Sentences with phrase «story about the magic»

He was none of those things because there is no word of god... just a collection of man - made stories about magic and tribal racism.

My fourth point was that many times the best answer we can come up with is: «We don't know» and that there's then no point of going to old stories about magic for other answers.

But is a story that revolves around pseudo-scientific gobbledygook any different from a story about magic?

Since writing that first series, I haven't gone back, (except for one novella in an anthology of connected stories about a magic Irish ring, Ring of Truth).

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@ jack3 no you have the right to believe what ever you want, but we might mock you for believing in something that has talking snakes, a story about the world flooding and being able to fit all the animals on the planet on one boat, that believes in magic, that believes a person lived in the belly of a whale, and that people coexisted with dinosaurs all without any actual proof.

The same person who started Mormonism as a convicted fraud who told a story about using a black hat and a magic rock to translate the Book of Mormon, the world's most perfect book that has had 3000 corrects had two 14 year old wives.

The stories that inspire us most deeply have deep truths about human nature buried beneath the magic (and sometimes cheesiness).

Lasting about as long as a church service, a good movie transports you to another realm where art of story and the magic of special effects allows you to experience an alternate reality that can help provide perspective or inspiration once you return to the real world.

Where is the Morman magic underpants story about Mitt?

Christians arguing stories from their bible vs. scientific facts is like arguing about Santa's sleigh flying... sure it says it flies in the stories but the facts are that there is no Santa (sorry kids), there is no magic sleigh, and there are no magical reindeer to guide his sleigh tonight.

The story is, if you will, about magic and how it affects people.

No Christian ever said anything about «magic» that is your explanation for 1) something that you do not understand and 2) a children's story that you extrapolate to being the religion (a big miss - conception by many people).

He said he was magic, but none of the stories about him show any actual god - like knowledge anywhere.

A number of Christian commentators have condemned these stories about an orphaned boy who at the age of 11 discovers that he is destined to follow in the footsteps of his parents and study magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The loaves and fishes story is not about magic, it's about communism.

The resurrection comes into this story as an unexpected development, from what the book calls «Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time,» something about which the evil powers know nothing.

The mix of content is also part of the magic - a cocktail of good stories, humor, cooking insights, and detailed information about whatever product he is highlighting.

There must have been something to the story of the magic beans in Jack and the Beanstalk, because there is something so powerful and magical about beans.

Mauricio Pochettino spoke beforehand about the magic of the FA Cup — and he was happy to take our fourth round tie against Newport County to a replay after we were eight minutes from being on the wrong end of another fairytale story in the world - famous competition.

Lauren, a mom of 2 and TV news producer is the woman behind Working Mom Magic, a wonderful blog about parenting, fitness, recipes and personal stories from her life and family.

But here's the magic of movies — and of the Family Movie Journal: You get to talk about all those hopes and dreams and fears as they happen to characters in the stories you're watching.

Finally, on a related note, thanks to my sister - in - law for alerting me to this recent story from the Dallas Observer about «Seed Preschool,» a mobile classroom teaching Dallas pre-schoolers about «the value of nature, sustainability and the innate magic of growing your own food.»

I will be sharing my reviews of these three exciting books over the next few weeks, first up is my review of Wishker, a fun story all about a magic cat.

Read stories about Santa so that your child gets familiar with the magic of the season and his role in Christmas Eve.

A story about standing in line at CVS, baby fingertip kisses, stranger germ phobia, infertility, and magic you can share with a stranger.

Create a special story about the «magic night light.»

This is a deeply disturbing story about loss of identity, which draws together the less attractive side of eco-awareness and contemporary fears about designer drug research, in a setting of art research and deception, the history of the Hapsburgs, and what might or might not be dark magic.

The Story Our latest launch represents everything we love about Korean skincare — innovation, creativity, original invention, and of course, impressive pushes forward on the ongoing quest for whatever magic potion will keep us looking eternally young.

The film is about magic, but it's more or less a classic story of star crossed lovers that uses magic as a plot device.

Love And Peace applies Sono's madcap sensibilities to a story about a loser who achieves his dreams of rock stardom after flushing his beloved pet turtle Pikadon, who gains magic powers after encountering benevolent drunk Pa and his Island Of Misfit Toys in the Tokyo sewer system.

Working with the persuasive Thewlis and Oldman, able to focus his gifts on what's distinctive, dramatic and surprising about the story, Cuaron creates on screen the heartfelt magic that has enthralled so many on the page.

It's a story about an all - powerful thug collecting a half - dozen magic stones — a 160 - minute game of rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, scissors, paper.

Director Justin Kurzel follows up his excellent 2015 take on Macbeth with an equally serious treatment of a story about a guy who is placed in a machine called the Animus that uses «DNA memory» to revisit his assassin ancestry in the hopes of finding a magic apple that could enslave the human race.

Half Magic is a story all about female empowerment in relationships, the work place, and in sex.

, COWBOYS, the directorial debut of Jacques Audiard's A Prophet and Rust and Bone co-writer Thomas Bidegain; the breathtaking ethnographic Colombian Amazon odyssey EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT; James Ponsoldt's THE END OF THE TOUR starring Jason Segel as writer David Foster Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg as Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky in this engrossing two - hander; Writer - Director Jayro Bustamante's IXCANUL VOLCANO, the European Premiere Stevan Riley's enthralling Marlon Brando documentary LISTEN TO ME MARLON; Jia Zhangke's ambitious, astute and humane MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART; the European Premiere of Sylvia Chang's often - ethereal magic - realist drama love story, MURMUR OF THE HEARTS; the European Premiere of THE NEW CLASSMATE about a single mum in India battling to ensure her daughter's future; SEMBÈNE!

Some of the tales about these ancient deities comes to life through the magic of puppets in Jim Henson's The Story Teller / Greek Myths.

For a flick about magic, it unspools with a shocking lack of imagination, the pedestrian direction from Susanna White causing even such whimsy as seventeen drawers full of syrup, flying pigs, and a mysterious gnarled cane of doom to all tank decisively as the story galumphs sloppily along through its many ill - advised idioms.

The story, a mix of Celtic history and folklore about a medieval manuscript long considered sacred by the Irish, is engaging for moviegoers all ages, but the magic here is most evident in the film's dazzling artistry.

But that's easily debunked — just look at Pixar's roster, which features a number of magic - feather narratives but also includes stories largely about family, friendship, and growing older.

I'm REALLY enjoying this game, beautiful graphics, and fun battles and magic system (almost as good as the Chrono Trigger combine system)... The only drawback is I couldn't care less about these characters or this story.

When it comes to creating magic, Disney definitely knows a thing or two about bringing a princess, her story and world to life.

«The Magic of Finding Neverland» is a 16 - minute making - of featurette which mainly focuses on the actors (mostly Depp) and doesn't talk about the liberties taken with Barrie's story.

Strange Magic, told with about a 60/40 split between «70s hits and dialogue — leading to some artful integration of song and story and some very artless attempts at integration of same — feels dumbed down, lowest common denominator.

Feige talks about Doctor Strange's origin story, how the movie will be different from the comics, rooting crazy concepts in real science, does Steven Strange know about The Avengers, how the film is more respectful to other cultures than the original source material may have been, how this movie was inspired by The Oath, which characters might connect with the Runaways, Mads Mikkelsen «s character Kaecilius, multiple dimensions, the trouble with writing magic action, how Mordo is different in the movie, Rachel McAdams «character Christine Palmer, is the eye of agamotto an infinity stone, the genre of the film, how this film will defy expectations, Steven Strange's role in the larger MCU, will we see cameos from the other Marvel characters, and much more.

As I reported this week's top story, Birds of a Feather — and learned about the corresponding research of Hunter Gehlbach on the importance of finding similarity between teachers and their students — I gained even greater insight into the magic of Ms. Fairbanks» pedagogy.

I once got a magic Easter egg... Start a story with this sentence and write about what happened when you received the magic egg.

Brooks Brierley tells the sad story of America's most expensive vintage thoroughbred / Driving a boat - tailed AC — The Editor gets to grips with a rare Anzani - engined survivor from the early days of the Thames Ditton marque / Magic Morris Minor — Alec Issigonis's postwar masterpiece is as collectable today as ever — Michael Worthington - Williams inaugurates our new series of expanded and very comprehensive Buyer's Guide / Wizardry in the land of Oz — There may not be many bushes in the Bush but you can trust Nick Baldwin to find a rusting relic / Prescott in 1950 — It's spot - the - celebrity time as Brian Heath pores over a newly discovered hoard of old hillclimb photos / Brighton revisited — Tom Threlfall describes the other Brighton Run while Peter Corrana gives us his driving impressions of one of the most covetable contestants in the main event / Immortal Austin 7 — Bill Boddy (who has owned nine of them) tells what it is about Herbert Austin's little wonder that keeps it at the top of the old - car parade / A summer affair For Vitoria Ainsworth — marriage meant an adventurous initiation into the joys of owning a Roesch Talbot / The real McCurd — Michael Worthington - Williams researches yet another obscure but fascinating UK motor manufacturer of the 1920s / Styled by the Wind — Touring 4 - seater lightweight bodywork on the Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B Mille Miglia was one of the first attempts at introducing aero technology to automotive coachbuilding.

In the beginning, when I was trying to sell my first novel, I had a weird experience of editors really wanting me to write, sort of magic realism set in the Caribbean, or about recent immigrants with a magical ability (I've had two editors actually give me that logline and ask if I'd be interested in writing that story, but it's just not there for me, I've got other stories still to tell).

The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo is a story about people who break through these barriers - a story brimming with connection and the hope, love and, yes, even magic that comes from those connections.

Chapters alternate between Bob's and Livy's points of view, offering just the right blend of mystery and cozy magic in a rewarding story about how friendships — and people — evolve over time.