Sentences with phrase «personal penchant»

In defense, I finally lost the personal penchant for carefully proof reading my comments on blogs a couple of years ago.

An individual theologian may have a personal penchant for the study of science, but the information gained is not expected to affect theology.

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He also desired privacy, and had a penchant for conducting business using personal e-mail addresses and phones, according to former employees who worked with him in North Africa.

ere and elsewhere Safranski proves wonderfully alert to the Romantics» penchant for turning personal failure and betrayal — of responsibility, of artistic vision, of political ideals — into an aesthetic achievement.

Eire does not give much away in his personal assessment of Luther, though alongside a meticulous analysis of the theology we get ample quotation illustrating Luther's disconcerting penchant for scatological insult and a preoccupation with excreta aimed indiscriminately at Catholics and the devil.

I find liberals and their penchant for using the fed gov as their bully boy to be much greater threats to personal freedom than religious nuts.

Underscoring the Cuomo camp's penchant for secrecy, another aide reportedly encouraged other government officials to use personal email accounts for politically sensitive communications.

«Falana's alleged unprincipled and disgusting defence of the EFCC and Magu's penchant for disrespect of the rule of law and due process is for selfish reasons and personal gain.»

Moor View does seem to have a penchant for high personal votes, this appears to have benefitted both Johnny Mercer and David Owen.

Our penchant for undermining well known democratic practices, lack of internal democracy, the crave for personal interests as against the general good of the party and the determined posturing of self before others, are to mention a few, the root causes of our political dilemma in the state.

Bush's first chief of staff, John Sununu, bounced from office because of a penchant for commandeering government aircraft for personal errands, is hailed as «remarkably gifted».

The problem is that creative director Justin O'Shea lacks the skills required for his role, which he makes up for with bold personal style and a penchant for self - branding.

It is a dating platform for mature singles over 50 who are doing better in life than the lesser mortals, who have a penchant for the sophistries of the world, have interest in larger and more important affairs than just personal needs, and those who are ambitious and have lucid goals.

The Parts Of This Film That Don't Feel Like They're Made Entirely Of Poop: A rollicking penguins - sliding - on - their - bellies moment that takes place on the spiraling floor of the Guggenheim Museum and the presence of British actress Ophelia Lovibond as Jim Carrey's peculiar personal assistant with a particular penchant for pronouncing words that begin with the letter «P.»

Bille August is a photographer - turned - director whose penchant for weaving deeply personal stories eventually gave way to adapting seemingly impenetrable novels into moderately successful features.

Yet as wonderful as the landscapes are it's personal interactions and internal politics that drive the story — and of course Stone «s penchant for conspiracy theories as he more than insinuates Alexander was poisoned by his enemies rather than dying of an «unknown» illness.

Sayles» penchant for delving into the personal lives of even the most periphery of characters ultimately lends the proceedings a distinctly rambling vibe, however, and there's little doubt that the film would've benefited from some judicious editing (at 123 minutes, the movie suffers from a leisurely pace that often threatens to become oppressive).

The film proves Marvel's penchant for undercooking its female characters, this time Evangeline Lilly's Hope van Dyne, who simply wants to have a hand in the action but is shut down again and again and again, and features my personal least favorite Marvel villain: Darren Cross / Yellowjacket, played by Corey Stoll.

The artist incorporates news or historic references in his work - sometimes in the subject matter, sometimes in the stylistic result, but whose narrative maintains a penchant for the personal.

His penchant for the slight is as much a byproduct of an allergy to the self - important, grandiose and monumental as it is a preference for the personal, lived and intimate.

Jungen has a penchant for modern furniture (many of the chairs coming from his personal collection), finding inspiration in the organic compositions and the designers» ideologies.

Since Mike Mann has a penchant for flailing out with snarky insults at anyone who questions anything he says, writes, or does, the really juicy and libelous stuff he shared with the rest of the Team trioika (i.e. Handen and Bradley) is probably hiding among those University of Virginia e-mails he's so desparate to claim as his very private and very personal correspondence.