Sentences with phrase «own preciousness»

Nevertheless, most feminists have deep feelings about the preciousness of the potential life that develops within women.

Doing this important growth work can enhance the sense of the preciousness of each day of one's life and marriage.

They knew no joys comparable in quality of preciousness to those which we shall erelong see that Brahmans, Buddhists, Christians, Mohammedans, twice - born people whose religion is non-naturalistic, get from their several creeds of mysticism and renunciation.

Jackson points to the preciousness of the biblical words themselves as reason for such extravagance.

The problem is when people start taking things that are fundamental to the Bible, like male / female duality and the preciousness of human life established in Genesis 1, and saying, «Eh, these things don't matter,» and then go on to support causes that contradict these foundational values (e.g., gay marriage, abortion).

We can't not know the preciousness of human life - therefore, if we tell ourselves that humanity is a matter of degree, we can't help holding those who are more human more precious than those who are less.

I was frightened that we were destroying our Earth in vain attempts to aggrandize ourselves and I wanted in some way to transmit to others my sense of the preciousness of nature.

At most, you might deem it well to keep a few chosen specimens alive to represent an interesting and peculiar variety of humanity; but as for the rest, what comes in such surpassing numbers, and what you can only imagine in this abstract summary collective manner, must be something of which the units, you are sure, can have no individual preciousness.

That is the sting of it, that in the vast driftings of the cosmic weather, though many a jewelled shore appears, and many an enchanted cloud - bank floats away, long lingering ere it be dissolved — even as our world now lingers for our joy — yet when these transient products are gone, nothing, absolutely nothing remains, to represent those particular qualities, those elements of preciousness which they may have enshrined.

We know that Christ's vanishing and the vanishing of every human moment and the self we are at every moment serve to underscore the utter preciousness of life.

And the logic of denying health coverage of ALL types to ALL students and staff is really the best way to demonstrate the preciousness of human life.

The time will come when time will run out for us too, and once we see that, we see also that for the 18 - year - old at McDonald's as well as for the old crock in the retirement - home cafeteria, every one of our suppers points to the preciousness of life and also to the certainty of death, which makes life even more precious still and is precious in itself because under its shadow we tend to search harder and harder for light.

That is the sting of it, that in the vast driftings of the cosmic weather, though many a jeweled shore appears, and many an enchanted cloud - bank floats away, long lingering ere it be dissolved — even as our world now lingers for our joy — yet when these transient products are gone, nothing, absolutely nothing remains, to represent those particular qualities, those elements of preciousness which they may have enshrined.

The precariousness of things seems to increase in direct proportion to their preciousness.

One of the assets of the mid-years is this increased awareness of the brevity and preciousness of time.

But if we remember our mortality, we start to appreciate the preciousness of life, we become more calm, have more perspective, and are more able to affect positive change in the world.

There is no preciousness in her world — it is wild, rustic, and ambitious.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRECIOUSNESS!!!

It slows us down and reminds me of the sweetness of time, the preciousness of the everyday moments.

I felt that she had brought me a message about my body and time and the preciousness of it all.

When you look at this cute little human you see a bundle of preciousness that can't do much other than eat, poop and sleep.

As you soak in your baby's preciousness you may not realize some interesting facts about newborn eyes.

«We uncovered an alternative type of conspicuous consumption that operated by shifting the focus from the preciousness and scarcity of goods to the preciousness and scarcity of individuals,» the authors conclude.

But the distance, and the contrast with the moon's lifeless desolation, only magnified its beauty as well as its preciousness as an oasis of life in the endless void.

Nor does it tell us anything about the pull toward rare extremes of ideas and facts, as opposed to sensations — the preciousness imparted to a piano, say, by the knowledge that Beethoven once pounded those very keys.

The girls are now immersed in a new world; one of the preciousness in organic farming life.

Consider the importance of this for a moment as we honor the value and preciousness of the very air we breathe.

I wonder of how many times did I just unconsciously stormed through things, people and moments, never fully aware of the magic and preciousness surrounding them?

Also, an elegant clutch, small, will give more preciousness outfit.

I instantly knew just the little crochet project that I would turn to to use up this bag of preciousness — the crochet yo you coverlet pattern, courtesy of Sarah London.

My kids are now 3 and 5, which are amazing ages, and I want to hold on to their preciousness with all my might, even though I know it's futile.

The Taro Ishida collection possesses a refined, even sacred preciousness and rarity.

Anyone who has lost a spouse, especially at a young age, knows about the preciousness of each moment we are given.

Knightley's character flirts with Manic Pixie Dream Girl preciousness, but imbues the character with a humanity that transcends the type; she's got a lovely monologue at a key moment in their arc (concerning her love of vinyl, of course) that moves the film into the realm of pathos with an almost invisible dexterity.

Pointedly, Lucy gets a couple of eloquent monologues in which to ponder such weighty matters as the impermanence of all life, the preciousness of every moment, the human tendency to prioritize feeling over thinking, the depressing myopia of human experience in general, and the fact that life gains meaning only with the passage of time.

Writer - director Mark Wilkinson gracefully elides backstories while arranging his converging narratives into a neat fugue, but the overall preciousness of his conception is suffocating.

That Denis can produce a work that, without a trace of preciousness, is equal parts indebted to Barthes and Chicago blues, connected as arm is to shoulder to the film - historical legacy of post-New Wave French filmmaking, is only further justification for claim that the 71 - year - old is the greatest working director over the last two decades.

Not only feels real, but it avoids preciousness and cute eccentricity and, in its lean, almost grave, cut - and - dried delivery makes more of an emotional impact because we're able to imprint our own memories of adolescence upon it.

Director Robert Benton captures the droll eccentricity of small - town life without any of the usual phony preciousness.

At times, Lucy the movie veers precariously close to the New Age preciousness of such films as Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life or Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain.

The metaphysical aspects here are used in the service of the characters, not the other way around — this is, first and foremost, a human study, a love story, an existential treatise on the inevitability of death and the preciousness of life.

The resulting meditation on father - son relationships, letting go and the preciousness of time is - helped along by one of the finest performances of Nighy's career - touching without being mawkish, and gives the film a contemplative weight that balances well with the carefree joy of the first half.

And though in some ways the role encourages some of Field's worst tendencies (sentimentality, preciousness), it also brings out some of her best — such as her unexpected ferocity and precise subtlety.

Still, just when one might be ready to punch themselves in the head over the preciousness of said logline and description, it's a pleasure to report that «Language of a Broken Heart» wins out — at least on the margins, for those predisposed to have an interest in laid - track rom - coms — by way of its way of its performances and interplay.

That's the real question» without being smothered by its preciousness.

Playing It Cool's interminable preciousness culminates with a scene that visualizes ME's disconnect from the love - dovery around him by rendering him monochrome in a colorful world.

The title of Leah Meyerhoff's feature - length writing and directing debut, I Believe In Unicorns, seems designed to push away anyone dubious about preciousness, especially when it comes to stylish coming - of - age indies.

But those trailers (and the undercurrent of latent sexism and fanboy preciousness) have kept a lot of people wary of the film.

It's true even babies in danger can't rival the preciousness of a little dachshund in danger.

In Phantom Thread, something of the same mystery surrounds the work of Reynolds Woodcock, but the film never ridicules the preciousness of his world, but rather, takes it deadly seriously, attends it with all due respect.