Sentences with phrase «immediate pleasures in»

There are two immediate pleasures in seeing Matthew McConaughey essay such a seamy character as Mick Haller, the bottom - feeding title attorney of The Lincoln Lawyer.

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It's a substantial magazine of the old sort, which one reads for the pleasure of reading and of learning, covering subjects with no obvious immediate cash value but of great value to those who believe in humane learning — though it also dealt well with the pressing issues of the day.

Work is any activity entered into for the sake of an end, and it is normal for the, human spirit, in contrast with animal experience, to have ends in view for which the immediate pleasures of idleness will voluntarily be surrendered.

The result is that, quite apart from the immediate pleasure which any sensible experience may give us, our own general moral attitude in procuring or undergoing the experience brings with it a secondary satisfaction or distaste.

Of course, if a government punishes sexual promiscuity in a certain segment of the population with death the people will become less promiscuous since it focuses everyone's attention on the reality that aside from the immediate pleasure, there can be serious negative consequences.

In a society where virtually all property is in an immediate sense the means of subsistence rather than items of mere convenience or luxury or pleasure or whim, to steal is potentially as great a violation of human integrity as to murder or to commit adulterIn a society where virtually all property is in an immediate sense the means of subsistence rather than items of mere convenience or luxury or pleasure or whim, to steal is potentially as great a violation of human integrity as to murder or to commit adulterin an immediate sense the means of subsistence rather than items of mere convenience or luxury or pleasure or whim, to steal is potentially as great a violation of human integrity as to murder or to commit adultery.

Above all, it is truer to our supreme responsibility, that of keeping ourselves facing in the direction of humanity and truth in times that tempt us to despair of everything but immediate pleasure.

A nap, and the «immediate pleasure of smelling a secret garden in his urine that had been purified by lukewarm asparagus.»

If you can overcome your tendency to focus on present, immediate pleasures (like having those cupcakes) and instead delay your gratification and in fact find pleasure in new healthy behaviors (like eating dark chocolate squares instead), you will be setting yourself up, ironically enough, for more short term AND long term good health!

Hygge is not about extravagance, but about taking pleasure in the sheer simplicity of your immediate surroundings.

Per definition, a «hookup culture» is a culture in which casual dates are accepted, focusing on immediate pleasure rather than long - term commitment...

Rather than focusing on bullets traded and blows landed with shaky, «immediate» handheld photography, director Gore Verbinski relies on the pleasures of unexpected motion occurring within a static frame: a character falling off a train to land on an unseen horse, or our dynamic duo finding themselves swinging in circles after the chains on their hands get caught on an overhead cable, or, most famously, Tonto bridging up on a ladder in the «middle» of a fight between the Ranger and William Fichtner's Butch Kavendish.

Freud took the matter further when he described the «Id», a powerful, animalistic force buried deep in our unconscious mind that seeks immediate gratification of all needs, wants, and urges, with resultant feelings of pleasure and pain - avoidance.

«A new Donna Leon book about Venice Police Commissario Guido Brunetti — the 12th in a memorable series — is ready for our immediate pleasure.

At that moment of first encounter, I felt that I had shared with the artist a simultaneous experience: the making of the work, its presentation, and my viewing of it all linked up in an immediate correlation of understanding and pleasure.

Embracing the totality of human experience, Marlene Dumas finds an eternal beauty not in immediate pleasure, but in the timeless gap between the cherished and unspeakable.

In this sense, it's not dissimilar to the alcohol or gambling addict that can not resist the immediate «pleasure» of satisfying her or his habit — the future consequences are discounted to the point of irrelevance in the addict's minIn this sense, it's not dissimilar to the alcohol or gambling addict that can not resist the immediate «pleasure» of satisfying her or his habit — the future consequences are discounted to the point of irrelevance in the addict's minin the addict's mind.

In the United States the magistrates are not elected by a particular class of citizens, but by the majority of the nation; as they are the immediate representatives of the passions of the multitude and are wholly dependent upon its pleasure, they excite neither hatred nor fear; hence, as I have already shown, very little care has been taken to limit their authority, and they are left in possession of a vast amount of arbitrary poweIn the United States the magistrates are not elected by a particular class of citizens, but by the majority of the nation; as they are the immediate representatives of the passions of the multitude and are wholly dependent upon its pleasure, they excite neither hatred nor fear; hence, as I have already shown, very little care has been taken to limit their authority, and they are left in possession of a vast amount of arbitrary powein possession of a vast amount of arbitrary power.

«A well - crafted post is not simply a pleasure unto itself; it also provides immediate gratification, when the post attracts attention in the blogosphere.»

The problem with today's generation (i.e., my generation), is that we've stopped seeking out and forming relationships for the sake of finding love and are now only interested in finding immediate pleasure or having fun.

Her evident pleasure at causing her ex-husband pain was powerful enough that she couldn't control it in the courtroom before the judge who was to make important decisions about her immediate future and later the custody of her kids.

The house is small (1350 sf), oriented due east / west yet quite shaded at times because of trees and an overhang on the house, but my still immediate pleasure when I get up in the morning is to walk through the house and open every curtain along the way to bring the outside in.