Sentences with phrase «live storied lives»

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Life to date, the PS4 has sold more than 30.2 million units, making it the fastest selling system in the history of the PlayStation brand — even eclipsing the storied PS2.

Its principal features are: a three - storied universe consisting of heaven, earth, and underworld; the intervention of natural and supernatural powers in human life; the dominion of evil spirits and Satan over that life and also over the external realm of nature; the imminent end in time of this present world - æon.

Series creator Peter Berg has a knack for bringing working class characters to life (Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day, Hell or High Water), and Friday Night Lights may be the most authentic work of his storied Hollywood career.

Moreover, after this realistic and active stay in the nether world, Jesus» return to life on earth and, by ascension, to life in heaven, was presented in bodily terms and was picturesquely set in the framework of the three - storied Jewish cosmos.

Even Paul's storied 500 is a pittance, considering that there were a couple of million people living in Israel at that time.

We pick up her story only when it is pertinent to the storied lives of other seemingly bigger characters.

In an intriguing if controversial article, Stephen Crites argues that experience itself is basically narrative in form, providing the essential order for human understanding.13 The storied unity found in life is not, for Crites, a secondary result of human culture.

Living with a roommate who had grown up in Napa Valley and hearing storied tales about the wines and terroirs, invigorated him to become passionate about wine.

With nothing much physically there, you're left to your imagination to appreciate the storied lives of long - dead natives, whalers, intrepid explorers and traders.

Lloyd Daniels was a storied playground basketball player, but his life — and his once bright NBA prospects — have taken a sorry turn

I am honored to be beside him in the storied history of Brooklyn as the first African - Americans to hold boroughwide office, and I know that many young men and women will reach a bit higher because of the heights that Ken reached in his career and his life,» Adams said in a statement.

The Loisaida Awards were reinstated, and we honored living legends such as Adela, the still - standing Puerto Rican restaurant and community epicenter; CHICO, street artist of storied fame; Melissa Mark - Viverito, newly elected as the first Puerto Rican speaker of the City Council; and Rosie Méndez, the Councilmember who played a pivotal role in keeping Loisaida Inc. alive.

«At a time when our country is mourning the loss of 17 lives in a mass shooting, it is profoundly disappointing that a storied Coney Island institution, with a long history of being a strong civic and community partner, is choosing to host a National Rifle Association fundraising event that includes raffle giveaways of guns.

«I am honored to be beside him in the storied history of Brooklyn as the first African - Americans to hold borough - wide office, and I know that many young men and women will reach a bit higher because of the heights that Ken reached in his career and his life.»

We've shrunken it down to a third of a mile along the Charles River, and invite you to join us on a walk through time to tour the many incredible events during Earth's long and storied history: the formation of the oceans, the origin of life, the first animals, the rise and fall of dinosaurs, and the appearance and evolution of our own species (to name just a few).

As we know, the British Royal family has a rich and storied history of coming into other people's countries and telling them how to live, so it comes as little surprise that they would try to impose a dress code on a group over which they have no power.

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March 21, 2016 • The company says its influential longtime CEO has died at age 79 after a storied life that led him from Hungary to the United States — and to the roster of Silicon Valley legends.

So began what Kirby dubs the happiest job of her life, one that played out over eighteen months with many months of filming to come, and one which placed Kirby in the ever - capable hands of writer - producer Peter Morgan and storied director Stephen Daldry, and alongside castmates Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II and Matt Smith as Prince Philip.

Instead of trying to squeeze in every facet of the man's storied life, Lincoln chooses to focus on the period as the Civil War drew to a bloody, heart - rending close and the president, who had chosen to form a cabinet made up largely of people who opposed him, was sticking to his campaign to abolish slavery.

Director Douglas McGrath documents Nichols's early life, as he opens up to his friend and director Jack O'Brien about the storied beginnings of his career.

Disney cashes in on one of its most storied properties with this retrograde live - action fairy tale, which time - travels back to 1950 while adding plenty of sparkly 21st - century CGI effects.

Iconic filmmaker John Carpenter will talk about his storied career between showings of They Live and Halloween.

Filmmakers Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi's new addition to the storied genre have taken a much different, lighter route to the oldest of monsters as their story follows a a documentary crew taking an inside look at the lives of three vampires who are hundreds of years old.

Few actors could lay claim to a more storied and dynamic a career, so it seems perfect that Harry Dean Stanton would go out giving a performance about an old man's triumphant claim of victory on a life well lived.

Lee Grant has one of the world's great laughs, rich, throaty, and full of the elan that only someone who has lived such a storied life can give it.

Though nominally a celebration of the life and storied career of children's broadcaster Fred Rogers, anchored in present - day talking - head interviews with collaborators and friends that threaten at times to bludgeon the delicate and achingly sincere archival footage of Rogers's show «Mr. Rogers» Neighborhood», Neville's film has a bit more teeth as a manifesto for how children's educational programming that resists the trends of busyness, noise, and violence can function as a form of public service, instilling values like neighbourly stewardship and mutual respect.

From The Graduate and Catch - 22 to Saturday Night Live and Get Smart, iconic comedic and distinctly American writer, director, and actor Buck Henry recalls his long and storied career in Hollywood.

Directed by Bill Condon («Gods and Monsters») from a screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher, based on a novel by Mitch Cullin, «Mr. Holmes» finds the storied sleuther long retired and living in a remote farmhouse with his housekeeper (Laura Linney) and her precocious son, Roger (Milo Parker), whom he befriends.

Scott McCarthy, Chief Executive of SUSU, said: «SUSU has enjoyed a long and storied history of enriching the lives of students at the University of Southampton — but we know we have work to do in order to maximise our potential.

That led us to the design, teaching, and assessment of the «Storied Lives» curriculum and studying how our struggling readers both experienced and learned from that curriculum.

Tire Rack says: The Blizzak LM001 lives up to its storied namesake.

Latest Landy lives up to the brand's storied off - road abilities while moving in softer and smoother directions

If our two days behind the wheel of the 2017 Land Rover Discovery revealed anything, it's that Land Rover has gone to significant lengths to ideate, design, and execute a package that lives up to the brand's storied off - road abilities, even if its un-boxy styling suggests otherwise.

You remained otherwise unchanged that year, a bold - but - courageous move you made again and again throughout your storied life.

In only a few months time, the Audi A1 has led a storied life.

Our trip with the Discovery Sport is coming to a close, but the well storied adventure lives on.

«We felt that the team managed to breathe new life into the C7 in a way that both embraced the model's storied past and invited drivers to dream about its future,» said WAPA President Melanie Batenchuk, editor of Be Car Chic.

The Collected Works of A.J.Fikry (aka The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry) is the fifth stand - alone novel by American author, Gabrielle Zevin.

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The cantankerous owner of a small independent New England bookstore is widowed and sales are lagging but he gets a new lease on life when an exciting package arrives at his doorsLife of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The cantankerous owner of a small independent New England bookstore is widowed and sales are lagging but he gets a new lease on life when an exciting package arrives at his doorslife when an exciting package arrives at his doorstep.

Gabrielle Zevin, author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Nashville Public Library Auditorium

With the number of titles, there was little overlap, but the number one title, also the number one LibraryReads Favorite of Favorites, is Gabrielle Zevin's The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, (Workman / Algonquin Books; Highbridge Audio, OverDrive Sample) a book librarians embraced early on.

Some of his goals in life are to have everyone be able to pronounce his surname properly (see - hoo - coh) and to introduce the world to the storied Philippine culture that is far more than just domestic helpers, Imelda Marcos and the guy who shot Versace.

In Gabrielle Zevin's new novel, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, the titular character is the prickly proprietor of a seen - better - days bookstore — Island Books — whose life is turned upside - down... in a good Life of A.J. Fikry, the titular character is the prickly proprietor of a seen - better - days bookstore — Island Books — whose life is turned upside - down... in a good life is turned upside - down... in a good way.

Throughout his storied literary life, David Almond has continuously returned to familiar themes and turned his inquiring eye to the pull of opposites.

If she had, she never would have written The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, the lovely, irresistible story of a down - on - his - luck bookseller.

If you loved «The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry» you will love «A Man Called Ove».

What do you think of this statement in view of the plot of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry?

Do you think The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry was written - as an homage to her father - by Maya?

And so right from the get go I knew I was going to like The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry.