Sentences with phrase «less idealistic»

«Raised by Gen - X parents during a time marred by economic stress, rising student - debt burdens, socioeconomic tensions and war overseas, these youths carry a less idealistic, more pragmatic perspective on the world.»

Almost everyone can relate to the fact that most romantic relationships move from «the honeymoon phase» at the beginning to a far less idealistic place later on.

Interestingly, law firm associates are less idealistic.

This trope, which happens a lot in the less idealistic revenge stories (insofar as revenge stories

Yes, I know, working in a company is also stressful, your career path is also uncertain and less idealistic than a career in science.

These ongoing internal debates may not have been resolved to either side's satisfaction, but they have died down much more of late, as Conservative Future has got down to the less idealistic but far more useful work of recruiting members and organising events.

The Post applauded Faso's agenda and says he «understands the need to grow the economy via lower, simpler taxes and streamlined regulations,» while criticizing his opponent for being an «Occupy Wall Street backer» who is a lot less idealistic than she pretends.

On occasion Reinhold Niebuhr allowed that Rauschenbusch was more prophetic and a bit less idealistic than the movement, but he never pressed the point, and he blasted both Rauschenbusch and the movement repeatedly.

I am less idealistic.

However, as I've gotten older, I've developed a less idealistic perspective on adoption, realizing that adoption carries with it its own set of challenges, challenges I don't want to take lightly.

Not exact matches

In the most recent Republican debate, several Republican candidates tried to distinguish themselves from the idealistic Rubio by pointing out that Syria was more peaceful (and less of a source of global terror) when the Assad regime ran the whole country, and that Bashar al - Assad might be the lesser evil compared to ISIS.

Other passages seem too idealistic, too fantastic to find their way into even our dreams, much less our daily lives: «For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.»

It was less than four months ago that the great applause line in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State speech was an ambitious, even idealistic, agenda for women.

In less than a year, Badran was ousted (his thinking was considered to be too idealistic for that time) and returned to his seat in the senate.

The idealistic Silvia is steely but in a predictable way, and her lovely face seems less expressive than usual.

Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Nov. 22): Dan Gilroy directs Denzel Washington as Israel, an idealistic lawyer who takes over a less - than - ethical firm.

Tossing in a Blair Witch video camera, the climactic beats are too hip to be idealistic, and revel in a petty vision of doom that feels less like a cheap thrill than a cheap shot.

«People who think «anonymity» is «more authentic» forget that we are social creatures; we are less human when masked and isolate,» he wrote last year in response to the rather idealistic outlooks on human nature pushed by start - up VR companies.

After that, the viewer experiences a strangely familiar tension between the pull of one more or less visible individual term and the desire, whether it's idealistic or cowardly, to find something clear and coherent in the whole.

Now the art world has far less time for idealistic pugilism; we're too busy networking.

And by focusing on lesser, «post-painterly» figures like Jules Olitski and Larry Poons at the end, it captures the feeling of American modernism's denouement before giving Newman, who died a couple years before the film was completed, the last idealistic word.

Sometimes people do actually need to tone down or dumb down their resumes if they genuinely seek a lower position because there aren't any at their level available and they need a paycheck (I love to be idealistic but now is a time for reality), or because of personal reasons (want less responsibility, job is close to home, etc.) Recruiters can and will toss out resumes for overly experienced or educated applicants before even speaking to them.»

Our style becomes less about idealistic dreams and more about the balance between our home dreams and reality.