Sentences with phrase «impressed by the stories»

I was pretty impressed by their story.

You'll be impressed by the stories many of the buildings in Almeria have to tell.

We were impressed by the stories we heard about from the firms who were willing to take the plunge and provide their information for the survey.

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He was impressed by the content: stories about employees who'd been standout performers.

At press time, that number continues to grow by more than 1,000 emails each day, with individuals sharing their stories and impressing upon our elected officials that a sober second thought is needed to avoid far - reaching, negative consequences.

Rabbi Michael Goldberg, in his book Jews and Christians: Getting Our Stories Straight, says that as a Jew he is impressed in reading Matthew's account of the nativity by how utterly passive the actors are.

So, either they were not very much impressed by YHWH (which makes you wonder what the Egyptian gods were showing them beforehand), or this just isn't a story that happened as literally as some people would like to believe, right?

Bacon and hot dog maker Oscar Meyer was so impressed by Pearl's story, that they paid a visit to her with their famous Wienermobile on her most recent birthday.

Once again, I am impressed by Wesley's depth, thoughtfulness, and honesty as he shares his story, and I am personally challenged by his commitment to follow Christ, no matter what.

Presiding at the altar of Immaculate Conception on Fourteenth St. and First Ave., with hundreds and hundreds of ordinary Americans, I am consistently impressed by the intensity of the response to the particularity of Bible story, of bread and wine, of body and blood, of confession and absolution, of lively interaction with Mary and all the saints, and, yes, of miracles» and all this concentrated as concentrated can be on Jesus Christ incarnate, present, helping, judging, forgiving, and coming again.

What I do know is what I have been impressed by and the tremendous strength I have seen in people that I know that have come through abuse and how important honouring their story is.

For stories to be told of him as a rabbi, the picture of his actual work as a teacher of the Law must have been distinctly impressed on their memory; later it was gradually thrust into the background by the figure of the Messiah.

When arguably the best midfielder of all time is sharing a story like that, it's clear how impressed he was by Paul Scholes.

I love how God helps us understand his grace through our littles < 3 This is such a sweet story and I'm so impressed by the forgiveness your little one showed his classmate!

Angela was impressed by the level of care and expertise shown by the staff and moved by many of the St Dunstaners» stories:

What she should have done was to take the story head on and be quite up front about why she left Labour and became impressed by David Cameron.

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

Although I am deeply impressed and moved by Longden's story and ideas, I can not totally agree with her conclusion that «people who are diagnosed... with schizophrenia are not victims of chemical imbalance or genetic mutation.»

«On our first date, I was trying to impress my now - wife by telling her fictional stories about all the places I'd traveled.

Now I'm not telling you this story to impress you, but rather impress upon you what is possible by consistently showing up and making a few small changes along the way.

I watched Forks Over Knives and was impressed with all of the stories of people actually reversing some of the same medical conditions I had, just by changing their diet.

Not only was I impressed by the beautiful designs of their bags, but there is an inspiring story behind this successful bag enterprise.

I was so impressed by all this gorgeous designs and if you followed my story on Snapchat (@gittawitzel), you probably noticed my love for this city.

Last month, Italian Vogue still managed to impress by enlisting three different photographers to shoot its wonderful April cover stories.

Unfortunately, the graphics fail to impress, the story isn't anything memorable, banging buttons is as effective as making use of the combos, and what should have been an epic quest can be completed by a novice gamer in around eight hours, with not much reason for replay.

By the end, I was impressed with the epic scale of the story, the expensive special effects and the high production values, but I also had a distinct feeling of «is that all there is?»

The story and voice acting impresses with its cleverness and realization, but is ultimately dragged down by repetitive and substandard gameplay.

The first Norwegian film to be completely animated by computer graphics, and one of their most expensive films to date, Free Jimmy (the title is a take - off inspired by Free Willy) is one of those films that could impress from a technical standpoint, if only the story underneath weren't so derivative and repugnant.

Starlin was not impressed by the other writer's work, so he wrote Warlock into his Silver Surfer story.

The third piece of this story involves April's boyfriend, Bobby, and his quest to dress for success and impress the family by looking his best in a time of distress.

While I still consider Brand to be quite a lunatic, I left the theater inspired by his story and impressed with him as a person.

That's one reason why I was impressed by a film that may not have come on your radar yet, although it has played at various American festivals — Life and Nothing More, by Antonio Mendez Esparza, a Spanish director working in the U.S.. It's the Florida - set story of a mother - son relationship, about a teenage boy going through problems at home and at school, and his mother, who keeps their household together through a series of diner jobs while dealing with the attentions of a fond but potentially troublesome suitor.

What most impresses me about the film (and by extension, the story it adapts) is that it doesn't pull punches or take easy ways out.

Based on a true story, the new film from director John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks), follows the trail of how traveling salesman Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), impressed by the brothers» innovative assembly - line approach to the kitchen, maneuvered himself into a position where he was ultimately able to take control of the company, transforming himself in the process to the «founder» of an economic empire.

The reactions seemed to be mostly split, at least from what this story by my friend Rebecca Lewis wrote, with women head over heels for it and men decently impressed, with Negga in particular.

While the story is very contrived, it is hard not to be impressed by Smith's discipline and knowledge of martial arts.

Reviews for Solo: A Star Wars Story have been a little tepid (70 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes as of Thursday) but critics have been impressed by how little evidence there is of the film's schizophrenic production.

Other people are so impressed by a director who cares more about playing mind games with the audience than telling a real story.

I was very impressed by what the Russo Brothers have delivered, it's an exciting action movie with some incredible set pieces (the car chase scene alone is fantastic, along with everything else) and a compelling story at its core that progresses the characters.

Josh Forward is impressed by the performances, but found this film couldn't decide what story it wanted to tell.

Gavin Farmer describes the development of this refined Grand Tourer and is impressed by a restored 1954 example / The Model T in Manchester — Former Ford archivist David Burgess-Wise recommends the latest story of the car that put the world on wheels / Commercial Restoration — The Ipswich Transport Museum restores its own buses and lorries.

I drove a Cruze quite a bit during our Small Car 6 - Pack story earlier this year and I was really impressed by it.

I was also impressed by the new manager because he overheard me explaining my frustration to the advisor and took the time to introduce himself to me and listen to my story.

«My husband and I borrowed your book from the library and were so impressed by the content we decided to self - publish his collection of short stories.»

We were impressed by Rufi Thorpe's debut, The Girls of Corona Del Mar, a quietly assured story of a lifelong female friendship.

I'm so impressed by your work - these short flash fiction stories really work for me.

Having read his editorial letter several times, I'm both impressed and pleased by the depth of his immersion into my story and the thoughtfulness of his comments and recommendations.»

2 By Kai Asou Digital Manga Publishing Rated YA (16 +)-- If volume one of Kai Asou's Only Serious About You impressed me with its ability to craft a real, moving love story out of well - worn genre clichés, what's most impressive about its second volume is its ability to make me forget that they were ever clichés to begin with.

I met Rebecca through the BlogPaws community and was so impressed by her efforts to help animals in need that I asked her to share her story with us.

Sea Change Again, I was impressed by the honesty and bravery of Catha Larkin's story about a kayaking trip to Baja prompted by her husband's infidelity.