Sentences with phrase «of old self»

I'd love to become a new, improved «me» with elements of my old self but better for having been «countrified.»

She has fostered a culture that is so divided and so distrustful that the school is just a hollow shell of its old self.

Version 2.0 of the Cupertino giant's music app is — just like what its version code suggests — a more superior or advanced version of its old self.

Wind and ocean circulation patterns are conspiring with a warmer climate to reduce the amount of year - round (multi-year) ice, transforming the remaining ice into a younger, thinner version of its old self.

McCain in his concession speech showed some sign of his old self --- and you could certainly use the help of a maverick who has shown the ability to move away from some aspects of Neo-con nonsense.

In the mid 1980s she painted portraits of Frida Kahlo on top of her old self - portrait paintings.

It is from that period that the artist has recreated a photograph of herself, using a mask of her old self.

Every time you die, you re-spawn in a different character and have to locate the body of your old self to reclaim your stuff.

A parody of her old self, she's gained at least thirty pounds.

In actuality it is mourning the death of her old self; a final goodbye to everything that had gone before.

For what it's worth, there are still vestiges of her old self that pop - up from time to time, not just taking me by surprise, but totally floorin» my ass.

And when you find yourself constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop (he's going to end it again, or change his mind again, or we're going to have that same «deal - breaking» fight again) you become a shadow of your old self.

I easily did feel a little bit jealous and irritated mostly with everything I couldn't have or do but people can / do when I was younger, now I've grown up, thank God, He always help me to always walk in my path, I've always told myself to just do great as the better (or best) version of my old self not as a person I think people will like or want.

«Almost everyone I've ever met who overeats is doing so on behalf of an old self (a discouraged child, an unpopular teenager, a self conscious young adult) who no longer exists.»

Its post-Labour incarnation, the Socialist Party, is a poor shadow of its old self.

I would fall asleep alone, clutching to the feeling of my old self, then wake up to the sound of my daughter's whimpers, heart thudding in my chest as I remembered my new reality.

Costa has shown signs of his old self in the past few games, but he is still the subject of Far East interest with several Chinese clubs willing to offer him a bumper package to leave the Blues.

Arsenal, on the other hand, have not seen such a fight for position between Petr Cech and David Ospina, but the former Czech international will turn 35 in May, and is already a shadow of his old self.

Alexis 6 Occasional flashes of his old self, but he seems to me to be thinking about where he will be playing next season...

This year he hasn't been playing as well, but has shown flashes of his old self during games.

Ichiro Suzuki's average fell 63 points, but he remained confident and is beginning to show signs of his old self

Well last night's Premier League clash with West Brom certainly seemed to support Wenger's statements over the suggestions of the media, with people pointing out the flashes of his old self we saw from the striker along with his all round energy and effort.

The path to letting go of his old self, Eaton explains to the crowd, was far from certain: He would learn an array of basic post moves from Lubin at Cypress, then transfer to UCLA, where again he played sparingly, only to catch on with the Jazz as a fourth - round flier in 1982.

A team that plays week and week out against a team made up for this game, yes we should of done better was unlucky first half should of been 3 or 4 up but just didn't happen then we just lost our way second half, the positives from this game Jack is showing some of his old self

In attempting to live the life of sacrificial love, we can not set limits to the degree of the brokenness of the old self that may be required of us.

The new self of each moment partly includes the old experiences through memory, although Hartshorne does not exclude as inappropriate some talk of an old self with new experiences, provided it is clearly understood that the old self is contained within the new experiences and not the converse.4 Furthermore, he reasons that, if human experiences were the properties of an identical ego instead of the ego's being the property of the experiences, then to know an individual ego would mean to know all its future; and, therefore, we could not really know the individual in question until his death.5

Precisely in the dying of the old self and its values, they found a freedom for ethical activities, and a resigned acceptance of whatever the future might hold for them — a freedom and acceptance not possible for a person clinging tightly (and perhaps desperately) to his or her past.

Anyone who sounds aggrieved or — in the case of Solnit's enemies — more high - minded and principled can always summon an avenging army of supporters from the vast population of Internet - dwellers unwilling to spend more than five seconds trying to understand the dispute at hand, but endlessly willing to get a quick hit of that old self - congratulation.

He is regressing to the worst version of his old self — whiskey - soaked and imploding.

I think the theme of the album is death — the slow death of our old selves and agendas, expectations and sin natures, followed by the new resurrection life that comes with following Christ to the cross.

He hesitates resulting in the escape of his older self.

But Tully doesn't miserably wallow in all these thoughts of old selves and everyday losses.

This time around it's Kirk (Chris Pine) and Scott (Simon Pegg) who do most of the heroic heavy lifting — co-writer Pegg has noticeaby beefed up his own role — while Spock (Zachary Quinto) keeps it suitably cerebral, wrapped up in fears for the future of his race and grief at the death of his older self.

Each half of the couple contents with the ghost of their old selves, opening doors that uncover new demons.

Used by millions of cats, this is one of the oldest self cleaning litter box models.

Baby Peach's personality bears similarity to that of her older self.

Not exact matches

However, the age old idea of fasting embraces denial of self through the denial of food.

As I've gotten older, I've been able to recognize some of the deeper themes of religion, power, and self - awareness that I didn't pick up on when I was 12 or 13.

In the end, the best assassins and the best entrepreneurs know that preparation, adaptability and responsiveness, coupled with self - preservation and someone in your corner, are the keys to survival, whether you're killing people, or killing an old way of thinking with a brand new startup.

The simultaneous jumps in the number of older workers and the ranks of the self - employed prompt an automatic response: men and women are capitalizing on a career's worth of experience and coasting into retirement as consultants and freelancers.

«We know relatively little about why older adults decide to pursue self - employment in later life, the self - employment experience itself, and the individual and societal outcomes of this growing type of work,» Halverson and Morrow - Howell write.

While many of those accusations are overstated, there is some evidence that millennials are more self - centered than their older generational counterparts when they were the same age.

Before single - handedly bootstrapping AppSumo five years ago from the basement of an apartment in San Francisco's trippy Haight - Ashbury district, the 33 - year - old entrepreneur was a self - described «cubicle monkey» at Intel, employee number 30 at Facebook (he was fired) and employee number four at Mint (he quit).

It's a reframed version of the old «What is your weakness» question, but it steers candidates away from trite responses and opens the door for more dynamic conversations, says Boettcher — ones that help him distinguish the real problem - solvers and self - starters from the rest.

There's no new theme to it, just more riffs on the old one of a self - reinforcing spiral of slower growth in China crushing the economies of its raw material suppliers, while an appreciating dollar makes it ever harder for emerging market companies and governments to repay the debts they gleefully took on when the Federal Reserve was giving away dollars for free.

Here are the top 20 pieces of advice I've gathered — the habits and practices that 30 - year - old self - made millionaires embraced in their 20s.

«I'm almost embarrassed to say that I am a 25 - year - old woman who keeps a regular bath time, but my Sunday - night bubble baths are a key part of my rigorous self - care routine that helps me with my sanity and focus throughout the week.

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1087 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the average amount of vacation time given to employed workers is about 4 weeks (3.7), while the self - employed take a similar amount of time off (4.0 weeks, on average).

Aghdam, a 39 year - old San Diego resident, is believed to have died from a self - inflicted gunshot wound to the chest at one of YouTube's buildings, according to a law - enforcement source and multiple news reports.

The female pedestrian, who has been identified by police as 49 - year - old Elaine Herzberg, was walking outside of a crosswalk when she was struck by the Uber self - driving vehicle.