Sentences with phrase «more debasing»

13 Hysterical Machismo In The Hateful Eight we learn in an endless monologue that nothing is more debasing than homosexual acts.

Lust becomes, therefore, the more debasing and the more sinful when what is intended for good is perverted to selfish and sensual indulgence.

Forster doesn't shy away from some of the more debased aspects of this man, giving hope that anyone can find redemption.

Not exact matches

And what is more sublime than humility, which, in debasing itself to the lowest, joins itself to its Maker who remains above the highest?

It was one more voice attempting to inject religiously informed wisdom into a public discourse that is increasingly debased by major media that are as morally ignorant as they are religiously indifferent.

Or, more fully: «Zacchaeus, get down from there and face your own low and debased stature and know yourself for what you truly are.

«Again, the corrupt and unsound form of speaking in the plural number to a single person, you to one, instead of thou, contrary to the pure, plain, and single language of truth, thou to one, and you to more than one, which had always been used by God to men, and men to God, as well as one to another, from the oldest record of time till corrupt men, for corrupt ends, in later and corrupt times, to flatter, fawn, and work upon the corrupt nature in men, brought in that false and senseless way of speaking you to one, which has since corrupted the modern languages, and hath greatly debased the spirits and depraved the manners of men; — this evil custom I had been as forward in as others, and this I was now called out of and required to cease from.

In the following quotation Savarkar illustrates my point in a more nuanced fashion: «All that the caste system has done is to regulate its noble blood on lines believed — and on the whole rightly believed — by our saints and patriotic law - givers and kings to contribute most to fertilize and enrich all that was barren and poor, without famishing and debasing all that was flourishing and nobly endowed.

Justice White was even more emphatic about the grounds on which abortions could be regarded, in his judgment, as not only unjustified, but debased:

Yet she fails to see how abortion and contraception, which she approves of, debase women even more.

I would perhaps have liked to have seen a little more on the relationship between government and civilservice and the way in which many civil service functions now seem constrained and debased.

This practice is becoming more and more important these days, as cinema is constantly debased by the «ratings» mentality and the «hype» machine.

All might have been even more effective were Messina's imaginative worlds and Makovsky's vivid costumes not drained of life by a 3 - D retrofit that debases their obvious artistry into diorama cheesiness.

But it's also filled with amoral and corrupt characters in the game for profit, not patriotism, and even the more idealistic players are forced to debase themselves in the line of duty.

Directed with an awfully heavy hand by Alexandros Avranas, the film has its own obsession with extreme close - ups, characters constantly entering rooms and closing doors, and, more problematically, scenes of naked women in bondage being debased by fully clothed males.

Attempting to maintain support among the very teachers it is supposed to represent — and looking to show that it cares about elevating the teaching profession it debases through its defense of quality - blind seniority - based privileges and reverse - seniority layoff rules — the NEA gave $ 73,500 to the National Network of State Teachers of the Year; that the selection of teachers of the year is usually more of a popularity contest than one based on objective measures of teacher performance is often conveniently ignored by all but the most thoughtful of observers, and thus, serves as a good way to spend union funds.

The main question here is the demise of «Bretton Woods II» where the rest of the world uses the US Dollar as the main reserve currency, while the US continues to debase the dollar through the issuance of more dollar claims.

But it is a more honest look at your return since a debased currency can often lead to higher stock prices.

[Not that it's a one - way bet — ironically, the more the US debases the dollar & its finances, the more the dollar may benefit (sometimes for years on end) from the resulting ersatz growth surge.

This could be so much more than «just a game» and here Konami is debasing the entire experience.

TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World KIKI SMITH Delighting in the Debased By CHUCK CLOSE Thursday, May 4, 2006 In the face of an era (now more than 25 years in duration) dominated by appropriation over invention and innovation, what are we to make of the career of Kiki Smith?

Although the grid is punctuated by exhibitions with more gravitas, the overall message seems to be that the art world is every bit as corrupt, debased, and narcissistic as the rest of the world.

After my single, not - so - great generation finishes the «missions» (ie, fools» errands) the leading, self - proclaimed «masters of the universe» among us have set before the human community, what resources will be left for our children to consume; how many more billions of people will have to share what remains of Earth's depleted and debased resources; where will they find clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, adequate soil for planting?

Not the «taking bribes» kind of corrupt, the more general definition of the term encompassing: guilty of dishonest practices...; lacking integrity; crooked; debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil; made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text.

While many environmentalists argue that the terms «sustainable development» has been debased to focus more on sustaining development rather than ecological systems, Stott dismisses the concept as a «placebo to eco-condriacs the world over.»

The Verge Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock your front door Amazon is currently in the middle of courting giant cacti and name changes from cities debasing themselves to be the site of the retailer's new headquarters, but the company is also infiltrating our lives in more subtle ways: Amazon Key.

For example, in the U.S. Bitcoin is more of an asset or store of value, but in Venezuela, where the currency has been totally debased, Bitcoin is a life - saving payment system.

One of Bitcoin's greatest value propositions is its known «set in stone» monetary policy and, unlike traditional government issued fiat currencies, no person or organisation can debase the value of bitcoin by printing more money.