After all, a blog's success is generally judged
not by the beauty of its author, but by its content and its character.
Not exact matches
«The
beauty of YouTube is that fans won't have to wait forever as we won't be bogged down
by the typical studio development process,» Gary Binkow, Collective Digital's chief content officer told Variety adding «We're
not looking to bring (traditional) Hollywood talent and filmmakers into this ecosystem.»
«We've created a community around each woman discovering and defining her own idea of
beauty and showing her how to do it,
not being force - fed that idea
by fashion magazines and cosmetic companies.»
Beauty consumers, she said, were overwhelmed
by offerings, and brands weren't helping themselves — «launching the craziest things that aren't user - friendly, or don't really work, or don't help you replace anything,» says Weiss.
The
beauty of bots in 2016 is that, thanks to the ubiquity of smartphone screens, consumers aren't fazed
by chatting with a robot when picking out their Christmas shopping or asking about a product return the way they would have been even a few years ago.
Scientists believe that's because Norwegian culture views winter
not as an a nasty period to get through
by cocooning yourself at home, but as an exciting opportunity for winter sports and enjoying the coziness and
beauty of the season.
Some Birchbox boosters would likely counter these stats
by saying that the two services are going after different customers: Ipsy for the
beauty - product lover, and Birchbox for the person who's
not obsessed with
beauty.
This was a loyalty tool with no proven method of return on investment
by beauty brands, she said, and the method wasn't very successful in building a client base.
Not last, the
beauty industry is a very big business, with one estimate projecting the global fragrance market alone will be worth about $ 92 billion
by 2024.
There you will find a hope that can
not be quantified
by circumstance, a
beauty that contradicts the letdown.
«As we conquer peak after peak we see in front of us regions full of interest and
beauty, but we do
not see our goal, we do
not see the horizon; in the distance tower still higher peaks, which will yield to those who ascend them still wider prospects, and deepen the feeling, the truth of which is emphasized
by every advance in science, that «Great are the Works of the Lord».»
NAMBLA takes the position that the Greek erotic ideal is the adolescent or young adult, that sex between the young male and his mentor is a thing of
beauty and spiritual exaltation that ought
not to be prohibited
by law.
The British mathematician G. H. Hardy wrote that he practiced mathematics for its
beauty,
not for its practical value... and yet we discover, often years afterward, that nature is playing
by the very same mathematical rules that these pure mathematicians have already formulated.
I've learned that reconciliation sort of
beauty isn't soft — it has heft and space, marked
by sorrow and suffering.
I saw the
beauty of a soul opened up
by grace» (from Be
Not Afraid!
«My parents, keenly aware of the disastrous situation of the Dutch Catholic Church then showed us the
beauty and tradition of the universal church and thus allowed us
not be affected
by the typical Dutch church problems.
The artist, who dedicates himself to
beauty, «teaches us that man can
not be explained
by history alone and that he also finds a reason for his existence in the order of nature.
The Mahatma replied, «Gurudev, I am
not so dumb or insensitive as
not to be moved
by the
beauty of the rose or the morning rays of the sun or the divine music of the birds.
It is
not something that can be overcome just
by thinking enlightened thoughts about the goodness and
beauty of the human body.
Camus» «middle position,» while
not carefully developed, suggests the following stance: neither natural
beauty nor the human decisions that constitute history are unaffected
by change.
Goss is
not concerned here with the validity of Whitehead's conception of God, but rather to demonstrate that Camus» writings leave open the possibility of God as understood
by Whitehead, and that Camus» thoughts on rebellion and its source in the
beauty of nature are compatible with and made consistent
by a process notion of God.
They had one supreme theory: that the perfect
beauty and happiness of cities and of human life was to be brought about
by more factories; they had a mania for factories; there was nothing they would
not do to cajole a factory away from another city; and they were never more piteously embittered than when another city cajoled one away from them.
Whether or
not God tinkered with creation in the manner envisioned
by creationism or some versions of intelligent design, such tinkering is neither necessary to the doctrine of creation nor is it the source of the
beauty seen
by the believer.
Self - contempt is
not redeemed
by self - esteem, but only
by mercy and love, which give us the «courage to make definitive decisions indispensable for growth, and in order to achieve something great in life, in particular, to cause love to mature in all its
beauty» [6], in a truly feminine woman.
Another pejorative term is «reductionistic» — again, said
by people that do
not understand the complex
beauty of systems defined
by a minimal of simple rules.
The religious insight is the grasp of truth: that the order of the world, the value of the world in its whole and in its parts, the
beauty of the world, the zest of life, and the mastery of evil, are all bound up together —
not accidentally, but
by reason of this truth: that the universe exhibits a creativity with infinite freedom, and a realm of forms with infinite possibilities; but that this creativity and these forms together are impotent to achieve actuality apart from the complete ideal harmony, which is God.61
We are pulled
by the
beauty of the consequences of the choice of life
not driven
by the threat of the consequences of choosing death.
The reading pleasure that results from this conversation — different for different readers — is
not merely the simple pleasure of hearing a good story, but the complex pleasures of strong feelings — sometimes violent disagreement, sometimes frustration and sometimes a euphoric recognition, produced
by Augustine's text, of the «
beauty so ancient and so new,» to which Augustine points through the
beauty of his prose.
You can use the marvelous
beauty shown
by scientific investigation to bolster your personal beliefs, but
not to «prove» them.
You mean being forced
by her religion to cover her natural
beauty, to be oppressed; to
not be allowed birth control; to be forced to take part, at a very young age, in female circumcision; to risk being stoned to death for disobeying her husband; to be forced to marry a man she doesn't love.
That is the
beauty of it; the believer is
NOT bound
by church walls, human doctrines, etc..
As noted truth contributes to strength of
beauty, but its contribution to the value of the occasion is
not exhausted
by the contribution to its
beauty.
But the value of the adventure is
not exhausted
by its contribution to future strength of
beauty.
We don't water down the message; we present it in a way where people are attracted to the
beauty of the Gospel,
not turned off
by an uncomfortable question.
The prophet Mohamed got married to many women
not because he was crazy.Some women were widows, and some were much older than him... So he wasn't looking for
beauty and youth.And hehads to get married to those women for spreading Islam.Please read and use your common sense and don't just be blinded
by prejudice and stereotype.tHANKS FOR READING
I do
not mean to imply that prayer is to be judged mainly
by beauty of expression.
This made us all feel that we had before us
not only a theological professor but also a Christian man whose life was swayed
by the great principles about which he spoke -LSB-...] He
not only made us see the truth, but he made us feel its power and perceive its
beauty.»
The object is
not venerated;
Beauty is,
by means of the resemblance mysteriously conveyed
by the icon.
If I am thinking of this object as a piece of coal having certain characteristics, I might be either surprised or be amused
by your commenting on its
beauty or its being a part of the crust of the earth or a thousand other comments, each true but
not relevant to my consideration.
I just can
not see any...
beauty, in holding firmly to a belief that is beyond rational, unless perhaps such a belief is held
by a child.
Any anthology which presents only the high and noble points of a sacred literature really misrepresents that literature, for it is
not all
by any means of equal
beauty or interest or of equal moral or religious insight.
You Said: «If you don't see the
beauty of (Blue Eyed Baby) Jesus» love, you are blinded
by (Lucifer's gremlins)!»
In his recent book, Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity, he offers «four benefits» of mortality: interest and engagement, suggesting that adding, say, twenty years to the human life span would
not proportionately increase the pleasures of life; seriousness and aspiration, proposing that the knowledge that our life is limited is what leads us to take life seriously and passionately;
beauty and love, presenting the idea that it is precisely their perishability that makes, for instance, flowers beautiful to us, just as the coming and going of spring makes that season all the more meaningful; and, finally, virtue and moral excellence,
by which he means the virtuous and noble deeds that mortality makes possible, including the sacrifice of our own life for a worthy cause.
In discussing the literary imagination, William F. Lynch has reminded us that «In tragedy the spectator is brought to the experience of a deep
beauty and exaltation, but
not by way of
beauty and exaltation.
Some of them come along, lured, I believe,
not so much
by the
beauty of our methods, maps and tools as
by the quiet contagion of our love for the material, the remarkable, inexhaustible «thing» we gather round.
If we conclude that we will
not dogmatically refuse even to view religious art, or we find that we are unable to avoid viewing it, and if in viewing it we are grasped
by its
beauty and witness, then a posteriori we are compelled to grant that such an art makes a claim.
Your life isn't pointless if you win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; you earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; you appreciate
beauty, to find the best in others; you leave the world a bit better, whether
by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
Or begin with your own inspired hours, when you experienced what Hugh Walpole, the novelist, once described: «I affirm that I have become aware,
not by my own wish, almost against my will, of an existence of another life of far, far greater importance and
beauty than this physical one.»
Just as secular art in one sense gives glory to God
by virtue of its very existence as it contributes to the manifold wonder and glory of creation — even if the artist does
not acknowledge the creator — so also Christian art which intentionally points to God contributes to the
beauty of creation and can be perceived as beautiful even to unbelief.
Or this, from a Cambridge lecture
by Arthur Quiller - Couch: «Is it possible, gentlemen, that you can have read one, two, thee, or more of the acknowledged masterpieces of English literature without having it borne in on you that they are great because they are alive, and traffic
not with cold celestial certainties, but with men's hopes, aspirations, doubts, loves, hates, breakings of the heart; the glory and the vanity of human endeavor, the transcience of
beauty, the capricious uncertain lease on which you and I hold life, the dark coast to which we inevitably steer; all that amuses, or vexes, all that gladdens, saddens, maddens us men and women on this brief and mutable traject which yet must be home for a while, the anchorage of our hearts?»