Sentences with phrase «individual foibles»

You have no trouble feeling compassion for their individual foibles and what they each are struggling to achieve: For De Niro it is an imagined lack of respect; For Gooding Jr. it is a very real lack of respect, even when he becomes a national hero.

While it means that I'm a bit more accepting of individual foibles that can cause a rough patch of service (maybe the cashier's pet scorpion died and that's why she was rude), it also means that I set the bar extremely high for service to be worth raving about.

Not exact matches

What would David Cameron have said about the financial foibles of an individual such as Maria Miller who sat in high office while he was in opposition?

Which presents a bit of a challenge... Despite the EU / Eurozone & a plethora of pan-European indices, buying Europe's nothing like buying the US for the average investor — it's still a somewhat daunting exercise in learning about / adapting to the foibles of every single individual market.

At the same time, his sensitive use of his own foibles (vanity, for one) and challenges (physical disability) provide an autobiographical perspective through which to navigate the contradictory emotions and paradoxes of his examination of individual and political power.

Like all people, individuals and couples considering adoption come to this process with their own share of worries and foibles.