Sentences with phrase «like benevolent»

I distinguish between professions that behave as jealous guards and those that act like benevolent custodians.

Lin's dense patterns — a kind of graffiti of the imagination where form trumps identifiable lettering — spring like benevolent viruses or kudzu vines covering anything within reach.

He began to rule over his neighborhood like a benevolent emperor, although in spite of his charming smile and his skill at playing his 1745 Guadagnini violin he exuded a heavy, cheap odor, the unmistakable smell of crass, despotic danger, the kind of scent that warned us, look out for this guy, because he could order your execution at any moment, if you're wearing a displeasing shirt, for example, or if he wants...

Danny Aiello is right at home as owner Louis, a paternal Italian father to all but his own son, reigning over the throng from his corner table like a benevolent lord and maybe underworld gangster.

He rules his farm and his business, the Hanover Shoe company, like a benevolent dictator.

For others, it means something more like a benevolent impartiality toward religion.

What is needed, she seems to say, is a God who is less like a benevolent dictator and more like a cosmic Bodhisattva.

We recognize the fruit of Spirit, but that fruit is not the Spirit itself — it is more like a benevolent shadow.

Not exact matches

No one likes being manipulated, even if the manipulation serves a benevolent purpose.

If God is omniscient, omnipotent, benevolent, etc then the amount of knowledge required to be aware and know something like the magnitude of the possibilities I brought up would be immense, much more in line with the characteristics attributed to God.

Your god sounds more like a petulant toddler than the omnipotent and omni - benevolent creator of the universe

Atheists, like me, are fed up with the concept that religion MUST be respected, no matter what, simply because it is typically falsely perceived as being wholly benevolent, when in truth it divides people more than unites them.

The «christian view» goes something like this, «there is a benevolent sky daddy who made some arbitrary rules that include condoning slavery and stoning unruly children to death, and if I don't follow these rules, I burn in hell for all eternity... unless I ask for forgiveness at some point before I die, then all is forgiven and I live in heaven for all eternity, even if I'm a baby rapist!».

All too often churches and church organizations, like tax - supported public agencies, unthinkingly let their benevolent efforts fall into easily definable categories.

Well, a creatively effective need wouldn't be a complicated reality like a Being who (i) was benevolent, (ii) had infinite power, and (iii) knew absolutely everything, including what it would be good to create.

This is what Atheists, like me, are dealing with these days and who, like me, are fed up with the concept that religion MUST be respected no matter what simply because it is typically falsely perceived as being wholly benevolent, when in truth it divides people more than unites them.

I do not deny this god's existence, but this god is not one a civilised man would worship.Can someone explain what it truly means to be benevolent or is it left in the hands of false prophets like these who demonize people in the name of their lord?

Of course we had the priceless advantage of having real men play for us instead of little timid and afraid children in defence and especially in midfield or attack like Ozil, Walcott and all the other serail coasters who have made a rich living under their benevolent Uncle Arsene, who indulges their timidity and blames the refs, rather than coward players.

Don't get caught up in the cliches like «we want good benevolent citizens on our football team» its all hoopla.

If LeBron is already the almighty and benevolent ruler of the NBA, Love's Jedi - like passing ability may be the only thing that can make him even better.

I like to imagine Martha to be a benevolent hearth - and - home deity who smiles down at me from above when I manage to go outside and pick a few figs off the tree and make a cake.

King added it is important for the mayor to sit down with NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and union leaders like Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, to make it clear — «not just as a matter of etiquette» — that he stands with the police officers.

Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association said in a statement, «Criminalizing a mistake, even a tragic accidental discharge like this, serves no good purpose.

And now Mr. Giuliani has emerged as a leading critic of Mr. de Blasio, blaming the mayor, like Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch and Sergeants Benevolent Association President Edward Mullins, for igniting the cop - hating atmosphere that led Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, to ambush and kill Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos in Bedford - Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on December 20.

On top of that, powerful interests close to Cuomo, like the hedge funders behind the charter school movement, some business people and municipal unions that have been fighting with the mayor (like the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association) could pounce if a challenger emerges, insiders say.

I also think that in a digital age, where content will be delivered in increasingly fragmented ways, we need, as a nation and a multi-threaded society, something like the BBC to experiment on our behalf with the impact of all these new technologies, in what I am sure will be a generally benevolent way.

«Densely populated cities like ours require that everyone act in a civil manner, or our neighborhoods will become virtual cesspools,» said Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.

«It looks like the Praetorian Guard to me,» said Paul Nunziato, president of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association.

Bratton's imminent exit elicited less than fond recollections from critics like Sergeant's Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins.

So while I'd like to think that this is really all just a benevolent and worldly minded decision about wanting whole foods — I actually think — for the vast majority of gen yummers — it's also related to emotions tied up in things entirely unrelated to what we eat.

And for the many who cringe and roll their eyes at rallying cries like «clothes with a conscience», it's probably best to not present transparency as part of newly benevolent business environment.

/ / Cape Zara / / Bag Chanel (borrowed) / / Shoes Zara (older) / / Necklace Benevolent Jewels (c / o) / / As soon as I put this outfit on, I felt like I was in Paris, about to head to head out for some shopping and a posh lunch.

Kind and bright, self - sufficient and benevolent, the women of saint petersburg will warm the cockles of your are single saint petersburg women like?

Like you did suggest, IM2 could have really fleshed out this conundrum; should / could a benevolent capitalist be better for America than our corrupt and neutered democratic government?

Much like the Time Lords in classic Doctor Who, the Ministry of Magic started out as a seemingly benign and benevolent organisation, but is increasingly portrayed as hubristic, all - controlling and, in the Ministry's case, driven as much by fear as Voldemort ultimately is.

Director Maria Finitzo focuses on the girls» soccer team — specifically a few star players and the benevolent, paternal coach — but this doesn't feel like a sports movie so much as a lament for America's beleaguered working class.

Heroism gets redefined, swash gets buckled, and a benevolent heir seeks to replace a vicious king that looks exactly like him.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's big, slow, meaty drama feels like a Russian novel and stars Haluk Bilginer as Mr. Aydin, a gentleman hotelier who sees himself as the benevolent feudal lord of a remote, idyllic village whose ancient cave houses attract a steady stream of tourists.

Scott Adsit (of 30 Rock) voices the robot Baymax as a gentle nanny turned inflatable transformer, like a giant plush doll with the instinct of a caregiver and the mind of an overprotective child, a little slow on the uptake but utterly benevolent.

Before things erupt into eye - coveringly gory territory — which they most certainly do — Saulnier sits on the tension in that room like an elephant on a hot water bottle, allowing the gravity of the situation to seep into the very pores of the band - mates, other captive Amber (a fringe - sporting Imogen Poots) and the audience alike.When Patrick Stewart «s Darcy arrives on the scene, he molds his commanding, oft - benevolent gravitas into an instrument of cool, collected terror.

Like a warm blanket in times of bitter cold, these pieces of entertainment took me away, transported me, and otherwise affirmed my belief in a positive and benevolent universe.

She's quickly dispatched to India on a three - week PR mission to gain the trust of local farmers, not knowing that her calculating CEO (Donald Sutherland), just like «Okja's» Tilda Swinton, harbors a greedy heart beneath a veneer of benevolent sustainability.

Although practically incomprehensible at times, Zu takes a standard mythological story — that of gods who inhabit a mountain fortress - like home and, in the process of defending that home from a benevolent enemy, take in a wayward but stubbornly idealistic mortal — and stuffs it with enough special effects to choke even the most dedicated workhorse of a fan.

Other decent bonuses on the DVD include a behind - the - scenes Still Gallery, Advertising Gallery, 4 postcard still / lobby card reproductions, and a short featurettes that briefly chronicles Tyrone Power's appearances in various swashbuckling actioners, with clips from a number of films extant on DVD, and a few likely on the horizon (like the CinemaScope epic King of the Kyber Rifles), plus comments from the son of director John Cromwell — actor James Cromwell (the benevolent father figure in Babe, and Jack Bauer's monster dad in Season 6 of Fox» TV series 24).

Lisa Hunt, Regional Fundraiser at the RAF Benevolent Fund, said: «Without the generous support of schools like St Hugh's we wouldn't be able to carry out the work we do, supporting more than 55,000 members of the RAF Family.

«But what you can provide is something that seems like an invisible, benevolent hand to put a car back on course if it senses a driver is trying to defy the laws of physics.»

But, most notably, he's a shockingly benevolent teenager who exudes ageless wit, charm, and grace among circumstances that seem like they wouldn't allow for such hope.

A lot of what looks like purely unselfish love is not actually love but a discipline of benevolent action, a faithfulness to belief in what is the right way to treat others.

However, these will increasingly be benevolent platforms like Kindle and iTunes that want only 30 % and handle nearly all the work.

I like the feeling of being the one in charge and not having to depend on my * benevolent * government for anything.