Sentences with phrase «of flash of genius»

In hindsight, I was embarrassed to not have included the obvious choice of Flash of Genius for my law - related movies website, so I have updated my site to include that movie (along with Hart's War, a military court martial movie), bringing the total number of law - related movies on my site to 118 movies.

Forgive me if I'm not impressed that the idea that spoken word lectures and dramatic performances might be the basis for a book (and vice versa) is a some sort of flash of genius.

Bergson said this first, and it is one of his flashes of genius.

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Andrew Ng, formerly of Google and now of Baidu, is one who doesn't believe innovation is due to unpredictable flashes of genius.

Mozart was divinely destined to die young, an impossible prodigy appearing and vanishing like a flash of lightning crossing the heavens, while it was ordained from everlasting that Haydn should enjoy a serene longevity in which to unfold his genius; Keats grown old would have been a drastic error of taste on the part of providence, while it was absolutely necessary that Wordsworth begin as a «lyrical» radical but end up a withered Tory sage penning sonorous banalities.

Our approach rules out the commonly - held idea that religious insight or awareness is primarily the product of a special group of religious geniuses, or that it is the result of only occasional flashes of illumination.

Whitehead's genius is evident in the intuitive flashes of insight which are not only brilliant in themselves but are also consistent with his metaphysical system.

While leafing through cookbooks for menu ideas I had a flash of genius!

It can come in a flash of physical genius, or reveal itself slowly over time.

I'm not claiming anything either way, at the end of the day we are all desperate Arsenal fans with a miserly manager who displays excellent consistency with flashes of genius, but frustrates us to the max!

Even without one, you can still see that flash of genius in him... The way he unlock defences is amazing..

Good substitutions can be strokes of genius, can be flashes of inspiration, can be the result of long and careful planning.

Manu Ginobili showed flashes of his genius, but he's 40 years old; flashes are all that should and can be expected.

Flashes of genius?

But when he had these flashes of genius, oh boy!

Rooney still occasionally shows flashes of genius but they are now fewer and more far between than ever.

However, despite flashes of flair, genius and leadership, Emre Can's quality lies behind a vail of immaturity and the player has a lot of growing still yet to do.

The genesis of this useful but seemingly incidental feature of the modern automobile even attracted Hollywood scriptwriters in search of a latter - day David and Goliath tale that became a 2008 release called Flash of Genius.

It is a flash of genius, but possibly one with a fatal flaw.

One moment, we can have a flash of genius, only to be back to business as usual the next.

Here, she shares the genius pantry - stocking tips that will save you hundreds of dollars on groceries while still ensuring you can always get dinner on the table in a flash.

I think I had a flash of genius here when I figured this recipe out but others might say it was just a lucky idea driven by hunger.

Darwin turned the world upside down, but there was more drama seeing Greg Kinnear play the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper in Flash of Genius.

Flash of Genius was a good film, but that was where the trouble lied with the film.

Critics Consensus: The touching underdog story of a single guy against a massive corporation, Flash of Genius is a well - paced and well - written tale with a standout performance by star Greg Kinnear.

Robert Kearns invented the intermittent windshield wiper and Flash of Genius tells the story of how he invented the wiper and how he fought in court to protect what was rightfully his.

From left to right, that's Bill Lake (Flash of Genius), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Meghan Heffern (What If), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire), Ari Cohen (Maps to the Stars), Ricky Gervais, Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel), Mimi Kuzyk (The Day After Tomorrow), Eric Bana (Funny People), Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects), and Raúl Castillo (Looking).

Abel first made his mark in the critically acclaimed 2008 film FLASH OF GENIUS for director Mark Abraham.

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The film, written and directed by Marc Abraham (Flash of Genius), stars Tom Hiddleston (Crimson Peak) in the title role, with Elizabeth Olsen (Avengers: Age of Ultron), David Krumholtz (Numb3rs), Cherry Jones (24) and Bradley Whitford (The West Wing) co-starring.

Other special presentations of note include Rian Johnson's «The Brothers Bloom,» Richard Linklater's «Me and Orson Welles,» Danny Boyle's «Slumdog Millionaire,» Kevin Smith's controversial «Zack and Miri Make a Porno,» Guillermo Arriaga's «The Burning Plain» (could be Oscar bait for actress Charlize Theron), Charlie Kaufman's «Synecdoche, New York» and Marc Abraham's «Flash of Genius» (which could be an awards vehicle for Greg Kinnear).

A number of them were femme - helmed and femme - centric flashes of genius.

Do the usual pre-screening intake of food and coffee (a festival staple) before getting ready to head off to the first screening, «Flash of Genius» which I am looking to seeing.

As the movie goes through the motions, you will find yourself liking it more than the usual effort simply for the small flashes of genius.

Also in 2008, Abel was seen in the Universal Pictures film «Flash of Genius,» directed by Marc Abraham.

It should be impossible to turn this kind of raw material into such an interminable slog, and yet somehow writer and director Marc Abraham (who is best known as a producer; his other writing credits include Moonlighting and the original 21 Jump Street and his only other directorial gig is Flash of Genius) managed to do just that.

Nevertheless, there is a conscious mind behind those flashes of genius, judging, selecting and organizing them into a cohesive whole.

It might also have a hole a truck could be driven through that you missed in the blinding flash of creative genius that generated the poster session.

According to the press release, Patent Plaque is sponsored by the recently - released movie, «Flash of Genius» which tells the story of Bob Kearns, who invented and patented the intermittent windshield wiper, then spent the next 30 years in an effort to stop infringement by Detroit automakers.