Sentences with phrase «goes against a culture»

Dear DeeCee, much like Bilbo the Hobbit (whom I burned years ago for going against his culture and partaking in adventures) I enjoy visitors.

Moreover, pursuing such a creation would go against the culture of responsibility that DIY biologists have developed over the past five years.

It goes against their culture and their sense of place in the world (which is to be a more behind - the - scenes type of player than one that loudly brags and sniffs coke on large - breasted hookers).

But such a move would be unheard of, as it goes against a culture that celebrates and reinforces sleep deprivation at every turn.

Not exact matches

Rep. Gregory Meeks, a New York Democrat, said Wells Fargo had a «culture of being fined and losing money for the bank» and held up a chart showing all of the fines and judgments that had gone against the bank since Stumpf became CEO.

The ride - hail company is not only going through a complete overhaul of its culture and governance, it's also navigating a major self - driving lawsuit brought against it by Alphabet, and it lost more than $ 700 million last quarter — though that's down from more than $ 900 million.

In a statement, he proclaimed that «wrongful sales practice behavior goes entirely against our values, ethics and culture,» while shifting the blame to lower - level employees.

Is it possible to go against the flow, crowd, peer - group, discipline, tradition, convention, culture, custom, box, bubble without anguish?

That will mean that the church will have to go against the tendancy of the greater culture.

Today's world man has become with no value other than his organs if sold or stolen... so what is happening only proves that we are imposing marketing the wrongs against the rights... cultures and beliefs are going down the drain with all those values, morals, virtues some how turning into commotion among cultures and beliefs turning against each other misunderstanding each other or unaware of cultures way of living and beliefs to ease communication mutual understanding as a nation of mankind and a nation of faiths.

He knows that people of faith will serve the culture best by nurturing convictions that sometimes go against the cultural grain.

Whether you were for or against U.S. military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, you had to admit that in each case Americans went into a country whose language they did not speak and whose culture they did not understand.

Although it goes against the grain of our culture to say so, the notion of a private Christian is a contradiction in terms.

If hipster means going against the mainstream culture, I can think of a whole bunch of historical figures that came before Jesus and went against the mainstream.

«Rafael If hipster means going against the mainstream culture, I can think of a whole bunch of historical figures that came before Jesus and went against the mainstream.

Nevertheless, in his latest book, God in the Whirlwind, David goes some way to offering positive proposals against the backdrop of traditional Reformed theology and pertinent critiques of contemporary culture.

None of us had anything particular against a delicious dish that came together fast, it was just that pop - culture emphasis on not spending time in the kitchen seemed to go against what we believed in, that is, spending some time in the kitchen.

But that would go against the «going young» culture Veach is preaching though......

But if you think you're making a valid point by comparing Gibbons against what looks like an entire athletic department complicit in a ongoing, years - deep culture of rape and assault of dozens if not hundreds of people (that goes for all three programs), then you have nothing valid to offer to this discussion.

We live in a society of busy - ness, with so mich expected of parents and so much to get on and do and so much pressure, that a EC is an inconvenience of having to go against the perceived norm, having to pay much more intimate attention to our babies, having to deal with bodily functions, having to wake ourselves up a bit to what our culture has conditioned us to and having to go against the grain — all of which take effort and all of which take time and / or energy away from other mummy efforts that bring more obvious and societally rewarded benefits.

* rolls eyes *) one can only hope that a protest against sex crimes, greek life, and campus rape culture won't go unnoticed by the school.

The culture in which we live has tremendous power over us, and it takes consistent and conscious effort to go upstream against the current of popular opinions.

I think another reason modern Jewish women are predisposed to breastfeed is that Jews in the Diaspora are used to going against the grain of popular culture.

Which is pretty much complimentary as to where we are in the States, but motherhood is almost celebrated in a way that feeding her baby generally isn't going to be against the culture.

Former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said he would go against a three - line whip on a bill for the first time in nearly 20 years as an MP.

Michael Dugher, the shadow culture secretary, who is also vulnerable, went on the offensive yesterday, warning that Mr Corbyn would be left with a «politburo of seven» if he moved against his senior critics.

In the scientific workplace, gossip may be especially risky, because gossip is almost always based on unverified information, which goes against the grain of basic scientific principles if not necessarily the science - workplace culture.

«Before, you could in principle test chemical compounds of interest against hundreds of cell lines, but it would require a lab member going to a freezer, taking out hundreds of vials — one for each cell line — and setting up hundreds of tissue culture plates.

Her accusations against Harvey Weinstein helped open the floodgate of women vocalizing what they haven't been able to before, and she's gone on to be a vocal, vehement voice for change in the misogynistic Hollywood culture.

What is also real, unfortunately, is the not too startling revelation of how the prevailing police culture often results in violence against women going unpunished.

Basically, people are implying that the team is going to go against the game's established culture in order to seem «diverse.»

He says, «be encouraged to take the chance and learn something new today, do not be afraid to go against the main stream and actually be prepared to work, embrace different cultures, people and encourage diversity, do something for other people, do not just think of yourself, be proud of what you could possibly achieve, have a goal and strive to achieve it, be kind to others, you do not know what baggage they are carrying...» Read More.

He states, «Be encouraged to take the chance and learn something new today, do not be afraid to go against the mainstream and actually be prepared to work, embrace different cultures, people and encourage diversity, do something for other people, do not just think of yourself, be proud of what you could possibly achieve, have a goal and strive to achieve it, be kind to others, you do not know what baggage they are carrying...»

«The more we got into the Gypsy Rose and the Imperials, the more we saw them fighting the stereotypes, shaping the community to go against gang culture, working to be an outlet for something good in a tough area.

Nordberg initially thought it was impossible: «Anthropologists, psychologists, and historians would surely also have taken note,» she writes, «as such a thing would seem to go against the common understanding of Afghanistan's culture, where one dresses strictly according to gender... Ergo, such a practice — if it was really a practice and not just an oddity — must not exist.

However, by restricting booksellers from offering discounts to promote some of the titles they stock, this goes against some of the objectives of the culture ministry in France.

A day laborer trolls the streets for work with men half his age and witnesses a murder that pits his morality against his illegal status; a religious hypocrite gets her comeuppance when she meets the Virgin Mary at a bus stop on Sunset Boulevard; a typical bus route turns violent when cultures and egos collide in the night, with devastating results; and Aurora goes on a journey through her gentrified childhood neighborhood in a quest to discover her own history and her place in the land that all Mexican Americans dream of, «the land that belongs to us again.»

Regardless, slaughtering horses for food goes against our very culture, which is why they are not bred for that purpose and never will be.

They note that they take game development very seriously and ensure that their games are not overly violent, do not go against Chinese culture and do not have a negative effect on youth.

Basically, people are implying that the team is going to go against the game's established culture in order to seem «diverse.»

Coming for Windows PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android on May 31, the game goes down a different direction with The Hollywood Roast, a sequel - of - sorts to Oh Sir that promises a healthy dash of pop culture references in your spiffingly strong shouts of insult against your opponent.

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Just think of the importance of the Independent Group (IG), composed of writers, artists and critics, who went against the then - dominant notions of Modern art in order to include more of popular culture within the realms of creation.

For some Muslims, Western secular culture and the conspicuous consumption that often goes along with it are seen as undermining their faith; others acknowledge the democratic systems of the West but struggle to balance that appreciation against a religion that they feel leaves little room for liberal values.

Sure, perhaps you can land an interview or even a job, but most companies» culture works like an immune system in that, if you're going against the cultural grain, the entire system can turn against you and you'll quickly burn out or be let go — that's a waste of your time and the company's time,» Dean says.