Sentences with phrase «held against people»

Most of my races were held against people of my same caliber, which made the whole experience that much more enjoyable.

What is not ok is to hold against people some characteristic over which they have no control.

«I've always thought it's terribly unfair to hold against people things they might have done in their youth,» he said.

This shows great emotional intelligence on your part for recognizing the behavior and not holding it against the person.

I don't hold it against people for leaving at all.

Not exact matches

Countess Meliara and her brother Bran lead a rebellion against the king in light of his secret plot to break the covenant the kingdom's people hold with the hill folk, but their army is ill - prepared and she falls into enemy hands — or at least, what she thinks are enemy hands.

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That's the kind of «appointment viewing» that holds up the best against digital streaming and other services, because the in - person aspect is such a huge part of the experience.

(Sure, a bunch of people will give up using FedEx — one of the few major companies to hold its ground against the boycott — but are they really going to boycott two dozen companies, and suffer that much disruption of your consumption habits?

More than 71,000 people signed a Change.org petition calling on Protein World to remove the adverts, and a small protest against the campaign was held in London's Hyde Park.

A portion of the caption reads: «This is a transformation that I've been holding back from releasing for a while now, solely because of the fear I've had of people turning it into a racial scandal against me.

The most logical answer is that Jobs's method consistently produced results without causing people to hold grudges against him.

But she cautions that even in this 24/7 world, «most people look at the time stamp and hold it against you if it shows some crazy hour in the morning.

Unlike Serial, which explored how a suspect's race and religion might have been held against him, The Jinx riveted viewers by exploring the role of privilege and how Durst's high - priced legal defense team could manage to help him evade the most serious criminal charges against him even when, in one case, he'd actually admitted to having dismembered a person's body.

It seems like the world is completely against this person, and despite their best efforts, the world will continue to hold them back.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

If those 100 people held a rally — a form of social organization designed to amplify individual voices — and at that rally chanted slogans for or against a particular candidate, that would be perfectly legal.

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do you think if the «christian world» threatened to «explode» and riot and start randomly killing people if this concert is not held then the generals, the fbi and the president would publicity condemn anyone who is against this concert?

It was proven in court and its a shame that people in this world are still like that but all is well is well because our faith in God is stronger and we hold no grudges against the three gentlemen that did this we forgave them and we pray for them daily.

You will notice that you won't see these same level of oppositions against any other belief system, where people who hold the worldly opinion would be so motivated and compelled as to try and convince believers that their faith is wrong.

I think it is not discreminating against anyone to deny leadership in a group that has certain values if that person wanting a leadership position or becoming a member did not hold to those values.

The long list of «grievances» (I guess that's a fair enough word) against religion should not lead you to believe that I am «mad at God» or any of the other common stereotypes people hold of nonbelievers.

If Muslims don't agree with the sects that are violent against non muslims and other peoples way of life, then they need to get a hold of these lunatics.

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, who was uninvolved, is in support of criminal action being taken against the officials and said she was glad people were being held accountable.

«God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself,» proclaims St. Paul, «no longer holding people's misdeeds against them, and... he has entrusted us with the message of reconciliation» (II Cor.

Given that much of it is private, most people here can rest assured in the knowledge that if her claims did not hold up against this evidence, these people would speak out publicly here and / or privately to Julie.

On March 20, he held a mock trial of the Muslim Holy Book, and the jury — consisting of twelve people from his congregation — found the book guilty of five «crimes against humanity,» including the promotion of terrorist acts and «the death, rape and torture of people worldwide whose only crime is not being of the Islamic faith.»

In June 1948, it resolved not to hold any events at a facility discriminating against people of color.

That kind of perspective, though certainly many of us know and love people who hold it, is anathema to our liberal religious heritage, and stands against our commitment to reason, freedom and tolerance.

What about employers who have deeply held beliefs against other medical treatments: anti-depressants, antibiotics, and don't forget the anti-vaccination people.

Will people hold it against me?

It was the book, taken as a whole, held up against history, held up against decency and hope, held up to the person I desired to be... I had to choose to cling to belief despite all of that and continue to fail to be a person of compassion and love or to begin to let go of that belief and make room in my heart for compassion and love.

I have nothing against religious people — but if you are regressive, and refuse to believe in science, you are a dead weight on our country holding us back from competing in the world.

Let's not pretend this is anything other than what it is: a small group of people holding onto their evil discrimination against a group of people.

«Francis» decision to hold a photo - op at the security barrier,» she writes, «was an act of extreme hostility against Israel and the Jewish people.»

Intellect holds us apart from the world which it helps us use; instinct joins us with the world but not as persons; intuition binds us as persons to the world which is over against us without being able to make us one with it.

These people fully believed they were in the right, because they thought God had directed them to commit these crimes against their fellow human beings, and they were largely unwilling to even begin questioning their long - held beliefs.

Paul perceived that some people might hold Timothy's youth against him, and told instructed him on how to handle such critiques: with substantive virtue.

It does appear that some people are holding immense grudges against religion.

If Nazi's / white supremasist hold a rally against people of color and various religions does that give anybody who is not part of that group to attack the Nazi's / white supremasists.

If human beings could communicate among themselves by direct sympathy, then they would be as mutually dependent upon each other as the body and mind are; and this condition would deny individual persons freedom and distinct individuality over against one another.26 Although the relationship between one's body and mind seems to be immediately social, Hartshorne holds that interchange between human minds is almost never by direct contact and generally through mediation of vibrating particles of air and other kinds of «matter.»

Nazi Germany didn't happen overnight; it took hold insidiously by marginalizing and blaming a group of people while others didn't speak up against it.

The bottom - line is to take this to an even further reality, I believe it is widely held as credible that not only are there crazy zealots looking to get their hands on working tactical thermonuclear warheads, but would, without blinking an eye, use them against you and I and the rest of the people of the U.S., as well as other non-muslim countries around the world.

All people are emotionally held islands of spiritedness and their souls do ever live on regardless those who hold firmly against such ideologies of religious intentions

The entrance of the Egyptian army into the path through the Red Sea demonstrates that if a group of people persists in rebelling against God, there comes a time when not even God can hold back the consequences of such rebellion.

All people are emtionally held islands of spiritedness and their souls to ever live on regardless those who hold against such ideologies of religious intentions.

It has its own distinctive message of salvation (political freedom), its own «set apart» people group (America and its allies), its own creed («we hold these truths to be self - evident»), its own distinctive enemies (all who resist freedom and who are against America), its own distinctive symbol (the flag), its own distinctive god (the national deity we are «under,» who favors our cause and helps us win our battles).

Similarly, as we know that homosexuality is just as natural and God - given as heterosexuality, we realize that the Biblical injunctions against homosexuality were conditioned by the attitudes and beliefs about this form of sexual expression which were held by people without benefit of centuries of scientific knowledge and understanding.

Why hold that sin against people who were not even born yet?