Sentences with phrase «something about the presence»

There's something about the presence of certain people that holds and retains your attention.

Sure, a lot of people working in show business are, but there's just something about his presence that is at once endearing and...

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«Smartphones burden those who carry them for work because their very presence activates the Zeigarnik Effect — the difficulty people have to completely forget about something when it is left incomplete,» she explains.

The reason: «Walker believed that you could not let high - profile executives think for you... [It is] better to give them something tangible to consider, because once you've left their presence, they are not going to spend more time thinking about you.»

My answer my not satisfy you, but all I can say about feeling Christ's presence in my life, is that it is something I can't not do.

And one who is about to enter His presence can have something to look forward to.

Of course, if Israel were the only country in the world where we send either 1) direct aid and / or 2) provide a military presence and which had free universal health care and / or free or low cost secondary education, you might actually be making a point about there being something unique in the US / Israeli relationship, as opposed to, the $ 100s of billions we're sending around the world to hundreds of other countries which provide the same benefits.

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

All romancing and trumpeting abroad about one's cleverness in penetrating the God's incognito, though without receiving the condition from the Teacher; that one took notice of him by the impression he made, such a strange feeling coming over one in his presence; that there was a something in his voice and mien, etc., etc. — all this is but silly twaddle, by which one does not become a disciple but only makes a mockery of the God.1 The servant - figure was no incognito.

Piper is essentially arguing that so long as he does not have to acknowledge my humanity, so long as I keep a safe distance so he is unaware of the pitch of my voice and the presence of my breasts, he can, perhaps, learn something about the Bible from me.

The Heart of Virtue by Donald DeMarco Ignatius 231 pages, $ 12.95 paper Despite their occasional presence on best - seller lists, books about virtue remain something of an anomaly in contemporary culture, the impulse for serious personal reflection choked out by the saturation of the entertainment media.

The Pauline and other writings are more explicit about the ongoing presence of the risen Christ» something not absent from, but not emphasized in, the Synoptics.

It is not merely something interesting or obscure that is told him about this beginning, but what and only what constitutes the very foundation of his own existence as a life in God's presence.

His presence with us will speak deep within them too and they will know we have something different about us and then may want to ask questions and seek for themselves.

But when I looked at the Gospel for the day (John 20:19 - 31), it became very clear to me that here is a story, a story of Jesus» appearance to the disciples when they were in hiding after the Resurrection... this was a real opportunity to say something about that story and about the faith which is built around people who were fearful, were skeptical, and into the midst of them, somehow, in a way that was ultimately moving, comes the presence of Jesus through locked doors and barriers of skepticism, cynicism, and doubt, all of these things that prevent ourselves from being God's people.

The lesser kinds of reverence have been noted only in order that we may be quite clear that even in Catholic circles the term worship is applied normally to God and none other, although it is important that we understand that by association with God and His presence and work, creatures are seen in the Christian tradition as worthy of something even more remarkable than the respect for personality of which democracy has spoken — they are worthy of reverence which is religious in quality, reverence about which there is a mystery, just as in human personality itself there is a deep mystery by reason of its being grounded in the mystery of God.

It is no coincidence, writes Heney, that «when we feel that awesome presence of God, we just naturally want to do something about it.»

The person who knows joy and awe in God's presence is beginning to grasp the concept of «God,» whereas the person who talks glibly about God without awe, fear or joy has failed to grasp something basic.

As I've mentioned about 100 times, his presence and physicality is something not many attacking players in the Southampton side have so he instantly becomes someone that opposing defenders have to focus on as their biggest threat.

It's something to think about, especially when you consider Christian Benteke is going to be creating space and gaps in defences with his sheer presence.

There was something so special about her presence, something so positive and reassuring, that we knew we would want her at the birth of our son.

While ongoing stool discoloration or the presence of other symptoms may signal something that requires medical treatment, in most cases, having the occasional greenish poop is nothing to worry about.

But beyond giving us something to gossip about, what would her presence in the race actually mean?

AsCapital NY's Azi Paybarah notes, Crowley's decision to stick with Rangel is particularly interesting because of the growing Latino presence in Crowley's district — something about which the Queens congressman has always been particularly sensitive, worried about a potential primary challenge of his own.

With a subdued party revelling in the joys of power once more, having virtually forgotten about the presence of the miserable Liberal Democrats altogether, media attention needed something to latch on to.

These Afrikaner farmers, to their lasting credit, had the presence of mind to notice that there was something distinctly odd about the bones.

«The hope is that we'd be able to screen the blood for the presence of this chimera, and patients wouldn't have to wait until the tumors are present, until it might be too late, to do something about it,» says Sanford Simon.

The presence of cancerous cells in tapeworms also raises numerous questions about where the mutant cells originated — from something in the environment?

There is an entirely different presence about taking something you know and believe makes you better than there is if you don't fully believe and trust that to be true.

This normal part of our body is not something that we should fear, instead, we should be more concerned about the level of it (rather than its overall presence).

I once heard that you can't be unhappy in the presence of pink, and I wholeheartedly agree with this statement.I wouldn't call myself a pink girl (although, maybe looking at my handbag collection I am), but there is something so playful and feminine about this hue.

I felt safe with Keith and there was something about him that made me feel relaxed and comfortable in his presence,?

I am a 18 year old guy who enjoys the presence of a older woman, there is something so alluring about them.

It doesn't matter how much he pirouettes, paces, prowls and postures, there's something just a tad too effete about Spacey's performance to make Larry as dangerous a presence as he needs to be.

The presence of Slater and Diaz ultimately do the film almost as much harm as good in one respect: they remind us that the films that made their names (Heathers and There's Something About Mary, respectively) delivered dark satire better than Peter Berg's well meaning but wanting effort.

Josh Brolin feels like a decent fit for the role — he has presence and does grizzled about as well as anyone — but little time is spent really digging into the character, or even doing something as basic as outlining what his abilities are.

Something intrusive about this male presence, sexualizing a moment that ought to feel untethered from time.

Baumbach said, «There's something about Lola's presence around Greta that, in some ways, lets Greta keep going.»

There was something shockingly raw about DePalma's direction; the performances and the very presence of Sissy Spacek as the skittish title character and Piper Laurie as her smothering mother seemed almost animalistic in their purity.

There's something more organic about Coltrane's presence.

In Saturday Night Live sketches and early movies like Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore, Sandler certainly has something, but part of what's compelling about him as a comic presence is a kind of goofy, vamping sheepishness about being the center of attention — coupled with a secret desire to hold that attention, hence the stammer - to - roar dynamic of the old «Denise Show» bit on SNL or the righteously ill temper of Happy Gilmore.

A nice, virile presence in the middle of something otherwise underwhelming, Underwood has a star quality about him.

In the spirit of saying something nice about a small indie movie that's ultimately not harming anybody, let's stop again to praise Gerwig, who somehow manages to be both stunningly beautiful and an accessible, and occasionally very odd, onscreen presence.

Call me a hypocrite, but there's just something undeniable about Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan's on - screen presence, even when their characters are stupid, selfish and borderline sociopaths.

It's just something about this series that really has never featured the presence of great graphics.

It was never about the money, he tells another character, whose presence in the story is, oddly, kept something of a mystery for a long time, even though it goes a long way to understanding the thrust of the story.

Following your «reasoning», even though we have «grown negative» towards something that we think is fundamental wrong, we should just throw our hands up and accept the fact that they / it is «here», and whatever «experimentation» they can muster out of the fact of their presence, we should be glad about?

Like Capitol Hill reporters rubbing shoulders with congressional staffers, car writers find themselves in the presence of many who not only care about cars but who might have actually once read something they'd penned, unlike in, say, the real world.

Impeccable Sense of Style Coupe or Convertible, inside or out, there's something special about the XK's appearance that transcends mere automotive design and endows each of them with a captivating presence.

Building a developer pool of 100K devs, the world's most profitable retail chain, 200 K apps and a HUGE online retail presence with music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, e-books, apps and 100 million credit card accounts is something else which takes about 10 years.