Sentences with phrase «making dramatic life»

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He has since said of the potentially life - shattering revelation, «I'd say it was a pretty dramatic event, but it wasn't what I'd call traumatizing... As a matter of fact, it made quite a few things clearer to me.

Through stories of people who've made dramatic gains in self - awareness, she offers surprising secrets, techniques and strategies to help readers do the same — and how to use this insight to be more fulfilled, confident, and successful in life and in work.

However, like many Americans I have little savings and will be relying on Social Security for the majority of my income once I stop working unless I make a dramatic change in my life.

At The Lasting Supper, we have managed to create an incredibly safe space to deconstruct, to change your beliefs, to lose or morph your faith, to make dramatic alterations to your life with meaningful support, and to be whoever you are with whatever you think.

Because the standard model of morality focuses on the moment of decision, it sometimes makes the moral dimension of our lives sound far more exciting and dramatic than it really is.

The show's graphic depiction of suicide and dramatic portrayal of high - school life made it the target of a good deal of criticism.

Although many of the demonstrators share oppressive living conditions with Hindus and Muslims, the dramatic rise of militant Hindu movements (especially the Rama Sewak Sangh) and the Islamic counterpart (the ISS) makes interreligious dialogue difficult at the grass roots.

But more than Coltrane's music, the church exists as an extension of the dramatic conversion and commitment to God Coltrane made late in life, a declaration and sanctification of sound in the unforgettable recording A Love Supreme.

The increase in carbon dioxide that is now occurring is expected to have dramatic consequences for life on Earth as a result of the so - called greenhouse effect which will make the Earth hotter.

The ideas presented might strike one as radical if not impossible, but on page 35 he well makes the case for trying, given the dramatic ways in which family life can be changed through failure.

In the postmodern world, if a congregation or churchly agency wants to be «relevant,» here is the first step: It must recover the classic liturgy of the church, in all its dramatic density, sensual actuality, and brutal realism, and make this the one exclusive center of its life.

Once in a while, I come across a sauce recipe that I find to be completely life - changing, or, to be a bit less dramatic — able to improve almost every meal I make in my kitchen.

Dr. Gordon's first book, the well - received Good Food Today, Great Kids Tomorrow, offers a life - changing plan for families who want to make dramatic changes in health and fitness through nutrition.

In this instance, moreover, it is not just any US President, but one who had made much of his «Pacific» roots, who had lived for a time in Indonesia, and had promised in a dramatic way that the US was «back» in Asia, and meant to stay.

The famously raunchy former frontman of the rap group 2 Live Crew, Luther «Uncle Luke» Campbell, was one of dozens of locals who begged Carvalho not to leave for a job running New York's schools — right before Carvalho made the dramatic announcement that he's staying in Miami after all.

This is because two local couples — who happen to live in the same section of the same building on Grand Street — ended up playing very high profile roles in the dramatic, history - making day.

The dramatic increase of traffic on I - 287, the disruption and dislocation to the lives of shoreline residents, and the potential for environmental impacts on the L.I. Sound make this unwelcome news for the people who live in our home area.

Saturn's moon Enceladus made waves in 2015 with two dramatic liquid - water - related discoveries, establishing the world as a target of great interest in the search for life.

Rice President David Leebron said in a statement, «She combines the teaching, research and service missions of a university to accomplish dramatic improvement in the lives of the poorest people and truly inspires her students to make a difference in the world.

«This would make a dramatic difference for people living with HIV in both developed and developing countries.»

Nitrogen pollution receives much less notice but is a dramatic example of how human activities now dominate many of the chemical, physical and biological processes that make this plant so amenable to human life.

When the Mars Curiosity made its dramatic and first - of - its - kind landing on Mars in August of 2012, the hope was that the $ 2.5 - billion rover could confirm what scientists had suspected: that there was life on Mars.

Research makes a direct contribution to the prevention and treatment of lung diseases and can also lead to dramatic increases in the quality of life for European citizens.

Maini's work as a rheumatologist has made dramatic improvement in the quality of life of sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis through the development of the biological therapy, anti-TNF.

Sure, it's easier said than done to change your thoughts from negative to positive, but if you can slowly make the shift, it can make a dramatic difference in your life.

As a result, saunas are quickly gaining in popularity as the health benefits have been proven to make a dramatic difference in the lives of dedicated sauna users.

It has made a dramatic difference in my life and in the lives of many others.

Low carb and keto has made such a dramatic improvement in my overall health and life, I am eternally grateful... Even PCOS seems like a laugh now when the rest of me feels so great.

As you begin to do this work, the Goddess energy can make a dramatic entry into your life that demands your full attention.

Not dramatic life changes, but simple configurations to make you feel that much better.

Today, I'm going to show you a bunch of examples of how reupholstering chairs can make a dramatic change to your living spaces.

If you live in a place with dramatic seasonal changes, you might want to make a warm weather list and a cold weather list.

It was back to dramatic roles in the early 1940s, and as age crept up on Dunne, she made a seamless transition to starring character roles in such films as Anna and the King of Siam (1946) and Life with Father (1947).

Wiig has had some difficulty in recent years trying to make the transition to the dramatic side of things in quickly forgotten flops like Girl Most Likely and Hateship Loveship but here, aided by the support of Hader and the strong writing of Johnson and Heyman, she's able to stretch her legs and fully convince as a woman so troubled by her life and her own self - destructive actions while never being able to properly express them to anyone around her.

But as Bertie begins to make progress, his life takes a dramatic turn when his brother Edward VIII (Pearce) abdicates the throne, leaving Bertie in place as George VI just as war breaks out with Germany.

Aliyah (Unrated) Dramatic thriller, set in Paris, about a 27 year - old drug dealer (Pio Marmai) who's considering making a fresh start working in a relative's restaurant in Tel Aviv in order to escape his burdensome, deadbeat brother (Cedric Kahn) and a love life complicated by an ex (Sarah Lepicard) and a new girlfriend (Adele Haenel).

It helps that Boiler Room director Younger, making his first movie for 12 years, has the advantage of being based on a less well - known true life story (at least to those not versed in boxing lore), its dramatic twists subsequently packing a bit more surprise and punch.

Although set in the 1970s, this dramatic thriller has a distinctly Western vibe to it, digging into the darker emotional corners of characters who are trying to make it through life on their own terms...

After the dramatic real - life disaster of September 11 2001 there was a lot of speculation in the media about how Hollywood would probably lay off making disaster movies like Deep Impact and Independence Day for a while.

The aim of Battle of the Sexes, according to its directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, was not just to make a documentary on the dramatic life of Billie Jean King but to also tell a modern love story that could appeal across the board.

Not least of all, Warcraft 3 «s scale and peerlessly dramatic cutscenes made the prospect of a live action movie always seem a little pointless.

Watching Birbiglia drive a wedge between this collection of funny people who feed off each other's energy for a living makes for powerful, character - driven work and the cast, including a standout Keegan - Michael Key and Gillian Jacobs, is more than game bringing dramatic gravitas, in addition to comedic jabs aplenty, to the table.

Many performers from Saturday Night Live have gone on to have great success beyond the show, but even if they make the transition to the big screen, it's not easy for a comedian to be taken seriously as a dramatic actor.

Shot on super 16 mm, the taut dramatic thriller tracks a few days in the life of an undocumented Spanish immigrant trying to make a living in New York City by increasingly grim means.

Based on This American Life's segment entitled «Heretics» that focused on Pearson and the controversial decision to tell his flock that Hell doesn't exist, director Joshua Marston (who made an impressive first film in 2004 with Maria Full of Grace but has largely worked in television since) and screenwriter Marcus Hinchey struggle to give the compelling true story of Pearson some much - needed dramatic mojo.

Joaquin Phoenix (Ladder 49, The Village), while not exactly a dead ringer for Johnny Cash, does nail down his mannerisms and singing style well enough that you can readily accept him in the role, and he does an exceptionally fine job in the dramatic moments that are crucial to making what might otherwise look like a self - centered S.O.B. into a sympathetically troubled soul yearning for guidance his whole life and never quite able to find it until it appears in the guise of another woman.

When Brandy Burre got pregnant while working on HBO's The Wire, she made a dramatic change in her life.

(Further explanation alert: People on the Internet take a memorably dramatic scene from the film Der Untergang where Hitler finds out that he is losing the war, but add ridiculous subtitles that make the dictator look like he is ranting about iPhones or getting banned from his Xbox Live account).

Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper

His sister Mackenzie (a heavily made - up Anna Paquin) is the one who gives her the life - altering makeover, and Zack's most dramatic «show of support» is actually a defense of Laney's brother Simon (Kieran Culkin).