Sentences with phrase «rather than romance»

This option is ideal for those whose focus is primarily surf, rather than romance or privacy.

As she explained at the Summit Conference in Los Angeles last weekend, a soulmate used to be something you found in religion — up until the 18th or 19th century, depending on how you mark it — rather than romance.

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by Lori Gottlieb — a single mother who conceived her only child with donor sperm rather than miss out on motherhood as she has on marriage — is a frank and excruciatingly personal look into some of the sexual revolution's lonelier venues, including the creation of children by anonymous or absent sperm donors, the utter corrosiveness of taking a consumerist approach to romance, and the miserable effects of advancing age on one's sexual marketability.

Williams studied literature under some legendarily distinguished scholars — W. P. Ker, of Epic and Romance fame, R. W. Chambers, and no less a figure than A. E. Housman for Latin, which might account for the fact that though Williams's English is often wonky, his Latin, when he breaks into it, is rather good.

We focus too often on becoming good processors and producers, manipulators of data, rather on than on becoming good human beings — critical minds, and noble hearts, capable of appreciation, engagement, and thought — and hungry for adventure and romance.

Chesterton's Autobiography is not always a reliable source; but there is corroborating evidence for these protective feelings from his childhood onwards: and since this evidence is virtually unknown, it is probably best here to take this opportunity to publish it for the first time (much of it will appear in my forthcoming book Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy, though I discovered some of it too late for it to be included) rather than repeat old arguments.

It puts the power in our own hands rather than in the fickle arms of romance or passion.

Therefore, it is undeniably more sensible to forget about Hollywood ideas of romance, and instead start a marriage based on the stronger initial foundations of partnership, commitment, and dedication, rather than something so fickle as love.

One more bit of YouTube today, though this one's audio - only rather than video: a rewrite of Lady Gaga's «Bad Romance,» but this time with lyrics about the BP oil spill.

Paul Heggarty, a linguist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, questions Garrett's methods, arguing that, for example, linguists can not be sure if the Latin attested to in written documents really was the direct ancestor of later Romance languages, rather than some dialect of Latin for which no record remains.

What You Don't Do — Lianne La Havas Like many new love songs, What You Don't Do focuses on the realities of love, showing that sometimes true romance comes from quiet, real moments rather than grand gestures.

Indeed, for men aged 20 - 29, the ideal women is older rather than younger; someone who can teach them the art of romance.5

By putting a loose schedule on a potential date, it will show your man you're keen to meet up sooner rather than later, which should get the romance ball rolling.

It is immediately apparent why those with a hectic schedule find internet romance appealing: it provides a way to make dating fit their agenda, rather than the other way around.

Rather than getting an opportunity on having a romance with find someone who was going to end up having an issue with their wedding position, they get currently other individuals that are looking for the actual kind of secrecy that they are.

The main difference is to focus the romance on the birthday person rather than on both...

This will give you a chance of having a lasting relationship rather than a lifetime of short, intense romances.

You will see that in many sugar daddy relationships the man actually tries to concentrate on the romance part rather than the sex part and we all know what happens when women are showered with love.

Rather than putting it off due to having to book a flight, find a quality hotel to stay at and figuring out how to get around town, members can opt for the romance tours service.

Rather than the «romance scam» fraud seen on many dating websites, scammers on mobile apps are instead using advanced lovebots to lure in their victims, or by posing as prostitutes.

Most Australians would rather follow their hearts than their purse strings when it comes to romance, according to research commissioned by HSBC Bank for Valentine's Day this year.

Dating sites such as theComplete.me and Circl.es are using social networks, rather than science, to help singles find romance.

Dating doesn't have to feel like open - heart surgery, says professional relationship coach Lauren Frances Long ago, when romance seekers hunted in the field (aka bars) rather than cyberspace, Lauren Frances organized Man Trap Packs — posses of single women who hit the town to find love.

The ladies are obviously rather use online dating sites, with a few statistics, indicating that more than seventy - five percent of women had a romance online.

Against this experiential backdrop, individuals in older cohorts may find the notion of turning to computers and the Internet to find romance rather more unconventional and counternormative than do today's younger adults.

And rather than wishing on a star, I will take matters into my own hands, swiping right towards my next romance.

You may not be rekindling that old romance, but the familiarity might just make it a fun evening rather than flying solo.

But recent research suggests that their love - engineering is about as foolproof as flirting with random people at a bar, and a new breed of dating sites are using social networks, rather than science, to help singles find romance.

Well, the greater Jacksonville area is creeping up on a million people, and still any mention of the dating scene in this burned out burg conjures visions of tumbleweeds rather than champagne and romance.

This is a much more organized and productive treatment to finding the romance you want, rather than leaving it to chance!

June 16, 2015 • Aziz Ansari's Modern Romance is a good example of an audiobook that finds new ways to play with format and style in a way that builds a separate performance rather than just reading aloud.

The twist in Sirk's comedies is that their emphasis is on the situation rather than the resolution, on the problems that divide the characters — all four films are romances of one kind or another — rather than on the contrivances that suggest that all will be well after the final credits have rolled.

Sure, I would have preferred the whole film be about Beatty's Hughes and the many colorful characters — Matthew Broderick especially, but also Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergin, etc — rather than a screwball romance between two young people for whom life's lessons still await.

I was more invested in their mentor - protege and buddy cop relationships rather than the actual romance.

We sympathize with Barry's pain, rather than shy away from it, and that sympathy makes the romance feel all the more magical.

Even leaving aside the fact that it's too long, Pirates of the Caribbean would probably have been a better film if it had focused more squarely on the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow, rather than shoehorning in the clunky, conventional romance between Elizabeth and Will.

The unfortunate thing about most teen comedies is that 99 % of them are content to stick to a tried and true formula rather than tell a compelling tale of teen angst and heartbroken romance.

When Gil eventually leaves the unfaithful Inez, only to promptly pick up a romance with a very young Léa Seydoux, we are invited to rejoice at his good fortune, rather than judge the arrested development made manifest in this gorgeous fantasia.

For commentator Andrew Light, «the object of this romance is multiculturalism, or perhaps even identity politics itself, rather than class politics.»

The characters act as equals rather than superior and subordinate, mirroring a workplace romance found in American television series like

For a film mainly guided, stylistically, by feeling more than by thought, Wong Kar - wai's In the Mood for Love opens rather pragmatically: A simple exchange in an apartment hallway between a landlord and her two prospective tenants, Mrs. Chan (Maggie Cheung) and Mr. Chow (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), introduces the principal elements of what is, in essence, a straightforward story of star - crossed lovers and their unconsummated relationship — a romance thwarted as much by tragic circumstance as by the story's central cinematic contrivance.

While there's a part where Mother Mary tells Mary Magdalene that if she loves her son, she must be prepared to lose him, it's unclear if it's going to be depicted as romance, rather than just a spiritual love.

What with all the Twilighting going on lately, we should be thankful that once in a while a film like Easy A comes along: a film that honestly and unwaveringly addresses what it means to be a teenage girl in this image laden, information drenched age, rather than resorting to archaic romance fiction techniques with passive heroines who do nothing but wait for inherently violent men to make all the hard decisions.

Taking inspiration from films like The Innocents and The Haunting, Del Toro has been pretty vocal about defining his latest project as a gothic romance, rather than a traditional horror movie.

But rather than merely update the old formula with new effects, along the lines of last year's Ghostbusters remake, the film instead becomes a cute romance, as Babyjohn accidentally turns a pretty vampire girl almost human.

But for me The Lobster fell somewhere on the side of admiration rather than love, which was something I was hoping for with this satirical romance about a newly single man who, per the rules of his society, must find a mate in 45 days or else be forever turned into a...

It is very much a gothic romance, rather than a straightforward period horror piece, with a great emphasis on family dischord and melodramatic behavior, set in snowy Buffalo, New York, early in the 20th century.

Starring Andrea Riseborough and James D'Arcy as the historical couple, and Abbie Cornish as the woman obsessed with their romance, it all all sounds suspiciously like «Julie & Julia» with crowns replacing the chef's hats — which, combined with the novelty factor of the film's celebrity writer - director, leads me to think the Weinsteins may view this more as a light commercial play rather than the hefty awards bait of their last monarchy biopic.

The romance works rather better than the thriller element, as the plot becomes so convoluted and melodramatic it gets rather silly and never seems to be sure whether to takes itself seriously or not.

While it may not exactly change your life, «Lost in Translation» is a smart, stylish portrait of a romance that never happens, with excellent performances and a message delivered in restrained whisper rather than Hollywood shout.