Sentences with phrase «irony of looking»

The great irony of looking for employment is that the job search itself is a full - time job.

The irony of you looking at an image of this rat - faced pope and somehow seeing the image of that Jesus you all believe in... just as bad as the Muslims who think their belief is somehow different from the Taliban or other murderous sects.

The irony of looking good while shopping online just might connect with your customers.

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«The irony of this movement is that they want journalistic integrity, but are looking to squash the voices of women at all costs,» Edwards said.

Let's begin by meditating upon what might be called the first of the secular ironies now evident: Humanae Vitae's specific predictions about what the world would look like if artificial contraception became widespread.

Look for the points of irony?

Mankind lies on its knees before the opposite of that which was the origin, the meaning, the right of the evangel; in the concept of «church» it has pronounced holy precisely what the «bringer of the glad tidings» felt to be beneath and behind himself — one would look in vain for a greater example of world - historical irony.

The real irony is that he looked just like the guys being pulled out of the line of travellers at any airport by the TSA for extra screening: a dark - haired bearded Middle Eastern male.

The great irony of American higher education is that in pursuing diversity, colleges and universities have come to look more or less alike.

1): The Irony of It All: 1893 - 1919 (University of Chicago Press, 385 pp., $ 24.95) In this first volume of a projected four - volume history of American religion in the 20th century (the legend has already arisen that the last volume will be completed on the day he retires), Marty looks at the impact of modernity on a breathtaking variety of American religious groups and individuals.

Perhaps the central irony is that already mentioned: the groups that were expected then to lose to the powers of modernity look today like winners.

So he is looking ahead to chaos theory just as Keats is looking ahead to him and Poincare, and at the same time Bohr is placing on the scientist the same burden of irony that Keats places on all irritable reachers who demand a systematic clarity that will end the matter.

no no absolutely not, you should stop thinking that all arsenal fans would be great guys and would love the club very much, every team has bad / very bad fans and nope i have had arguements with him a lot of times and you are wrong you should look up in the dictionary that isnt even close to irony thats simple cynism he ridicules the team and mocks it at every chance he gets... and for my feeling even if he is frustrated and feeling helpless, people who react like that because of frustration and helplessness are just weak - minded and lack conviction

The irony of Rooney bagging a hat - trick is that he spent much of the game playing in a deep - lying role and, in the early exchanges, it looked as though he was falling back into bad habits.

The irony is that in the midst of the abhorrence and condemnation of these incidences by Ghanaians, the EC will look into the eyes of Ghanaians, and declare the election results as free, fair and transparent with the usual saying «the security incidence did not affect the elections» creating the impression that the violence is permissible.

The disease, closely linked with not eating the right foods and sitting around too much, is beginning to look something like a pandemic as millions of people around the world confront a central irony of the modern world: A lifestyle of abundance can be deadly.

The irony is that small eyes will stand out best when it looks like you're not wearing any liner at all, whereas a thick rim of black all around can drown them out.

My favorites were a graphic tee (above) that straddles the right side of the irony line ($ 25 in soft, 100 % cotton jersey), a pair of greenish - beige skinny pants with surprisingly nice detailing, and a cotton / polyester blend jacket that has a convincing linen - like look and feel to it (both $ 64.50, below).

, and I think you look cool and fresh, with a touch of genuine irony!!.

Like long drives on dirt roads looking for whatever we find.Witty, good sence of humor, can be sarcastic with a touch of irony tossed in.Love nature and exploring it, Notre Dame sports, fishing although haven't done any in a along time.

The irony of all this is if you look at the screen shot it states that «fraud will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law».

The irony is that Ragnarok robs Thor of his greatest comic weapon: his heightened, pompous dignity can't really be undermined when he's frequently made to look foolish.

Inject that with a dose of irony, and The Big Lebowski is the Will Hunting of comedies: He's brilliant, but you sure wouldn't guess it by looking at him.

The film is a rare case of a historical film not looking back on its source through the legacy it may have developed over time (usually peppered with winking irony), but is presented straight, immersed in the present of the period depicted where the prospect of Nixon resigning is all but preposterous.

He is to my way of looking the most obnoxious guy in the group, putting on British airs, regularly trying to be humorous through irony.

It made this documentary look like an insufferably cute, patronizing comedy about the irony of very old people belting out rock songs like I Want to Be Sedated.

Sadly, Hammer functions only to look tall, square - jawed and noble, lusting chastely after his dead brother's wife and goofing off just enough to satisfy the film's overall boringly postmodern air of irony and self - reflexivity.

Perhaps the biggest irony of the film is that Dash (still looking fantastic at 40) and Rudd (in his late 30s), are playing not only younger than they are in their respective roles in the film, but the characters themselves are stars of a TV show that requires them to be high school age.

There's the early morning DJ (Brown, The Final Curtain) that no one even knows exists until months on the boat (you would think the DJ who relieves him would know, but no matter, it would ruin the joke), and there's the one - joke character, sexy Midnight Mark (Wisdom, 300) who remains sexy because he looks good and says nothing (an irony given that radio is where looks don't matter and the gift of gab reigns supreme).

Even with braces and bad hair, Robbie has the look of someone who'd be at home in pageantry, which is one of the central ironies of making Harding's story into a movie, really.

Consider also the irony of Ridley Scott, one of the most excessively stylish Hollywood filmmakers of his era, getting pipped at the post in 2001 because Gladiator's deliberately old - fashioned, 1950s sword - and - sandal vibe looked moldy next to Steven Soderbergh's refreshingly versatile, carefully color - coded (and vaguely Oliver Stone'd) aesthetic in Traffic.

In case there is any doubt that there is a playful irony at work, we need look no further than the moment someone calls Ethan the living manifestation of destiny.

And the irony seems completely lost of a white guy wearing a hoodie gunning down minorities in Chicago being a terrible look.

Along with the peerlessly bitchy Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane (smitten with a visiting giantess who looks like an elongated Judith Miller — only nicer), and Michael Gambon (who has found his Dumbledore, injecting a dose of irony into his lines), we get more Gary Oldman (albeit only as a smoke - and - ash face in a fireplace), more Timothy Spall (vermin with a pedigree), and, best of all, more of the delicious Shirley Henderson as Moaning Myrtle (now sneaking peeks at Harry's privates).

Other highlights include reflections on the intricacies and ironies of making a cheap - looking»50s TV show on expensive state - of - the - art computers as well as observations of hidden gags and cinematic homages that the animators slipped in.

«When I look at Bruno I want to laugh because there's a little bit of irony there all the time.»

Noting the irony that I'd wasted most of my battery looking for somewhere to charge up, I set the navigation for CNET's garage to plug into a wall outlet for the night.

I think one of the unfortunate ironies of the Author Earnings effort is that anyone who already has a self - published book selling decently on Amazon can take one look at our sales - to - rank graph and immediately say, «Yep.

In the ensuing investigation, McGuire introduces a tantalizing touch of dramatic irony: readers soon know whodunit but the characters do not, so to start with it looks like the wrong man will be arrested and the real killer might go free.

As this implies, irony — saying one thing while meaning another; for example, looking outside at a driving rainstorm and saying, «My, what a beautiful day» — is a staple form of humor, as is its twin, sarcasm.

Another reliable form of humor, which might be called irony's cousin, is incongruity, the pairing of two generally accepted incompatibles; one of my favorite examples of this comes (again) from the Freddy books: it's found in the character of Leo the Lion, who has a penchant for getting permanent waves to keep his mane looking spiffy («And I ought to have another permanent; there isn't hardly a crinkle left in the darn thing»).

The irony is that E Ink really looks the best under direct sunlight or at least a nearby lamp, while LCDs are best kept out of the sun.

Plus, I love the irony of a Pollock fish that looks like it was painted by Pollock.

So after looking around on the net for a bit, I learned that «doki doki» is a Japanese onomatopoeia that refers to the sound of a beating heart, often used for irony or comedic effect.

, you really do get the feeling that you've been dropped into a hyper - stylized and glorious Miami of just a few decades ago, and the irony behind a crime drama being so vibrant and exciting to look at is one of the things that really draws me into the game.

Playing through their available demo, you really do get the feeling that you've been dropped into a hyper - stylized and glorious Miami of just a few decades ago, and the irony behind a crime drama being so vibrant and exciting to look at is one of the things that really draws me into the game.

Even with one of the two suspended upside - down, they look more leaden, but then English artists often risk an overdose of seriousness when they turn up the irony.

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Schnabel's work from 1979 and 1980 may once have seemed the ultimate in empty spectacle, in its mix of Neo-Expressionism and irony, but it looks more prescient in the explosion of painting today.

Roberta Smith writing in The New York Times Friday about Sherrie Levine: «Mayhem», at New York's Whitney Museum through January 29, inquired whether the show, like an «art boutique full of fastidious, expensive - looking objects lightly dusted with irony» meant that a mistake had been made: «I'd like to think that Ms. Levine is a better artist than this, but I'm not sure.»