Sentences with phrase «on a pedestal as»

We don't need to be put on a pedestal as BFers, but it should be culturally acceptable and encouraged, no matter where baby needs it.

That may also be the script's fault for creating a flat gentleman hero of yore to act as Jules's foil and to be put on a pedestal as the classic man all men should strive to be.

It is very easy to be put on a pedestal as an Olympic medal holder but I remind pupils that I am just a normal person, and that everything I have achieved has come from hard work.

The problem with Schafer and his, shall we say... lack of time management acumen is that I think a lot of fans put him up on a pedestal as a genius game developer for so long, that when the several, repeated incidents of his poor management skill started to occur, it felt as if all their invested faith in the guy has been betrayed.

Mario + Rabbids have managed something truly unique, in which they have put Mario on a pedestal as the pop icon he has become.

Friends and colleagues were invited into a Düsseldorf department store to view the artists seated on living - room furniture from the store's inventory, placed on pedestals as works of art.

While Alexander's earliest objects were displayed on pedestals as sculptures, his newest work is wall mounted.

My own picture, apparently taken moments ago by a smartphone on a pedestal as I was peering at the installation, was smuggled in at regular

In Venice, Faust features a cast of aloof, androgynous performers activating the pavilion's imposing architecture by singing, headbanging, dancing, wrestling, playing dirgeful music, climbing up walls, and perching on pedestals as living sculptures.

They are arranged on pedestals as if a monument to those who have lost their lives crossing the seas to get to what they hoped to be a better life.

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You risk making them feel put on a pedestal, communicating to them your value and status as lower.

It is always easy to stand on lofty pedestal and preach to Israel as long as the land does not belong to you.

Some say marriage is a dissolving institution, just par for the course in this sea of modernity we're swimming in, and still others seem to hold it on an impossibly high pedestal, as though one's life doesn't begin until one's wedding day: when you find your soulmate, your «other half,» you will have found your ultimate fulfillment, the one who will dispel your loneliness forever.

I never claimed to be Christian, nor do I ever want to, since doing so usually puts me on the same pedestal as ignorant individuals such as yourself, sedreck.

While we certainly need to be careful about putting theologians like Bonhoeffer on too high of pedestals, I still feel as though there are things about him that are both commendable and, if repeated by modern Christians, could help shape our collective character for the better.

Anson Shupe, an Indiana University professor who has studied the matter, says, «To me it says Protestants are less reluctant to come forward because they don't put their clergy on as high a pedestal as Catholics do with their priests.»

By making Jesus God - like and by putting Jesus on a spiritual pedestal, we don't have to be bothered by Jesus as an example for how we are to live.

Billy Graham is a fraud... why he has been put on a pedestal for years is beyond me... he collected huge amounts of money from those big crowds... HIs son Franklin is worse... he pays himself more than ONE MILLION A YEAR... as head of the Samaritan Purse and other things!!

I am tired of religious leaders who put themselves on a pedestal and deem what is proper or good or holy and what isn't as if they are God.

I certainly think (as you have shown) in the past that the doctrine of inspired scripture has caused some to place the Bible on a pedestal that only the clergy should have access to, but just because some have unfortunately held that view, that does invalidate whether scripture is inspired or not.

As so very often, we have picked a virtue (or quasi-virtue) that we like the sound of - in this case open - mindedness - and placed it on an artificial pedestal, abstracted from any context that might help us come to a considered judgment about its merits in individual circumstances.

Prominent, my gills, she was a nobody with no information for Atheism, so she figured a bunch of Christian radicals would put her on a pedestal, as their token Reformed - Atheist, and somebody would finally pay attention to her, so she went to the losing side.

But it is not enough to use it, as it is used in our day, as a rallying cry in battles which, strictly speaking, have nothing much to do with religion, or to put it on a pedestal to be admired, or in a spirit of haphazard eclecticism to pick and choose from the shari`a only the material which pleases us most.

They've put Okafor on a pedestal and he's used it as his fuckin'toilet.

Those aren't the greatest areas of interest for most teams, but it is definitely an upgrade for next season, and as players leave or retire in coming seasons, Bolles could become a premier left tackle and Davis has a ceiling that could put him on virtually any pedestal.

I once said a team is only as good as its last derby (or three derbies in our case now) but how long does a manager retain support when his team maybe slips from the pedestal he's placed it on?

By putting their family on such a high moral pedestal, they now have horrible people like me slavering for «scandals» to pop up because a fall from grace is pretty entertaining when it's someone as smug and douchey as Jim Bob Duggar.

So many times we put celebrities on a pedestal and we view them as being so different than us but they breastfeed their babies, they go to grocery store.

He was belittled in his heyday, then placed on the elder - statesman pedestal as people saw how much worse the daytime talk - show game could get in the hands of people like Geraldo Rivera and Morton Downey Jr..

As someone who — like many others — has spent this decade covering the impact of electorally - popular austerity, I'm not one to instinctively put the public on an unimpeachable pedestal.

Toilet engineers have always known this: When George Jennings's Pedestal Vase won a gold medal at a Health Exhibition in 1884, it had successfully ushed 10 apples, one at sponge, three «air vessels» (crumpled paper) as well as cleaning the «plumber's smudge» smeared on the bowl's surface.

Women are seen as sexually voracious and therefore as the source of chaos and disorder, or they are placed on a pedestal of chastity by denying that they have sexual feelings at all.

On other occasions the dome was transformed into a giant beanie cap with propeller (1996), banded with a giant ring engraved with Elvish calligraphy from the opening of the Lord of the Rings movie (2001), and has served as pedestal for a full - scale model of Kitty Hawk, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers» flight (2003).

Thus, we designed and synthesized new molecular architectures based on the 3D Janus tecton concept, suitable for self - assembly on surface by supramolecular interactions such as coordination, halogen bond or hydrogen bond.3 Here we present two different model pyridyl end - capped molecules: the pedestal P1, and the naked pillar NP pedestal incorporating a cyclophane core.

Unlike self - confident people, those with narcissistic tendencies expect to be treated as superior or put on a pedestal.

Being a Yoga Alliance recognized yoga school, we aim to lead each of our student on a global pedestal with a unique knowledge obliging by the finest standards as a yoga teacher.

Do you place a musician (or athlete or actor) on a pedestal almost as if to worship them?

Gray and gold French kitchen showcases a round wood and iron pedestal dining table seating a wood cafe dining chair and a freestanding gray velvet tufted banquette sat on black legs positioned in front of a white framed single hung kitchen window as over the table a large black pleated drum light pendant illuminates white and gray herringbone tiled floors.

You may be enticed to put a lady on a pedestal when your religion locations sex as significant.

I love a woman that likes to hold hands and wants to be put on a pedestal, as well as the journey to it.

Jesus Christ besides the horrible acting, the incredible patronising writing that puts women on an unchallenged all - knowing pedestal and men as stupid dum monkeys..

While I think that the founding fathers are sometimes put on a gigantic pedestal as one of the greatest men who ever lived, this notion that Calvin was more important in the history of the United States of America than one of the men who helped WRITE the Declaration of Independence is absolutely fucking insulting.

I have already said how Superbad didn't work as well for me, because it was put on a pedestal and the Judd Apatow movies are in dire need of a solid editing session.

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«I actually enjoyed it the more linear it became during the later chapters though wouldn't put it on the same pedestal as other games in the series.

We must hold facts on the highest pedestal and believe them as so.

Lincoln MKZ The MKZ is a make - or - break car for Lincoln, charged with putting the brand on the same pedestal as the premium - priced imports that baby boomers love.

Auto shows are the perfect place for an car builder to get a feel for the market by showing off the best of what they have to offer and then judge how far the hoards of automotive enthusiasts» jaw are hanging from the floor as they stare up at these beauties on a pedestal.

An N / A 5.2 L V8 mustang with 530hp, a 10 - speed auto w / the 6 - speed manual option, the hybrid version of the Focus RS differential, a revised magnetic ride suspension setup, big 15 ″ brembo brakes with 6 - piston calipers and 2 - pc rotors, a Mach - 1 interior, mach - 1 specific headlamps, Mach 1 graphics, Mach - 1 specific wheels, a high flow grille with two square fog lamps, Mach 1 specific interior with the ’69 style mach 1 Recaro seats, a thicker rimmed heated steering wheel, Mach 1 specific gauge cluster and dash, upgraded stereo and navigation, mach 1 specific interior door panels with alcantara and leather surfaces, a pedestal style rear spoiler, a functional, non-shaker ram air hood scoop, revised tri-y «Hi - PO» mid-length exhaust manifolds, a special quad - tip exhaust system with a dual side exit exhaust system that opens on race mode along with Mach - 1 specific dual mode quad tip mufflers and no center resonator and new colors such as Black Jade Metallic, calypso coral and that new green.

Regardless, sci - fi sells so well that there are more and more articles and interviews with science fiction writers where they are put on pedestals and treated as though they belong in the select company of writers of much higher standing - like romance novelists.