Sentences with phrase «on some pedestal of»

But we were the ones that placed them on the pedestal of impossible expectations, then we often work hard to keep them propped up there, and so of course it hurts when they tumbled right off.

The Jewish American poet, Emma Lazarus, gave classic expression to this idea in 1883 in words inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty:

He said the foundation of his achievements in the last six years were built on the pedestal of a well - articulated, well conceptualised idea which was compiled into a pamphlet, a green book, titled «My pack with the people of Osun.

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.

Mosses with the «dead» radiocarbon were found at high elevations, on pedestals of rock with persistent ice caps that are now slowly melting away.

The program puts the yoga teaching aspirants on the pedestal of being a well — qualified yoga teachers of the finest standard.

Thinking out of the box and their supreme sense of creativity makes them stand out on the pedestal of success.

Coats with typical animal prints also claim to the first place on the pedestal of fashion.

Have you been placing women (or men) on a pedestal of perfection that no real life 30 something can ever aspire to?

The poem inscribed on the pedestal of the statue in 1903 was written by Emma Lazarus.

This spring, Kurimanzutto gallery hosted an exhibition of British artist Sarah Lucas's bodily assemblages made of mostly nylon pantyhose and cotton stuffing contorted and placed on pedestals of stacked adobe bricks, all sourced in Mexico.

Pledge $ 1,000 or more and engrave a name on the pedestals of the iconic camel sculptures.

Nine vessels created by artists from cultures throughout Africa stand on pedestals of varying height, a design choice that highlights the wares» individuality — their differing sizes, shapes, colors, and textures.

In the gallery's courtyard a handsome if familiar anonymity prevails in two works evoking construction sites with turbine vents and air - conditioners on pedestals of mortared concrete blocks and bricks.

French riot police stand on the pedestal of Marianne, smashing candles and flowers as they try to chase the protesters away.

Not exact matches

If Jeff Bezos chooses to, he can spend his time on the pedestal helping rebuild one of America's most complicated (and storied) cities.

But «winning» usually has the opposite effect: When an individual is publicly recognized for an achievement, he or she is put on a pedestal — and this tends to foster feelings of pride and self - importance.

Superficially, it's obvious why: There are the global - scale economic and political effects a manipulated outcome could have, and the psychological appeal of attacking a democratic process that the US holds on a pedestal.

In 1884, when the Statue of Liberty first arrived in America, the pedestal it stands on today hadn't been built.

One of my online blogger friends, Olivia over at TappingLuau, sent me this link to an article on «Tearing Down the Pedestals» written by Renee Altson.

So come on down off your pedestal, you're ignorance doesn't show intelligence, it actually shows a lack of it.

Google images of Balpreet Kaur... he definitely has more wrong than an overabundance of facial hair... and people need to quit putting her on a pedestal for being the escaped beared lady from the circus vargus!

One of the things I fear about our modern Christian «leaders» so many put on a pedestal, is their political pandering on these sorts of topics.

It's that his personal history — not only the two divorces, but also the repeated affairs and the way he behaved during the dissolution of his marriages — makes him the most compromised champion imaginable for a movement that's laboring to keep lifelong heterosexual monogamy on a legal and cultural pedestal.

You, scot, «truth «follower, all inhabit the same rarified air of your own making — a supposed moral high ground pedestal on which you've placed yourselves.

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.

Being expected to be up on a pedestal like some kind of «Holy Role Model» instead of being an honest sinner like everyone else.

The rarefied air of the pedestal he has placed himself on will never allow him to admit it though.

The way it is often taught and believed seems to limit the breath of God within Scripture, and puts Scripture up on a pedestal where God never intended it to be placed.

It's because she helps give me a glimpse, a fellow traveller with rumours of the north perhaps, and we're on the same road, no pedestals are required.

Sometimes they wanted to be on that pedestal, believing in their own ridiculous hype, but most of the time, our heroes and our patron saints, our spiritual mothers and fathers, didn't want to be elevated up there, anyway, and are secretly relieved when it comes crashing down.

People assume that Jesus was a passive, lovey dovey hippie type that didn't think of harming anyone, especially the highly worshiped children that we put on a pedestal today.

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.

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!!

Fifth, Piper highlights the controversy over Confederate memorials which «too many of us feel like they belong in a museum for education instead of on a pedestal for celebration.»

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.

Anyone who is a «follower» of Eddie Long needs to step back and take a seriously hard look at who you're putting up on that pedestal.

We generally believe in evolution, and so do not nearly place ourselves on the same kind of pedestals that evolution deniers do by thinking that they are modeled on some perfect being.

A real conundrum I find with Christians of various theological persuasions is that they harp on how we must be engaged in studying the Bible, how the Bible is our guide in life, and hold the Bible on a pedestal, much like rabbinic Jews hold the Torah or Catholic hold up their Eucharist, but when it comes to the nitty - gritty of how they have come to know God, no matter how they explain it, it ends up being on the basis of experience.

Mourners of all races, young and old, some in suits and some in T - shirts and flip - flops, walked through the parlour where Mr Graham's closed coffin lay on a black pedestal.

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.

You can understand why that is, maybe, to someone like me, why it was hard on me when you tumbled off of the pedestal I lovingly kept propped up for so many years.

The missionaries also get put up on a pedestal so that when they return home on furlough, they have to conform to a certain standard of holy behavior which matches the pedestal that has been built for them.

And though there are obvious dangerous to the public shame machine, there are also important implications: We can no longer choose to be ignorant or oblivious to crimes and sins of the artists and cultural figures that we've also put on a pedestal.

And, through the occasional reminder of the pain and the prodding of the Holy Spirit, I quit participating in the «Let's put them on the pedestal and see how hard they fall!»

And on the pedestal these words appear: «My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!»

Someone who puts reason and faith on the same pedestal is accusing someone else of not being intelligent?

put pastors on too much of a high pedestal, though, and I think it must be frustrating for you.

A witty modern writer suggests that along with the engraving on the pedestal may also be found the scratched names of Mr. and Mrs. Dukes and various other tourists.

hmm I am surprised at Becky's experience of Spong but hey Spong is a man and we can put him on a pedestal if we are not careful.