Sentences with phrase «grand statement»

We make grand statements of belief to show our knowledge.
On the other hand, the cool, damp cloud feels more heavy handed, more desperate for grand statements about humanity and mortality.
Of course, this is a very grand statement, but because we are so sedentary now, we aren't making the effort to bring passion back into our lives.
The movie loses steam when it gestures toward grand statements, but «Far and Away» is overlooked as a romantic adventure — and a fine showcase for its two leads.
My * opinion * is that we make a lot of grand statements about being a force of good in the world, but our actions often suggest otherwise.
Chandeliers were once reserved for grand statements in dining rooms and entries.
Like Mateik's, the best pieces in the show are riffs on specific experiences, emotions, or events rather than grand statements on gender and domesticity.
Photography and Victorian books and prints are strategically incorporated to attest to sculpture's perennial relevance and importance throughout Britain and its empire in the period, from local monuments to grand statements of international power like the Albert Memorial.
I wish Baker had thought of an ending for The Florida Project; having brought his characters to the point where they have no solutions, he finds none of his own, other than to force the naturally occurring ironies of his setting into a final grand statement.
The movie may be all ephemerally simple pleasures when compared to the play's durable grand statements — but they're pleasures nonetheless.
But it was a surprisingly grand statement by BMW, and if anyone who had a poster of an M1 in those days is still curious if it drives as good as it looks, the answer is yes — even better, actually.
Normally when grand statements are made about a nation's offshore wind power potential the mind naturally conjures up briny images.
You make grand statements without really any foundation.
I know people make grand statements about skincare treatments like «I looked completely different after, believe me!»
Kim Jong - un and President Moon mixed small talk with grand statements about working together to make the world a better place in their introductory remarks, according to Yoon Young - chan, senior secretary of communication in the South's presidential office.
Yes, there have been other mosques in the vicinity for years, but they are small, ordinary things, not this grand statement.
The old Westminster Catechism opens with a grand statement.
Just kind of feels like «Flyers go 0 -2-2 to superior Pens team» is not exactly a grand statement on overall team quality, and picking out two abbreviated overtime periods as examples is an even worse way to support the claim that the Flyers are bad.
It feels like you're making some grand statement about who you are, even if nobody will remember.
«They don't want a slogan or a manager always making the grand statements,» says manager Clint Hurdle.
Though tiny in their proportions, these sweet tokens make a grand statement about the wearer's taste and humor.
But one detail glossed over in the recent slew of grand statements and PowerPoint presentations was how exactly Albany would come up with the funds it will have to commit to seeing the proposals become a reality.
«A year on since Gordon Brown launched his Governance of Britain programme of constitutional renewal, we have very little to show for the grand statements he made back then.
It has to be to make a grand statement about what humans can achieve — that's something we do well, and it inspires people to go into the fields we need them in.
We are talking over the phone when he makes this grand statement from a restaurant in Brazil.
Make a grand statement as you deck yourself in a fabulous pair of men's beige trousers.
It really makes a grand statement.
Its ornate scrolling details make a grand statement in a bedroom, hallway, or at the top of a stairwell.
Grouped together, this floral trio makes a grand statement.
Once in awhile I love making a grand statement, but for everyday I have my usual suspects that are my go to's.
The wainscot is super professional, the gingham paint is original and makes a grand statement, and the accessories are adorable, especially that giraffe!
Those dishes make a grand statement.
While usually I am wearing what I like and what spoke to me that day, the world sometimes interprets it into a grand statement.
Make a grand statement with this distinctive, Asian - inspired wooden bench that mimics bamboo.
It wasn't some carefully considered stance on sexual transmitted infections, or grand statement about herpes.
It showcases a career best performance (Ed Norton in that movie) in a character piece that isn't so much about a personal journey as it is a grand statement about a specific social problem that will continue to thrive with no end in sight.
It makes a grand statement for episodic content.
She might also be seen as a stand in for Luc (as in Besson), and the movie shows indications of being his grand statement on life, the cosmos and whatever.
As Richard, Edgerton's ideally cast to play a low key character less invested in grand statements than maintaining his private life.
He's not making any grand statements about religion or sexuality.
Reeves» take on the Planet of the Apes saga does so much more, though, successfully shifting the point of view from the human's perspective to that of the apes themselves and making a grand statement about war itself and the lines in the sand that divide us, both animal and man.
Joseph Gordon - Levitt stars as the tightrope walker as he prepares for his grandest statement, a high - wire walk between New York's Twin Towers.
Eventually, however, the puzzle pieces have to start forming a recognizable image — there's even a baldly expository / symbolic scene that illustrates this using actual puzzle pieces — and The Captive's endgame is simultaneously so silly and muddled that it's impossible to take seriously, even though Egoyan is clearly struggling to make some sort of grand statement.
Despite a premise absolutely dripping with social satire, Jonze insists no grand statements exists at the core of Her.
In her latest film, «Night Moves,» a ragtag triumvirate of determined activists - cum - eco-terrorists, played by Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, and Peter Sarsgaard, decide to make a grand statement about over-consumption and the destruction of natural resources by blowing up a hydroelectric dam on the Oregon river near where they live.
Hooper does not seek to make a grand statement with his film, but sought instead, to tell a great story.
But The Disaster Artist isn't really interested in making a grander statement; it's about a magical friendship and a strange movie, and its primary aim is to make you laugh.
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