Sentences with phrase «serendipity as»

In the great holiday tradition of «one for you, one for me,» we can't resist picking up one of these souvenirs of serendipity as a little New Year's present to ourselves.

The Merriam - Webster dictionary defines serendipity as: «the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.»

A commitment to privacy expresses a different kind of «sound reason» that we might choose to value — one that prizes serendipity as well as predictability and idiosyncrasy as well as assimilation.

And while there is electronic serendipity as well as print serendipity I don't think that they are quite the same.

Amplifying the poetics of the everyday, the marginal and the overlooked, Fyfe increasingly repurposes found materials — a child's kite, a discarded sign, or an abandoned banner — into his near - abstract compositions that are informed as much by serendipity as they are by any kind of high - minded formalism.

It's serendipity as that's the exact topic that brought us together in the first place.

And so I try to encourage as much serendipity as I can.

Not exact matches

«Good friction is serendipity, it's opportunity, it's diversity, it's seeing 40 different nationalities on the subway as you commute in the morning.

Bruno Moriset, a professor at the University of Lyon, describes them as «serendipity accelerators» designed «to host people who endeavor to break isolation and to find a convivial environment that favors meetings and collaboration.»

«All we can hope for is serendipity — that a scientist as inquisitive as the one looking in the lobster's mouth and marvelling at S pandora will come across evil, maybe from the preserved brains of those afflicted....

When I see my life as a story, with all the richness and depth of art, the beauty and serendipity and redemption, the synchronicity of forces beyond my knowing, I understand finally that I am not necessarily the author.

Call it serendipity... I have a piece of salmon in my fridge as we speak!

As I've been playing with using this phrase as a mantra over the past year, I've noticed that it helps me listen and watch out for kismet, serendipitAs I've been playing with using this phrase as a mantra over the past year, I've noticed that it helps me listen and watch out for kismet, serendipitas a mantra over the past year, I've noticed that it helps me listen and watch out for kismet, serendipity.

Serendipity takes her by the hand as she marries her French husband, works with him in a humanitarian effort in East Africa, before settling down in France and building a family.

So as our dear friend serendipity would have it, I found myself photographing those special connections more and more frequently, even though my initial passion was documenting the beautiful bodies of all mothers willing to share their bodies» stories.»

The discovery was pure serendipity; the police were on the premises as part of an unrelated investigation.

But the events that define who we are will continue to unspool as they always have — through experience and serendipity.

As is so often the case, the discovery involved substantial serendipity; it was not at all what the group was looking for.

Making Felt Garlands from Upcycled Materials to use on packages and as a hanging they are cute an easy Making Felt Garlands / / Pillar Box Blue These little cookies look perfect for Christmas Goodie plates for neighbors and Cookie exchanges Bourbon - Glazed Peppermint - Cookies / / Serendipity & Spice Start With a Table Runner to create a beautiful tablescape.

Overall Impressions: November Serendipity by Little Lace Box is a success in terms of the contents as I will use / have used each one of the items.

Serendipity Refined showed us how to use milk paint as a stain when she made over her fabulous bergère chairs... always one of my favorite styles!

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This month tough, as Serendipity is in beta testing, there were some kinks the company needed to work on.

Ladies, 2016's first Serendipity by Little Lace Box arrived, and as always it's a super cute, and diverse package.

Christian Bale (Shaft, Velvet Goldmine) and Kate Beckinsale (Serendipity, Pearl Harbor) star as Sam and Alex, who move out to Los Angeles after Sam lands a job in a psychiatric hospital.

by Walter Chaw Much will be written about Robert Forster's performance in Diamond Men, Dan Cohen's sophomore hyphenate feature, and as Forster lands an executive producer credit (daughter Kate gets the «associate producer» tag), the veteran actor's much - deserved critical buzz this time around is a product more of design than serendipity.

Both movies finding their way to DVD within a couple weeks of each other (Deep Impact in a freshly - minted «Special Collector's Edition») isn't, I'd wager, serendipity so much as an opportunity on the one side to capitalize on a semi-blockbuster.

But more than ever, the actual mechanics of pinball — the multi-directional movement, the cacophony of competing stimuli, the serendipity at play in winning or losing — function as Linklater's guiding principles.

As seen in... «Sleepless in Seattle» (1993), «Going the Distance» (2010), «Four Weddings and a Funeral» (1994), «Serendipity» (2001), «What Dreams May Come» (1998).

Each of them riffs on noir archetypes (the hardboiled detective with a dark past, the embittered ex-cop partner, the fatale, and manifestations of serendipity and fate), the principal players aren't so much reintroduced in Cowboy Bebop as they are joined in medias res, foiling a convenience store robbery with a sort of insouciant wit.

The fateful teeth of serendipity strike as they come to head at a sex addicts anonymous meeting.

The only pleasant surprise comes from Bridget Moynahan's (Coyote Ugly, Serendipity) excellent performance as Layla, the woman Farrell is sent to get the goods on.

If anything, her reviews were stronger than his, yet even effusive responses to Stewart sometimes credit her achievements to others, her concise but nimble artistry registering as serendipity, careful management, or late - breaking surprise.

John Cusack (Identity, Serendipity) stars as Nick Easter, who reluctantly goes in for jury duty for a major trial involving the lawsuit of the gun company which manufactured the weapon used in an office shooting which killed almost a dozen people, including the plaintiff's husband.

Scroll below to learn more about black book agents such as Faith Hampton Childs with Faith Childs Literary Agency, Regina Brooks with Serendipity Literary Agency, Martha Millard with Sterling Lord Literistic, and Susan Ginsburg with Writers House.

The word «serendipity» was coined by Horace Walpole in the 1740s after reading the fable The Three Princes of Serendip (set in the land of Serendip, now known as Sri Lanka).

and finally, yes you hit the momma lode with me with this article was the notion of adding physical company to one's online friends, such as via meetup; i literally, not exaggerating, signed up for a group this morning after finding out about them via a google search; serendipity must have raised its friendly face to me this morning

When it comes to initial discovery, conventional ebook stores still act as though they're made of bricks and mortar — as though readers can just wander through the stacks in a particular genre and find a book through serendipity.

Today serendipity is regarded as close kin to creativity — the mysterious means by which new ideas enter the world.

That said, a great bookstore can trump shopping online as long as it plays to its strengths — community roots, customer relationships, and serendipity.

In a time where brick - and - mortar bookstores are sadly shrinking in numbers, libraries become ever more important as physical spaces where people can meet around books and find unexpected reading by serendipity.

Monkey Maya is owned by the same guys as Monkey Republic on Ochheuteal's Serendipity Beach Road so if you're in town you can book transport and accommodation from there and they organise a $ 6 per person transfer at 11:00 daily.

The boat jetty at the northern end of the beach separates the short rocky stretch known as Serendipity from sandy Ochheuteal proper.

A similar worthy scheme in operation down on Ochheuteal's busy Serendipity Beach Road is M'lop Tapang or just Tapang, which has an outlet on the main drag as well as a boutique in the Sandan Restaurant by the Golden Lions.

We can't decide whether these Serendipity operations represent either a good compromise or rather fall between two stools as you're neither in town nor on a tranquil island.

Bars and nightlife Being a fun kind of destination, Ochheuteal has at least as many drinking as it does eating choices going from poolside cocktails at a resort, a sundowner with a view on Serendipity's rocks or your toes in the sand in an Ochheuteal deckchair, to a pub quiz and mojito at one of the Serendipity Beach Road's bars or a game of pool or connect 4 at Sihanoukville Square.

As serendipity would have it, two of my friends were working as teachers in Dubai for a year, and I Emirates Airlines had started direct flights from Orlando, my hometown, two months earlieAs serendipity would have it, two of my friends were working as teachers in Dubai for a year, and I Emirates Airlines had started direct flights from Orlando, my hometown, two months earlieas teachers in Dubai for a year, and I Emirates Airlines had started direct flights from Orlando, my hometown, two months earlier.

Not only are you a hop skip and a jump from the beach, Serendipity boasts an inground pool and a tennis court, a basket ball hoop as well as a fully fenced yard.

Being a backpacker haven, the city attracts a fun - loving party crowd and, as most of the budget hotels and hostels can be found around Serendipity Beach Road, it's no surprise that this area has the densest concentration of the loudest and busiest nightlife attractions.

Well, as we always say, «it's all about serendipity», and lot's of hard work.