Sentences with phrase «powerful voices from»

I was conflicted, and to make matters worse, powerful voices from high places were telling me that painting was dead!

Accessorized with a Jimmy Choo clutch, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes and Sutra jewelry, we just want to see more than a powerful voice from JHud.

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Renae, 22, also from Mississippi, the town of McComb, is a single mom who inspired viewers with her triumph over domestic abuse as well as a richly powerful voice.

Moreover, some of the more powerful «moderate» voices, i.e., voices which counsel a rejection of both parties, began presenting genuinely radical criticisms of the entire American regime, often from a religious angle.

That said, I despair that every single one of the candidates for the most powerful position on the planet is evidently willing to seek guidance from the little voices in their heads as if they were real.

Few people need us to be a «voice for the voiceless,» instead I believe it's more powerful to elevate and amplify the voices from the margins, from the ones we overlook and pass over, to say that everyone is worth listening to and that — regardless of race, socio - economic status, geography, ability, and so on — people get to own their own stories.

His shift from active to passive voice is difficult to detect unless one obsessively notices such things, but its effect on the reader is no less powerful for that fact.

For example, at a breakfast conversation sponsored by the Emerging Women Leaders Initiative, women from main - line churches shared powerful words of hope and encouragement with evangelical women who struggle to have a voice in their traditions.

She was, as The Canadian Press put it, «a singer - songwriter from small - town Canada whose powerful voice explored genres from country, to folk, to gospel.»

[3] From the 1960s onwards powerful voices in our culture have propagated the myth of «free love» without consequences: the notion that anything goes provided «we both consent to this and we aren't doing anybody else any harm».

The Internet has changed that, and the less powerful and powerless now have a very visible, very accessible platform from which their their voices can be heard.

They have inspired powerful movements of social protest (like Hebrew prophetism in monarchical Israel, or the bhakti movements in medieval India) which have attacked both the oppressive rigidity of the religious systems themselves, as well as of the unjust socio - economic and political structures of the societies in which these religions flourished» (Voices from the Third World, p. 153)

This vote was a golden opportunity to give Wales a powerful voice in negotiations and protect Wales from a Brexit that risks jobs and pushes up prices.

«From battling the flood of corporate money and corrupt insiders deals that infect our politics to challenging the powerful interests that block common - sense gun violence prevention, Bill has always been a voice for everyday New Yorkers.»

«Powerful voices have made it very clear from the beginning they didn't want me to win,» he continues.

They think Rubio will be an eloquent and powerful voice that will contrast favorably with inartful and controversial comments on abortion last year from GOP Senate candidates Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock.

However, nowhere was this powerful belief in equality more clear than at Monday's «Equality and Justice Day» rally in Albany, where citizens from across our state came together and demanded equality under law in one unified voice.

With a recent K23 Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Johnson is investigating whether group singing training with older adults in residential retirement communities will improve the structure of the larynx, giving the adults stronger, more powerful voices.

There is some competition from Old Hollywood Glam and Classic Pinup, from Ethereal Futuro - Avant Garde and Effortlessly Chic Parisienne... but the Golden Goddess, healthy and glowing, aligned with other personally powerful figures like the Amazon and the Pioneer, has a voice that speaks to me with purity and directness, nothing lost in translation and everything just as I would have put it myself.

Years later Joaquin (voiced by Channing Tatum) has become a proud and powerful soldier, as his father once was, willing to protect the small town from invaders.

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

Yet its Jason Sudeikis who truly rises to the challenge here — a barroom discussion with one of his old friends is a critical scene, and the way that his smile and voice goes from warm joshing to intense rage is powerful stuff.

In this cinematic telling, the legendary warrior Beowulf (voiced and acted in motion capture by Ray Winstone, The Departed) is brought in and implored for assistance from the goodly King Hrothgar (Hopkins, Fracture) in order to battle the dreaded and physically powerful demon named Grendel (Glover, Epic Movie), who has been tearing up the people of Heorot mercilessly for some time now.

Screencast - o - matic is a powerful screen recorder that allows users to capture anything happening on their screen, as well as voice and video from the webcam for up to 15 minutes in the recorder's free version.

Powerful forces on the other side — sophisticated parents, universities, and voices from the world of industry — will have the wherewithal to respond.

As soon as I grasped this concept, I started keeping track of tweets related to Powerful Learning Practice by keeping a column filtered for #plpnetwork and later #vflr (Voices from the Learning Revolution, where you are now!).

When they researched hundreds of their peers and suggested powerful transformation, students moved from sharing student voice towards Meaningful Student Involvement.

That is what differentiates Meaningful Student Involvement from other attempts at student engagement and student voice: By actively, consistently, and substantively positioning students as full owners of what they learn, Meaningful Student Involvement guarantees positive, powerful outcomes.

And, more than anything, I felt this certainty when I heard the voices of energetic, empowered teachers like Sean from Oklahoma, who said, «It's so powerful to be in a room with all of you... and to know that we share the same struggles.

Produce powerful and inclusive convenings that elevate voices and perspectives from across all sectors and levels to advance critical conversations around globally - impacting issues.

The new report from Connecticut Voices for Children also sheds a powerful light on Connecticut's magnet schools and the state's technical high school system.

From the purr of an inline - 6 to the powerful roar of the M Performance - tuned V - 12, TwinPower Turbo technology gives the 7 Series its voice — and delivers power equal to an M5.

The SC 430's expansive list of standard equipment includes virtually everything a proper grand touring machine should have — from a powerful V - 8 engine, six - speed sequential - shift automatic transmission and stability and traction controls to a leather - and wood - trimmed cabin with a Mark Levinson premium audio system and voice - activated navigation package.

Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman by Nuala O'Faolain is the second memoir from one of the most powerful female Irish voices on bookshelves.

Through 44 full - page paintings and a text told in the fictionalized, informal voice of an African American senior citizen looking back on her life, Nelson presents an intimate, powerful view of American and African American history, from colonial days through the civil rights movement.

In powerful stories, various contributors describe being touched by strangely coincidental reminders of friends and family who have died, receiving «urgent but gentle» commands from unseen voices or finding solace in final gifts from loved ones.

The powerful and inspiring debut from Susan Nussbaum invites us into a landscape populated with young people whose lives have been irreversibly changed by misfortune but whose voices resound with resilience, courage, and humor.

He emerged with this powerful, intimate account of his students, whose voices are included in excerpts from their writing and conversation.

One powerful example worthy of group study is Voices from the March on Washington, by J. Patrick Lewis and George Ella Lyon.

From a powerful new voice in suspense fiction comes the unforgettable story of a young woman facing the most difficult choice of her life: family loyalty, or freedom.

Rich with fiery conflict and culminating in a gut - wrenching climax, this is an unforgettably powerful novel from a passionate new voice in contemporary literature.

In an interesting aside, the various agencies and even private businesses who have taken it upon themselves to voice their opinions to congressional groups involved in this investigation seem to be bookseller associations and ebook platforms from across the country who are urging their elected officials to not make any decisions that would result in making Amazon even more powerful than it already is.

Described as «A terrific read from a powerful new voice «Karin Slaughter «Original, compelling and seriously recommended.»

There is a wide range of topics for the comparison thesis writing: from the color of the socks to the most powerful voices of the 20th century.

Hearing from Him is presented as a very direct, a recognizable voice in your head giving powerful, clear advice and direction.

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen A startling debut novel from a powerful new voice featuring one of the most remarkable narrators of recent fiction: a conflicted subversive and idealist working as a double agent in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

The latest news from CVG is that Kinect's flaunted ability to leverage powerful voice recognition software into controlling basic console functions will not be activated Remember those excellent trailers of families controlling the Xbox 360 with nothing but a word?

at The Landing brings together the work of two developing artists in conversation with an iconoclastic voice from the past — illuminating the powerful possibilities of such methods of curatorial inquiry.

At Hammonds House Museum in Atlanta, Weems's photographic series From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried, along with selected works and her 2016 film People of A Darker Hue, demonstrates the artist's strength as a storyteller, and as a powerful voice against racism, white nationalism, and the white - washed narrative of our country.

These included the fantastically daubed, taxidermied Untitled (Crocodile)(1984), a tinned food advertisement on which was painted a blue leopard (Libby's Corned Beef, 1983), a number of photographs and the film ITSOFOMO (In the Shadow of Forward Motion)(1991), made in collaboration with Ben Neill, in which a voice - over speaks of the death from AIDS of Wojnarowicz» friend the artist Peter Hujar, and crescendoes with powerful anger.