Sentences with phrase «myth than reality»

The belief that your car insurance rate automatically drops at age 25 is more myth than reality.

As venture capital affects the scale of Silicon Valley innovation, garage - based start - ups are more myth than reality these days; in turn, SJMA may also need to adjust the frame for their Beta Space series.

«It is a tangible benefit that stands in stark contrast to the perceived perils of ETFs that are more myth than reality,» Bill McNabb, chief executive of Vanguard Group, wrote in a recent column.

Berliner and Glass argue that many citizens» conception of K - 12 public education in the United States is more myth than reality.

Local control — although it is still brandished when expedient — is today more myth than reality, at least when it comes to matters involving teachers.

The volcano, in addition to being a beautiful and alien visual backdrop for a movie is also a monolithic wall, blocking their view of the rest of the world; Mexico and the United States, to the North, are more myth than reality.

Is the classic mad scientist stereotype more myth than reality?

However, the 40 - hour work week and plethora of paid federal holidays may be more myth than reality, at least at some institutions.

But this idea of finding a best friend and keeping her forever may be more of a myth than a reality for most girls.

At the time I had been unemployed for some months and was beginning to run out of money which would have put a quick halt to my musical aspirations by sending me back home to Connecticut where local music is more of a myth than a reality.

The two charts below show that the supposedly inverse correlation between the dollar and gold is more myth than reality.

Harper - economics lead to a Harper - recession and now to a Harper - deficit Louis - Philippe Rochon Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics Confirmation federal government finances have fallen back into deficit raises more questions about Harperâ $ ™ s image, now more myth than reality, as a sound economic manager.

Not about the notion of unhindered upward mobility itself — even the most optimistic have long since acknowledged that particular American Dream is more myth than reality.

The good news is that this legendary entrepreneur is more myth than reality.

A new study from the National Association of Realtors underscores the fact that the 20 % mark is far more myth than reality.

But for other targeted groups, like the superwealthy or high - tech workers, we're dealing with more myth than reality.

The one - call close is more myth than reality.

Not exact matches

The nuns need to bolt the Church of Pedophiles and get a grip on reality rather than the delusional myths of religion.

Ogden stated in Christ Without Myth (1961) that he intended to express the «objective» reality of the event Jesus Christ more adequately than Bultmann had succeeded in doing, but that this would have to come in a later work.17 His fullest treatment of the problem thus far appeared in 1963 in his essay, «What Sense Does it Make to Say, «God Acts in History»»?

I agree that my definition of «myth» is open to misunderstanding, but at the same time I am convinced that it is more satisfactory than the alternative you suggest («By «mythological» we mean the presentation of unobservable realities in terms of observable phenomena») For one thing, «observable» may prove too narrow a term and «unobservable» too broad, since all spiritual attitudes are unobservable.

What makes you sure the Judeo - Christian God isn't reality rather than myth?

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«A lot of people in Southie loved Jimmy,» Plemons's Weeks says on the soundtrack, and the movie lets the statement go unchallenged because the myth sells better than the complicated reality.

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When it comes down to it, the myths about bankruptcy are often far worse than the reality.

OTTAWA — Canada's middle - class is mortgaging its future to stay afloat, making the Canadian dream «a myth more than a reality.»

«Over the medium term, middle - income Canadians are unlikely to move to higher income brackets, i.e., the «Canadian dream» is a myth more than a reality.»

An enthusiast of the watercolors of John James Audubon, Ford celebrates the myth surrounding the renowned naturalist - painter while simultaneously repositioning him as an infamous anti-hero — who, in reality, killed more animals than he ever painted.

Bast and Spencer are motivated to debunk the 97 percent «myth» because they have a vested interest, via their affiliation with Heartland, in getting the public to believe that the scientists are a lot less certain about the reality of man - made climate change than they actually are.

Unfortunately, New Hampshire serves as a reminder that myths about the effects of carbon pricing tend to have more impact than reality.

In reality, many myths surrounding recruitment have much less truth than you'd think.

While this approach may work for some, myths that surround the process of a «do it yourself» divorce might make it seem like a good fit for more situations than it is in reality.