Sentences with phrase «idiosyncrasies as»

Environmental policies like the Montreal Protocol at least make more intuitive sense than, say, the fight for all Americans to marry whomever they choose (though the Montreal Protocol has its own idiosyncrasies as well).

Viewers are encouraged to discover formal and phenomenological idiosyncrasies as they engage in the experience of looking and finding.

For all Anderson's fastidiousness as a stylist and his idiosyncrasies as a storyteller, he has made an audience picture through and through: a witty, subversive dark comedy that had the audience cackling repeatedly, and in all the right places, both times I saw it.

Writing a beautiful story to try to justify your prejudices or idiosyncrasies as other would call it, isn't an analysis by any means.

And once again there is a Warrior known as much for his idiosyncrasies as his performances during games.

On the other hand, at this point it might seem more cogent to dismiss the entire genealogy with all of its idiosyncrasies as the work of earlier tradition.

Actually, he uses this idiosyncrasy as a way to break up with women — as most find this situation to be odd.

A commitment to privacy expresses a different kind of «sound reason» that we might choose to value — one that prizes serendipity as well as predictability and idiosyncrasy as well as assimilation.

Not exact matches

No matter what kind of idiosyncrasies we've picked up from our parents (and it's probably not as bad as we think — it's just Country music, after all) it's not our parents» fault.

Origen, for this and other idiosyncrasies such as his universalist doctrine of apokatastasis, 32 came to be identified not as orthodox but heterodox by the church's official leadership.

Kathryn is a Lord Peter fan and shares some of that great detective's idiosyncrasies, including a cozy private fortune and a Bunter - like servant («Warby») whom she treats as a friend rather than an employee.

It is talking about christianity as an all encompassing umbrella — there are many different denominations of every religion and if they went into the idiosyncrasies of every one they would be arguing more about the differences between the different denominations and not between the three religions mentioned above.

If I judged my position a personal idiosyncrasy, it would be inappropriate to mention it here, but if, as I think, it reflects a Whiteheadian sensibility, it may help to clarify differences.

The question I want to raise is this: Is the crank element — what I shall hereafter refer to as «crankitude» — that manifests itself in the work of Kurzweil and Leibowitz merely a reflection of personal idiosyncrasy or does it point to something more significant?

Tawney said that the man who «seeks God apart from his brethren is likely not to find God, but rather the devil, whose face will bear a surprising resemblance to his own» That is, unless we broaden our perspective and correct our idiosyncrasies by sharing with our human brethren, we are in peril of conceiving God simply as ourselves writ large, with all our peculiarities, self - centeredness, and imperfection.

The curriculum, the homework, the teacher's idiosyncrasies, etc. are all fresh in your mind as a parent, so you can help your younger child navigate the school year.

«The greatest pressure we can put to bear on Iran to change the behavior is a collective pressure,» a goal which was to be achieved by continuing to work in conjunction with other nations, as opposed to adopting the Trump idiosyncrasy of acting unilaterally.

Complicating matters further is the fact that, as the field matures, researchers need to collect and analyze sequences from multiple specimens to prove that their results are not based on the idiosyncrasies of a single sample.

Repetition of talking points passes for political discussion, and serious interest in issues and options is treated as the idiosyncrasy of wonks.

These companies were sometimes felled by practical idiosyncrasies such as offering credit cards as the sole payment method in Europe, not knowing that only 25 % of Germans own them.

Everyone is on their best behavior and idiosyncrasies are thought of as cute.

The key to making that physical connection is to develop personal rituals, just as couples together in person develop idiosyncrasies that define their relationship.

Established first as an object of scorn, the humorless Gary comes to be a sympathetic character whose amusing idiosyncrasies endear him to us and his neighbors.

There is a lacking critical quality to the story as it goes along, touching upon the film's many idiosyncrasies but leaving them alone.

At the risk of further estranging myself from De Palma geeks, I must admit I rather enjoyed watching a Body Double without Armond White guilt - tripping my subconscious — which is not to say that Looker circumvents an auteurist reading altogether, but the idiosyncrasies that betray it as «Crichtonian» (like a novelistic conceit that starts off each new act with a placard indicating the day of the week *) are less than venerable and thus hardly lend themselves to an apologia.

Her turn as Jackie pays tribute to the idiosyncrasies of the person — the measured tics and rehearsed presentation of self — while also injecting her own interpretation of the character — those moments behind closed doors.

Gillian Jacobs («Community») freestyles a bit of flakiness as a sorority sister who'd been in a coma for several years, but the idiosyncrasy never really clicks.

His idiosyncrasies are most noticeable in Maui, a funny character with the doubly tricky duty of being weird and heroic, but not so heroic as to overshadow Moana.

Ditching the MCU's familiar roster of heroes (they don't get as much as a mention) along with many of the basics of the Marvel film formula, Ryan Coogler has turned Black Panther into a highly personal crowd - pleaser in the vein of his last film, the Rocky sequel Creed, but with all the idiosyncrasies and intrigues afforded by its main setting, the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda.

Waititi plays most of this as comedy (An encounter with a large, wild pig is a decidedly unnerving exception), and it works in that regard without overwhelming us with the characters» idiosyncrasies (Most of those belong to the supporting characters, who never overstay their welcome, anyway).

Laurie Metcalf, «Lady Bird» As a «warm but scary» mother struggling to make ends meet and appreciate — as well as love — her daughter, Metcalf provides this story with both its familiarity and idiosyncrasAs a «warm but scary» mother struggling to make ends meet and appreciate — as well as love — her daughter, Metcalf provides this story with both its familiarity and idiosyncrasas well as love — her daughter, Metcalf provides this story with both its familiarity and idiosyncrasas love — her daughter, Metcalf provides this story with both its familiarity and idiosyncrasy.

It really picks up steam as Walter becomes a phenomenon for his idiosyncrasy, appearing on talk shows since people love to watch a personal train wreck (As much as we want to keep distance between the performance and the performer, it is almost impossible to watch these scenes without considering Gibson's numerous appearances in the media spotlight, and Gibson's portrayal is especially daring in light of themas Walter becomes a phenomenon for his idiosyncrasy, appearing on talk shows since people love to watch a personal train wreck (As much as we want to keep distance between the performance and the performer, it is almost impossible to watch these scenes without considering Gibson's numerous appearances in the media spotlight, and Gibson's portrayal is especially daring in light of themAs much as we want to keep distance between the performance and the performer, it is almost impossible to watch these scenes without considering Gibson's numerous appearances in the media spotlight, and Gibson's portrayal is especially daring in light of themas we want to keep distance between the performance and the performer, it is almost impossible to watch these scenes without considering Gibson's numerous appearances in the media spotlight, and Gibson's portrayal is especially daring in light of them).

Not more events, but more of the characters — their experiences of the world as people with thoughts, feelings, and idiosyncrasies that aren't only reactive to or symptomatic of their circumstances, but compelling expressions of themselves.

Everyone here transcends their typecasting, including slacker balladeers Mark and Jay Duplass, who make a bid for mainstream success (two words: car chase) without precisely abandoning their idiosyncrasies, such as their camcorder - honed / derived aesthetic — which establishes a cinematic grammar that allows for shabby but essential angles like a shot of Segel's hair poking up from behind a vending machine.

But a visionary director should have something more to offer: Either twisting the plot or the characters in an unexpected direction, or using the story as a springboard for the sort of weirdness or kinkiness or personal idiosyncrasies that were missing from past versions of this tale.

When director Edgar Wright left Marvel's «Ant - Man» just before it went into production in 2014, it was interpreted as a blow against allowing for the idiosyncrasies of individual filmmakers within the confines of the current production model.

«He may be a designer, but he's the designer as tortured genius, a man whose idiosyncrasies and unreasonable behavior are enabled ad tolerated in the service of his art.

Holmes disapproves, but then matters of the heart come second for him as he immerses himself and all his idiosyncrasies into a variety of work, from sipping formaldehyde to testing urban camouflage.

Like Despereaux, he too has some strange un-rat-like idiosyncrasies, such as enjoying sunlight.

Anne Dudek has been cast as a Tracy Brand, a «future genius» with «a smorgasbord of quirky idiosyncrasies» who, having currently displayed none of those genius - related talents, sets out to make her future happen.

The Disaster Artist explores the «it's so bad, it's good» idiosyncrasies of «The Room,» reinforcing its place as one of the greatest cult phenomena in modern film history.

The show itself is designed to highlight the unique qualities of each artist, but no one could have captured those idiosyncrasies better than Demme: in an astonishing tracking shot, the faces of each performer as they interact with each other while singing and dancing to «Drink You Away» appear one after the other, their different expressions all unified by the soulful words of the song.

It's not an overly compelling track, especially for a film this studied, but he points out what he needs to point out and assigns proper credit to Bass's contribution to the shower scene as well as to Perkins's work in developing the idiosyncrasies of Norman's character.

Laurie Metcalf, «Lady Bird» As a «warm but scary» mother struggling to both make ends meet and appreciate — as well as love — her daughter, Metcalf provides this story with both its familiarity and idiosyncrasAs a «warm but scary» mother struggling to both make ends meet and appreciate — as well as love — her daughter, Metcalf provides this story with both its familiarity and idiosyncrasas well as love — her daughter, Metcalf provides this story with both its familiarity and idiosyncrasas love — her daughter, Metcalf provides this story with both its familiarity and idiosyncrasy.

Guerrilla Games have tinkered under Horizon's hood as well, fixing some of the original outing's irritations and idiosyncrasies by allowing Aloy to collect resources while mounted and dissemble unwanted loot rather than seeking out the nearest merchant.

Phillips perceptively explores the tension between the amiable Shonzi and serious Todd, and how, as brothers, they provocatively and humorously get under each other's skin — though this interplay of contrasting behaviors offers a level of idiosyncrasy that the film's too - conventional narrative ultimately skimps on.

The production of Universal Soldier, given its strange history as a franchise and the apparent idiosyncrasies of this new iteration, is well - worth exploring in detail, but, to that end, a talky commentary track from John Hyams and co-star Lundgren provides more substantial context and on - set anecdotes than anything in the stand - alone featurette.

Even when his citations seem most direct — as in the homage to Douglas Sirk that famously structures Far From Heaven (02)-- they always reveal subtle idiosyncrasies, encompassing quick nods to other influences amidst the more foregrounded tributes.

This isn't much of an issue as Ned's sisterly trio offers more than enough idiosyncrasies to keep you entertained.

Perhaps there are some «wrong» answers (such as relying exclusively on proficiency rates in reading and math to judge school quality, or measuring school spending and other inputs and calling it accountability) but mostly there are a whole bunch of right and partially - right answers, depending on policymakers» goals and states» idiosyncrasies.