Sentences with phrase «speak with admiration»

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He is the author of The Myth of Rescue: Why the Democracies Could Not Have Saved More Jews from the Nazis (1997) and more recently coauthor, with Hilary L. Rubinstein, of Philosemitism: Admiration and Support in the English «Speaking World for Jews, 1840 «1939 (St. Martin's Press).

He had no memory of me, and early on I made it hard for him (I regret this) by speaking of the papacy as a grotesque institution, but over the years friendship blossomed and my admiration for him grew with it.

Everyone speaks of her with a kind of giddy admiration, for her intense erudition, her passion for wine, her seemingly effortless friendliness.

At a time where many of us are patting ourselves on the back and saying, «I told you Brendan Rodgers was the man for us» and watching in admiration at how he is helping return us to our perch, I feel it is only right that I hold my hands up and admit to an area of his management that I didn't agree with and one I have spoken about on numerous previous occasions.

He was distressed when, in 1997, he was passed over for ministerial office (too liberal, he thought), so he invented the job of deputy chief whip, speaking for those many departments with no Lords minister of their own, to much admiration, until, in 2005, he became himself a Department for Culture, Media and Sport minister, managing the gambling bill.

Former Governor George E. Pataki, a Republican who thwarted Cuomo's fourth - term aspirations in 1994, spoke of his former political rival with admiration.

I sit by the television with a mixture of admiration and dismay at the waste when they speak in debates driven by high principle.

Identifying himself as a painter, the director speaks openly and at length about the film and his personal interest in it, while Rose encourages him with his customary highbrow tone and evident admiration.

In a conversation with director Gus Van Sant for Interview magazine, Madonna spoke about her admiration for Wong Kar - wai:

His great acting hero is Cary Grant; he's spoken in the past of his admiration for his enduring partnership with Katharine Hepburn.

Spoken in hushed tones, there's not a lot to the conversation beyond the very technical generalities of the script and special effects, but the constant admiration for Neeson yields the occasional intriguing anecdote about his method and collaboration with the crew.

Despite the mayor's praise and an apparent deep admiration for Mr. Klein, one former senior Bloomberg administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he did not want to jeopardize his relationship with City Hall, said that many people in the mayor's bullpen were dissatisfied with Mr. Klein because «he's been a political load for a while.»

She speaks of Pollock with a mixture of admiration, regret, disappointment and pride only a mother could have for a child who showed huge promise but let her down.

Over an entrée of veal steak with organic beef ragout — so Swiss — Rothschild spoke of her admiration for Scottish artist Cathy Wilkes with such stunning reverence that it (happily) made me put down my fork.

In this interview Rauschenberg speaks of his role as a bridge from the Abstract Expressionists to the Pop artists; the relationship of affluence and art; his admiration for de Kooning, Jack Tworkov, and Franz Kline; the support he received from musicians Morton Feldman, John Cage, and Earl Brown; his goal to create work which serves as unbiased documentation of his observations; the irrational juxtaposition that makes up a city, and the importance of that element in his work; the facsimile quality of painting and consequent limitations; the influence of Albers» teaching and his resulting inability to do work focusing on pain, struggle, or torture; the «lifetime» of painting and the problems of time relative symbolism; his feelings on the possibility of truly simulating chance in his work; his use of intervals, and its possible relation to the influence of Cage; his attempt to show as much drama on the edges of a piece as in the dead center; his belief in the importance of being stylistically flexible throughout a career; his involvement with the Stadtlijk Museum; his loss of interest in sculpture; his belief in the mixing of technology and aesthetics; his interest in moving to the country and the prospect of working with water, wind, sun, rain, and flowers; Ad Reinhardt's remarks on his Egan Show; his discontinuation of silk screens; his illustrations for Life Magazine; his role as a non-political artist; his struggles with abstraction; his recent theater work «Map Room Two;» his white paintings; and his disapproval of value hierarchy in art.

Gillick spoke of his long admiration of and friendship with Parreno before giving Barney, whose studio is in Long Island City, an encouraging nudge.

Carlier speaks to Aesthetica about how she won a drawing prize with a sound piece and her admiration for the other nominated artists.

«Rarely,» Toobin states with seeming admiration, «in the history of the Court had a justice, speaking from the bench no less, called so directly on another branch of government to nullify a decision by her colleagues.»

Hearing through the grapevine that you speak of him with admiration when talking to others is sure to brighten his day.

On the other hand, showing our partner that we really know and get them, that we feel fondness, respect and admiration for them, and that when they speak we engage with them builds a strong connection.

Some of the more seasoned real estate pros spoke of Ms. Foster with admiration not just for her leadership role as a woman, but also for her success in winning over clients and delivering results.