Sentences with phrase «kind of character in»

After playing a very different kind of character in Django, Jackson is back to being Tarantino's textbook definition of cool.

Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) plays a very different kind of character in the romantic sci - fi Kate and Leopold.

In the past few years, he's shown he can really play any kind of character in any kind of film, from «Inside Llewyn Davis» to «A Most Violent Year» to «Ex Machina.»

Thor, who has always been a muscles - first kind of character in the MCU, can easily be mocked because he's already a larger - than - life figure.

Speaking of which, I spoke to your DP, Maryse Alberti, about Philadelphia as a setting and kind of a character in these movies.

We also wanted to capture some sense of the town, even when it was just background to these intimate scenes, since Ebbing itself is a kind of character in the film.

I want to see Schumer stretch a bit more and play a different kind of character in her next movie.

Not exact matches

But without the kind of imposing presence that Samuel L. Jackson would later capture in his performance, the character felt second rate, making this flick a mediocre outing at best.

I called up Richard Harris, I called him up and he was in the Bahamas somewhere and I asked him to play British Bob, which is a character that's kind of... We didn't see there, but is in the picture.

So maybe Ford took some chances, creating spots in which McConaughey just kind of meanderingly freestyles his way through various quasi-philosophical musings about Lincoln and the meaning of life (it's all been compared to his «True Detective» character).

Though it's kind of fun to feel like I'm a character in a William Gibson novel when we talk about stuff like that.

From playing various sports at the Olympic Games to beating other Nintendo characters senseless in Super Smash Bros., Mario has seen action in all kinds of video game genres.

In A Higher Loyalty, fired FBI Director James Comey brings to front - and - center of our national discourse the idea of President Trump as a kind of organized crime boss speaking to both his character and his Administration.

Before it ends, progress in the gold sector will probably be halting at best, although we remain of course open to gold sensing future changes in fundamentals with a long lead time, which can happen out of the blue — but that kind of character change will definitely be noticeable.

America should show some kind of dignity in character, not just helping with money.

(n. 29) «Therefore, the priest's life ought to radiate this spousal character which demands that he be a witness to Christ's spousal love, and thus be capable of loving people with a heart which is new, generous and pure, with genuine self - detachment, with full, constant and faithful dedication and at the same time with a kind of «divine jealousy» (cf. 2 Cor 11:2)-- and even with a kind of maternal tenderness, capable of bearing the «pangs of birth» until «Christ be formed» in thefaithful (cf. Gal 4:19).

«Whenever... preachers, instead of a lesson in religion, put [their congregation] off with a discourse on the Copernican system, on chemical affinities, on the construction of government, or the characters or conduct of those administering it, it is a breach of contract, depriving their audience of the kind of service for which they are salaried, and giving them, instead of it, what they did not want, or, if wanted, would rather seek from better sources in that particular art of science.»

In some sense, indeed, Kierkegaard's life could be written as a kind of dark comedy; despite his premature death, and a great number of sadnesses that afflicted him along the way, there was something enchantingly absurd about his character, a certain benign perversity that often prompted him to make himself willfully ridiculous, and a peculiarly touching element of the ludicrous that clung to him all the way to his early grave.

And it should at once be noted also that as long as such a Church law is in existence, the character of its obligation, the possibility of being excused or dispensed from it, the possibility of discussing its expediency or the need to change it, the possibility of knowing oneself not bound by it in a particular concrete case etc., are of quite a different kind from any case in which an immutable divine commandment is involved.

A precise statement of what the correspondence or the clash might be is not easy to produce and is not necessary here, since our main purpose in these remarks is merely to emphasize the point that value experiences depend for their character upon the kinds of relationships that exist between subject and object.

Now incorporate the eastern philosophies (A huge portion of what Jesus allegedly said came from the Buddha, Confucious and a few others) into this Jesus character... then tie the story back in to the original god (but also ver2.0 of god, same god, but a kinder, gentler vengeful god)-RRB- and voila... the «new» testament.

We might add also that another corrosive influence upon the character of the oppressor is the kind of self - deception which an oppressor is driven to engage in in order to maintain his / her self - image.

She created and perfected a certain kind of character whose necessity in the pop culture canon seemed obvious the moment Plaza filled it.

What an ironic stmt to hear from someone that represents the side that too often equates the character of a person with the kind of church they attend and how often they are in the pew.

An event of a highly distinctive kind and of incalculable creative power occurred in first century Palestine; it was remembered as centered in and taking its character largely from a certain Jewish teacher and prophet.

The fictional lead character in New Kind is poised to abandon his ministry until a wise new friend initiates him into the ways of postmodern Christianity, rehabilitating his ministry and life.

There's so much room within her talent to create a great character, and that means her turn would lead the new Office in terms of the kind of funny it wanted to be.

The younger writers are so self - conscious, so steeped in a certain kind of liberal education, that their characters can't condone even their own sexual impulses; they are, in short, too cool for sex.

His judgment seems to be that, even though some kind of faith or intuition is a formal requisite for critical reflection on the nature of God, the specific content or character that faith has as a concrete, historically conditioned phenomenon does not materially affect the reasoning process which is both possible and appropriate in such reflection.

The paradox of creativity can be seen in a peculiar character of the kind of process that culminates in something intelligible and novel that contributes substantively to a tradition of human endeavor.

Among the rough and ready tests of character, this seems a very good one, not infallible but close to it, accounting for the occasional hard day, bad headache, annoying companions: «The way people treat restaurant staff is, I think, a kind of poker tell, revealing a person's character in as long as it takes to say: «I'll have the sea bass».»

In general, skepticism about a complete explanation of creativity is based on the notion that a creative act issues in an outcome that is new in kind, which was unpredictable, and which has a definite character that is neither reducible to the sum of its elements nor exhaustively traceable to its antecedentIn general, skepticism about a complete explanation of creativity is based on the notion that a creative act issues in an outcome that is new in kind, which was unpredictable, and which has a definite character that is neither reducible to the sum of its elements nor exhaustively traceable to its antecedentin an outcome that is new in kind, which was unpredictable, and which has a definite character that is neither reducible to the sum of its elements nor exhaustively traceable to its antecedentin kind, which was unpredictable, and which has a definite character that is neither reducible to the sum of its elements nor exhaustively traceable to its antecedents.

Luke had been at pains to make clear that the risen Jesus was no otherworldly spirit but a physical form with flesh and bones, 42 who consequently presented his disciples with infallible proofs.41 The risen Christ came to be regarded as having conducted a fresh ministry with his disciples, and in these forty days he «taught them about the kingdom of God».41 But since the experience of the risen Christ was not of this character at the end of the century when Acts was written, it had to be made clear that this kind of experience was brought to an end by a new event, the Ascension.

How to be the kind of person who can stand up to life, face its difficult challenges and hardships, and carry off a victory in quality of character and useful living — that central problem confronts us all.

The total political accomplishment of David still stands as a nearly incredible feat, and let no one be so naive as to suppose that this kind of performance is carried out anywhere, in any time, by unadulterated goodness and nobility of character.

His «wisdom» consisted, we suspect, in his profligate and ultimately self - flattering sponsorship of native and imported «wisdom» artists — articulate writers and reciters of a kind of prephilosophical moral philosophy current in the Near Eastern world of the tenth century and preserved, in essential character at least, in Proverbs, in many of the Psalms, and, in a different vein, in the Prologue and Epilogue of job (Job 1 - 2; 42:7 - 17).

Because preaching presses for a God - determined and Christ - realized ethicality, and because the gift of grace whereby this possibility is bestowed is ensconced in a holy story, the character of Christian preaching is a unique kind of discourse.

The main character, Violet, outrageously quirky - snobby in the Stillmanian mode, kind of a contemporary version of the Nick Smith character presented in METROPOLITAN, turns out to be the daughter of impoverished writers.

Both questions lead in the same direction, toward the possibility of a provisional and qualified answer: if the character of happening only once is held to belong to the truth and measure of all things in their very reality, then there is indeed an essence which more than any other satisfies this truth - criterion, and this is the pure essence of time: time taken in itself, or pure movement — movement irrespective of any possible differentiation into the different kinds of movement.

What kind of moral character must a leader in a democracy possess?

I'll take you at your word regarding your recommendation to study and suggest you read WHAT GOD DOES TO YOUR BRAIN by two neuroscientists, Andrew Newberg who is a «theist» (believes in some kind of divine character) and Mark Waldman and agnostic (a non commit on the question).

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Then again, as this is the same God who supposedly created people knowing they would sin, and then condemned billions to hell because of his own mistake, that does kind of seem in character.

Gooch's portrait of this major American writer, with its entertaining wealth of «Flannery» anecdotes from people who knew her in various capacities» family, neighbors, literary associates, spiritual advisors, admirers» depicts the kind of character for whom the phrase «an interesting person in her own right» was coined.

In any program of reeducation a self - selected group of intellectuals asserts that it has the authority to decide what kind of character and belief everyone should have.»

One of the key characters in the book is disgraced «faith healer» Holy Wayne (played by British actor Paterson Joseph); a once - average man, bereaved on October 14th, who realises he can take other people's pain upon himself, like a kind of emotional sponge.

A word more about the inner character of the event - theoretical framework, which consists of (1) the usual quantificational theory of first order, extended to include the theory of virtual classes and relations, (2) the theory of identity, (3) Lesniewski's mereology or calculus of individuals, (4) logical syntax in its modern form, (5) a semantics or theory of reference both extensional and intentional, (6) variant renditions of systematic pragmatics as needed, (7) the theory of events, states, acts, and processes, and, finally, (8) a theory of structural or grammatical relations of the kind needed for the analysis of natural language.

Hall was born in Minnesota, and the editors speak admiringly of «his understated Midwestern manner, even after he became a New York character and an odd kind of international celebrity.»

In accounting for the absolute character of scientific knowledge, hasn't be eliminated the need for any other kind of explanation?

Hip - hop historians call this period the Golden Age (Bradley and DuBois date it from 1985 to 1992), and it produced the kinds of lyrical shifts that are easy to spot in print: extended similes and ambitious use of symbolism; an increased attention to character and ideology; unpredictable internal rhyme schemes; enjambment and uneven line lengths.