Sentences with phrase «own worst tendencies»

And most of what has been said would have been better unsaid: the delight in speculation without the slightest basis in evidence is among the worst tendencies of the postmodern commentariat.

And most of what has been said would have been better unsaid: the delight in speculation without the slightest basis in evidence is among the worst tendencies of....

Or, did they successfully unite the best parts of the Western philosophical tradition, and so create a political philosophy that could withstand its own worst tendencies?

They have to act now, or risk losing the game to its worst tendencies encouraged by its worst landlords.

During her State of the City speech, Mark - Viverito said Rikers had come to «represent our worst tendencies, and our biggest failures.»

«Rikers Island has come to represent our worst tendencies, and our biggest failures,» Mark - Viverito said.

It's not crazy to worry that, with millions of people connected through a medium that sometimes brings out their worst tendencies, massive, fascist - style mobs could rise up suddenly.

Not only did my wallet have the normal things like all of my credit cards, joint cards and my license, but I have the bad tendency to also keep my passport in it when we travel.

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.

John Early and Meredith Hagner as Elliott and Portia are marvels in roles that should be written off as second comings of Will & Grace's Jack and Karen, but are imbued with so much pathos and nuance that you're no longer merely infatuated with them as second - banana comedic relief, but instead endeared to their worst tendencies.

Resembling a children's movie for grown - ups while reining in Del Toro's worst tendencies, its hybrid form holds clear appeal for another year when the highest - grossing films replace humans with costumed superheroes and animated creatures, our postmodern costume dramas.

Stamina management also plays a crucial role, as repeated strikes lose power as your stamina fades to discourage aggressive players from their worst tendencies.

LA Confidential is a movie filled with drama and a roller coaster plot filled with twists and turns.There is a good cop turned lieutenant trying to avenge his father's honor, the crooked cops in the station, and an emotional good cop with bad tendencies.

Crowe just can't resist the easy cue — neither visually nor aurally — and Vanilla Sky facilitates the writer - director's worst tendencies.

Though name - checked Roman Polanski's violation of Samantha Geimer is indefensible, I'm loathe to the wellspring of adolescent sanctimony surrounding the episode; and for a while, Hayley is so insufferably self - righteous that the picture looks as though it will concentrate the brunt of its commentary on the hysteria attendant to allegations of child molestation, credibly channelling the worst tendencies of organizations such as Perverted Justice through that most moralistic of creatures: the pubescent female.

Taylor Sheridan's methodical screenplay about the seedy underbelly of anti-cartel task forces is a wonder of pacing and tension, ably gnawing its way to the heart of humanity's worst tendencies, laying eggs of cynicism and despair with nary a platitude in sight.

DVD Review: Fox has a bad tendency of making their DVD releases appear much more interesting than they actually are.

Meanwhile its revised suspension, with electronic dampers, cured the 348's worst tendencies.

Unfortunately, statistic shows a bad tendency in providing credits to businesswomen.

Let me suggest five simple ways you can control your worst tendencies, reduce your risk and become a happier investor.

Yet, work life has the bad tendency to interrupt such dreams... Thanks for sharing!

Though the game crumbles in the final hours, falling prey to the series» worst tendencies, who cares?

Such is the slow death of The Crew, a foundation of a serviceable racer, weighted down with the worst tendencies of AAA «added value» game design.

Each partner should make a list of their bad tendencies and use future disagreements to practice responding differently and building better communication skills.»

Not exact matches

People have a tendency to «throw good money after bad» — meaning we feel attached to bad investments because of the money we've already spent on them, and therefore we're reluctant to write off our losses and move on to better ventures.

Keep this in mind when tackling your bad management tendencies.

Economists tell us that quitting is actually often the smart move and that while humans have a natural tendency to avoid losing sunk costs (otherwise known «throwing good money after bad»), cutting your losses is frequently the better course of action.

In fact, the tendency to continue throwing good money after bad, or persist in behavior that has a negative impact, even has a name.

Canada's trade agenda — and its difference to that of its North American neighbor the U.S. — has made news at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touting a «push back against the anti-trade tendency in globalization that will leave us all worse off.»

One of ego's worst traits is the tendency to turn a minor inconvenience or insult into a massive sore.

The problem is our tendency to let greed turn a good idea into a really bad one.

«The worst type of perfectionists are those who expect others to match their own impossibly high standards,» notes PsyBlog in its write - up of Flett's research, so be particularly worried if your perfectionist tendencies are often directed at others, not just yourself.

Part of the gap in returns can probably be explained by the human tendency to panic at bad news, Professor Kelly said.

What's even worse is that the numbers don't show any tendency of slowing down, and have actually grown by 8 percent this year.

Fortunately, we're not doomed to bad decision - making: We can fight the tendency by staying laser - focused on our long - term goals — then riding out any ups and downs until we hit our goals.

At the time, there were no official statistics comparing foreign debt levels in developed countries, and in their absence there was a tendency for people to assume the worst — that is, to assume that Australia was the highest on the list.

The reason is that, people with bad credit are considered risky as there is tendency for them to default in payments.

I loathe the tendency to turn undesired outcomes into «gifts» from some notional Father; what ever happened to «This is bad, but we'll muddle - through best we can.»

[I disagree with the assertion that Mars Hill is a cult, but I think Fred's point about our tendency to see sexual betrayal as bad «because it involves sex rather than because it involves betrayal» is spot - on, and his concerns about Driscoll's preoccupation with sex and power are, of course, warranted.]

On the other hand, the courts have shown a tendency to oppress men, not least faithful husbands and to reward the often disgraceful conduct of too many thoroughly badly - behaved women.

The worst was a tendency to abstraction and reductionism.

Whatever tendencies Jewish mothers and fathers have to be «superprotective,» and whatever they may do in creating unusual anxieties in their children, these are at worst diseases of moral conflict, which are, after all, curable.

Say you discussall the facts of sex... kids are still more likely to distill it into a «sex is bad» or «sex is good» binary.There's a strong chance IMO that this tendency has helped them stay alive over the ages.

If the Crucifixion does not express and embody a decisive self - transformation of God, then at most it can only give a guilty humanity a temporary respite from the sovereign power of the transcendent Creator, while at worst it can seal a fallen humanity in its abject state of powerlessness and self - abasement, totally repressing every tendency to movement and life.

(The tendency of some parents, of course, is to blame «outside bad influence» and ignore the problems within their marriage which are disturbing the child.)

And while many of the episodes slipped into the worst of Christian entertainment's tendencies (one infamous episode ended up with a character getting attacked by a forest demon after playing too much Dungeons & Dragons) the writing staff had a knack for humor and characterization, and the voice actors were top - notch.

I still have sociopathic tendencies; I don't have any feelings about bad things happening.

Discernment is not judgmentalism, it is wisdom; but discernment includes the recognition of our own sinful tendencies, including the instinctive self - righteous response, and reminds us, as Sister Helen Prejean discovered in her ministry to those awaiting capital punishment in prison that «people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.»

There is the tendency of our religiousness toward «moralism» in the bad sense, that is, toward a rigid and self - righteous judgment according to a moral standard which we assume puts us in a good light and others in a bad.

Our excessively individualistic, aggressive culture makes this natural tendency even worse.