Sentences with phrase «many affectations»

Even as its groovy formula for urban renaissance is repeated in cities around the world — often with explicit reference to the original — the back - to - basics affectations of Brooklynization verge on cliché.

We might even grant him the affectation of wearing a larger belt buckle in Parliament.

They defy the status quo, challenge power structures and strip away affectation.

Secondly, by linking «art» with «communication», performance studies helps homiletics resist those impulses in the church and / or seminary cultures to devalue the human imagination in favor of «practicalities» and overemphasis on affect and affectation.

But his habitual response to any concept whose meaning he has not taken the time to learn is to dismiss it as meaningless, with the sort of truculent affectation of contempt that suggests he really knows, at some level, that he is out of his depth.

On the contrary, one who without affectation says that he is in despair is after all a little bit nearer, a dialectical step nearer to being cured than all those who are not regarded and do not regard themselves as being in despair.

(We might compare the affectation, in colloquial English, of saying «one» in place of a blunt «I.») Or he might have a particular reason for using some reserve and leaving a possible doubt whether he really meant himself or «so - and - so.»

Thus Ferdinand Mount, in an otherwise astute essay on America's bicentennial, comments on the shock effect of Watergate: What Europeans are bewildered by is the American's affectation of pained surprise on receiving a specific proof of the corruption he knows to be endemic to his political system.

He perceives very well that this is affectation — but precisely this affectation is despair.

It is virtuous that a man should in measure sympathize with the sufferings of the lower animals: only in measure, for someone who tried to sympathize with a shark or octopus or herring would be erring by excess...; their life is too alien to ours for sympathy to be anything but folly or affectation.

True, God could change in some ways and still be beyond affectations.

In the Skimpole mentality, all the effort required to produce his wants is mere affectation, and as such requires no compensation, and no respect.

They are interested in the removal of ornamentation and affectation, in order to be intersected where they live.

Like any culture, the evangelical culture in the U.S. has its own linguistic affectations and quirks, blending together lines from Scripture, hymns, and tradition with everyday colloquialisms and figures of speech.

The corpuscles are active in virtue of primary qualities — mechanical affectations by which all the phenomena can be explained at least in principle.

The affectations of «mystification,» because affectations are short on candor, are also inconsistent with another of the essential qualities of religion that Otto identifies: the search for the real and true.

Though some people might like to dismiss these sorts of sentiments as wishful thinking, melodramatic affectation or worse, they actually emerge from deeply held beliefs about the power of suffering, the motivational memory of the beloved, and ultimately the hope of a potential reunion.

If you count — along with the 20 % non-religious — the vast percentage of people who don't really believe what they say they believe, and those whose religiosity is merely a casual affectation, I might even say that «we're» in the majority.

Like many of my seasonal affectations, I'm always delighted when citrus season rolls around for three main reasons: One: because it means the plump, juicy oranges from my tree will soon be ready and two: meyer meyer meyer meyer meyer meyer lemons, and three: blood oranges.

North Coast Marijuana Growers Fear a Takeover by «Big Alcohol»: For the Humboldt farmers, Sonoma County's subterranean tasting rooms and Tuscan affectations offered a glimpse into a rarefied realm of legal intoxicants...

Roy, a three - time winner of the Vezina Trophy, could only shake his head, a common affectation among goalies suffering from post-Mario stress disorder.

Sitting next to me in the ubiquitous chairs of tent revivals and corporate meetings, right in the front row by the ring, Mayweather leans in close with the deliberate affectation of someone who might struggle with aphasia.

Retiring shirt numbers is a silly affectation serving no useful purpose.

he said, without affectation.

It was there that the Henry Koehler drawings appearing on these pages were made — and the sturdy British tweeds and the waterproof Ride Macs being worn by the hunt - meeting devotees are not mere affectations.

They don't tell you whether limiting television is crucial to wellbeing or merely an affectation that has no impact on them.

Many moms have a great affectation for the Biokleen Laundry Liquid.

But he talked of the Ijebu contempt, for 19th century local Christians» British affectations — «long trousers, shoes and socks, and... umbrellas,» English customs that came with the gospel.

The ministers» affectation is a fascinating display, remarkable for its self - destructive irony.

Jenny's anti-vax shtick is just a harmless affectation, until suddenly, terribly, it isn't.

Interestingly, the study also shows that while vocal fry is perceived negatively in both male and female speakers, women who use the affectation are perceived more negatively than men who use it.

Unless the person is me, admittedly, but that's only because artifice and affectation are all I have.

«He liked to have the affectation of going to a working - class bar and stuff like that,» Birgeneau says.

Certain personality affectations are hard to guage online, and people get a false sense of who the other person really is when they only communicate online.

In a Wong Kar - wai movie, say, such lavish design will mirror or counterpoint emotion; here, in the absence of any emotion whatsoever, it comes across as affectation at best, desperation at worst.

Even the jazzy score sounds like an affectation.

Endless fast cuts complete with whooshy sound effects, thumping techno bass lines, ugly on - screen graphics, garish colour filters, and * cringe * a hero who talks directly to camera (Michael Caine is STILL the only actor to EVER get away with that...) Every tacky, irritating and superficial MTV affectation is on display here, in an unbelievably lame attempt to make an american rip - off of a Guy Ritchie heist movie.

To convey the piece's theatrical affectations, Peploe fleetingly shows a group of spectators watching the dramatic action unfold, a directorial choice that would not seem so precious but for her failure to capture the essence of Marivaux's spiritedness.

But even after the documentary affectation gives way to a more conventional narrative, the film has trouble ringing true.

Trust at times seems about as factually accurate as the «B.C.» comic strip, and Boyle's visual affectations and his over-reliance on split - screens do not always serve the story well.

Del is played with a wondrous lack of affectation by Steve Buscemi; honestly, the guy is so often cast as «quirky dude» that it's a joy to see him just sit back and act.

Without the stone - age shredding that was once this band's life purpose, Used Future is just nostalgic affectation, with the added anti-bonus of pushing frontman John D. Cronise's Ozzy - lite enunciations and corny lyrics — like those of the vixen - fearing cautionary tale «Deadly Nightshade» — into the unflattering limelight.

Fortunately, George is there to still some of the spotlight, as is Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) as a CIA agent with cowboy affectations and an «eh, fuck it» attitude.

That may also be the reasoning behind the effeminate affectations of James» obnoxious brother, Nick (Mario Spate), who lives with him and encourages Billie's worst behavior.

His arrogance is more of an inheritance than a warranted affectation.

The plot is less suspenseful than the overacting contest between the two leads, Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck, who spend most of their screen time one - upping each other in affectations.

It's a long way from Orwell's dark, intelligent warning cry [1984] to the empty stud knockabout of Equilibrium, and what once was conviction is now affectation.

Relying upon the language of the field is often too difficult an affectation to escape, as is falling prey to the manipulative mechanics; indeed, depictions of all things illusion - oriented are frequently guilty of styling their content and construction with an ample use of both.

Shot with no affectation, the performances are likewise unaffected, while Samantha's dedication to Cyril plays as the kind of genuinely - earned salve to melancholy.

Attempting to portray affectation, the movie itself falls prey to the affliction with an over-reliance on moody music cues, fussy framings, capsule cutaways, and glib voice - over.