Sentences with phrase «side of the tightrope»

There are also lunatics congregating on the other side of the tightrope: those who are treating the mere appearance of rationality as a fetish.

Not exact matches

But Ramirez could hit enough to make up the difference and then some, and there's always a tightrope to walk with shortstops on the other side of 35.

These days I feel as though I'm walking on a tightrope, with a crowd of ravenous faux robotic nerds on one side and a gaggle of sentimental antiquarians on the other.

Every time you use your arms to balance by holding them out to the sides like a tightrope walker, you're intuitively taking advantage of the fact that as weight moves away from your center of gravity, it has a greater effect on your equilibrium.

Though warrior I has traditionally be taught with the heel of the front foot lined up with the arch of the back foot (like standing on a tightrope), it makes more sense for most people to separate their feet to either side of the mat a bit more (like standing on train tracks).

Robert Woodfield (Eric Roberts) is a lawyer who grew up walking a tightrope between both sides of the law; after the death of his parents, he was raised by Charlie Mason (Dean Stockwell), a union representative who wants to do the right thing for his men, but who also has one foot in organized crime.

A thin, barely - visible tightrope hovers over two different yet equally - treacherous perils: on one side, you risk missing the point of the original and creating a follow - up whose character, plot, and theme barely resembles its source; on the other, you simply retread the familiar beats of the previous work, applying a fresh coat of paint to the old structure.

«Once there were two towers side by side,» Gyllenhaal begins as the colored line drawings come to life and we're introduced to Petit, who had previously astonished Paris by tightrope walking between the steeples of Notre Dame.

The circus dynasty known as the Flying Wallendas has performed its share of daring tightrope stunts, including crossing over the longer, Canadian, side of Niagara Falls.

Walking the tightrope of managing a short - term goal and a long - term goal is difficult, but with the right balance, you can cross safely to the other side.