Sentences with phrase «life by mediocrity»

So any time wasted in my life by mediocrity comes straight out of my allotted span.

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It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be ground down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, makng the world more human and more fraternal.»

Weigel stresses the importance of John Paul's consistent emphasis on the promise of the young and highlights the remarkable response to World Youth Day in Rome in 2000, when John Paul called the young to an unexpected heroism: «It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives... the refusal to allow yourselves to be ground down by mediocrity.»

Moral mediocrity, rather than political division, ultimately dooms the project, a failure McCarthy pinpoints with characteristic precision: «a man can live without self - respect, but a group shatters, dispersed by the ugliness it sees reflected in itself.»

Once the fear has passed, just in time for nap, visual and musical style are sometimes played in an immersive fashion by highlights in a directorial performance by Nicolas Winding Refn that bring some life to the film, though not as much as John Turturro's inspired lead performance, which does about as much as anything in bring the final product to the brink of decency, which is ultimately defied by the serious underdevelopment, overambition, monotonously unfocused dragging and near - punishingly dull atmospheric dryness that back a questionable drawn non-plot concept, and drive «Fear X» into mediocrity, in spite of highlights than can't quite obscure the many shortcomings.

To imagine the life of Harry Potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized Woody Allen is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow: Enter the Fist.

The new film about Salinger's career, Rebel in the Rye, is a work of searing mediocrity about an author who was horrified by the very idea of mediocrity, eventually sealing himself away from public life rather than subject his work to mainstream scrutiny.

Using the full capabilities of the medium, he sidesteps mediocrity by making Lowe's life of the present play just as an important of a role as his life of the past.

The Resolution for Men by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Randy Alcorn Edited by Lawrence Kimbrough B&H Publishing Group Paperback, $ 36.50 272 pages ISBN: 978 -1-4336-7122-7 Book Review by Kam Williams «This book is an unapologetic call for men to live courageously for their faith and their families... We believe there is a rising movement of men who are disgusted by their own mediocrity and dissatisfied with the weak standards of our dark culture... Men who want to make the most of the rest of their days... Throughout history, men who lived incredible lives and left great legacies did it intentionally.

As is the case with most underwhelming live action films, one of the roots of Quest's mediocrity is the script, written by Kirk DeMicco, William Schifrin, Jacqueline Feather, and David Seidler from Vera Chapman's novel The King's Damosel.

Ultimately this tale pays homage to critics and to movies in general despite the dispiriting army of mediocrity on the screens, and would be appreciated especially by viewers who had seen Federico's Veiroj's 2010 «A Useful Life,» in which an employee with 25 years» service must adjust after his theater is shut down.

«The almost $ 121 million raised by our System members speaks volumes about our belief - driven and family - inspired culture, and it brings to life in real - life ways our new mission: to defy mediocrity and deliver extraordinary experiences.»