, but it in a sense becomes a self - fulfilling prophecy because the poll awakened the Democratic base.»

Naturally enough, this refrain and a party that looks divided burrows away in the minds of workers and guess what, we get a self fulfilling prophecy, we lose some elections and the pretext for a coup arises.

Also, recall that Cox has been negatively impacting Lazio's fundraising for months now by making public statements about how hard it has been for him to raise money (a self - fulfilling prophecy, if you will).

Fundamentally, what does Labour achieve by ensuring that the Lib Dem «sell out» becomes a self - fulfilling prophecy?

Looking back at a week of violence, it seems we are watching a self - fulfilling prophecy...

Lazio supporters argued Cox was further hampering Lazio's ability to bring in cash, saying the chairman was creating a self - fulfilling prophecy by undercutting the party's preferred candidate.

At least, it was a prophecy many hoped would turn into a self - fulfilling prophecy.

Security methods directed towards Muslim prisoners are in danger of becoming a self - fulfilling prophecy, the inspector of prisons has said.

Some may say the current development proves that they were right in their assessment, while others may say that it was some sort of self - fulfilling prophecy.

Simple, for once the media was extremely biased for Clinton, wrote her up as much as they could in the hope that people, that where against her would simply give up and so make it a self fulfilling prophecy.

Establishing a rule of «don't make a sound otherwise you'll wake the baby» could simply lead to a child who is so used to sleeping in quiet that incidental sounds wake them (a self - fulfilling prophecy).

The justification of active management, the reduction of cesarean section rates, is self fulfilling prophecy.

This type of phrase can become a self - fulfilling prophecy leaving Joey as a «picky eater» for years.

We all assume that if it's not on white bread or deep fried, our kids won't eat it, and of course at a certain point that becomes a self - fulfilling prophecy.

It is definitely a self - fulfilling prophecy.

The whole «kid food» myth is a self - fulfilling prophecy that does our kids a terrible disservice!

Some parents, by labeling their children as shy, appear to encourage a self - fulfilling prophecy, Adults may cajole coyly shy children into social interaction, thus reinforcing shy behavior.

Never mentioning Wallerstein by name, Hetherington takes direct aim at her work with subject headings like «Myth Two: Children Always Lose Out After a Divorce,» noting that the «negative long - term effects have been exaggerated to the point where we now have created a self - fulfilling prophecy.»

Unfortunately falsely telling a mother that she has low milk production is a self - fulfilling prophecy.

Most importantly, don't be quick to label your child «picky» — that can be a self - fulfilling prophecy (you treat her like as a kid who won't eat vegetables, she will stop eating them).

And I've also seen when it can also be taken to a place where it affects a person's ability to effectively communicate one's wishes or even create a self - fulfilling prophecy, especially in birth.

The problem is that this becomes a self - fulfilling prophecy.

Unfortunately, kids believe everything we tell them about themselves, so that's a self - fulfilling prophecy.