Sentences with phrase «story than self»

Everyone makes mistakes great and small, but redemption makes for a better story than self - destruction in my opinion.

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More than an engrossing collection of historical true - crime stories, though, the book functions as an unlikely financial history of the young United States, as it grew «from a patchwork of largely self - governing colonies to a loosely assembled union of states and, finally, to a single nation under firm federal control.»

«I came up with a story: My FaceApp'd perfect self, who's 10 years younger than I am, flies off to Disneyland for the day and somehow manages to photograph herself all alone in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle,» Stritch said.

The reason I ask your opinion initially is because I think there is a better way, today, for the creator of the universe to make him / her / it's self known to humankind, rather than to rely on a 2,000 year old story of sacrifice.

In the experience of play, whether it is reflecting on one's story, hiking in the mountains, or making love, we have the opportunity to experience ourselves vibrantly and authentically - to know our real selves to be other than our present states of «dis - ease.»

I think all gods are just inept, have low self esteem or more than likely were made up by men and only exist in the tomes and stories man made up about them.

Scripture recognizes the danger that self - deception poses for the life of faith, and no biblical story illustrates the phenomenon of self - deception better than that of King David and Nathan the prophet.

Please don't listen to these people on here they have so many different views and ideas of their own but don't listen to them they have closed their heart to God and are doing Satans work of misleading people away from the Almighty they look for men who like to have their ears tickled so don't take mine our anyone else's word for it look it up for your self history attests to the bible as true and The writings of Moses is far older than anything they have ever found thats right Moses wrote the first parts in the bible 3,500 years ago The scriptures weren't inspired by Pagan stories Pagan stories was inspired by actual events just like those in the bible because if you notice that a lot of the stories found in the bible have a lot to do about people worshipping false Gods.

If Christian publishers ought to be searching seriously for the next generation of essayists and story crafters rather than putting so much emphasis on Bible - study tomes and self - help books.

The role and importance of the Christian story and narrative in shaping character and virtue in the thought of Stanley Hauerwas is no less subtle and nuanced than his view of the self.

The story of crucifixion and resurrection, judgment and redemption, furnishes the horizon for an ethic of confident responsibility rather than defensive, self - maintenance and survival.

It is a story about living for a purpose that is greater than the self.

But no sooner had Noah become established again on dry land than he got himself drunk and the whole story of man's inability to control his self - destructiveness began all over again.

Certainly few stories are more calculated to hold the interest of boys and girls than those of this Hebrew strong man who, though singularly lacking in desirable moral and spiritual qualities, is a most excellent example of what not to be — selfish, wilful, lustful, proud, lacking in loyalty, weak in self - control.

On this call, API founders Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson talk with Lu about how: — our «flaws» are actually pathways to raising resilient, secure, connected kids; — without an awareness of how our story drives our fears, our kids re-enact it; — without self - understanding and empathy, parents then tend to manage rather than engage, control rather than connect, in a chronic practice of «defensive parenting»; — we can turn our old wounds to new wisdom and free our kids from repeating our stories; — the gift of our anger, fear, doubt, chaos, anxiety, struggles, and conflicts is that they can shed compassionate light on our old wounds and we can use this light to «heal» our inner conflicts, and pave our path for ourselves and our kids; and — doing this paving work «keeps our light on»... and our children's light on, and teaches them the power of forgiveness, humility, and humanity.

There's no reason to endure other people's less - than - positive birth stories, because often that cultivates fear and self - doubt.

In an investigative story by the Albany Times Union in 2012, critics described NXIVM as a multilevel marketing business and Raniere as a cult leader who has drawn more than 10,000 followers to his self - improvement philosophy.

«Self - direction feels a lot better than being railroaded when it comes to certain stories,» she says.

In one of those stories, «Self - correction in science at work,» Bruce Alberts and co-authors wrote that «[w] e believe that incentives should be changed so that scholars are rewarded for publishing well rather than often.

On here looking for genuine female friends - leading to a beach and paddling at dawn - im larger than life character - def a book you should not judge by the cover - lots of interesting stories inside - i like going to watch friends rock band — writing - meeting and talking - im self employed - last job was a steeplejack - but fell through a floor - oops i guess best place to start is to talk to me - best description is a giantgentlebear - im looking for someone to talk too any where in the world or outer

This semi-autobiographical story is an occasionally harrowing but sometimes also surprisingly warm and funny tale that, while the characters focus a lot on eating (or, rather, not eating), is really more about finding the will and self - love necessary to live rather than about dealing with an eating disorder.

It adds intrigue into this mysterious suicide circle and the individual stories, while the constant voice over monologues are probably the worst (as in self - indulgent and pretentious) part of the movie other than the length, at least seem to be hinting that they're all heading toward the same end.

It tells a simple story, but tells it well, and with its themes of a woman finding a means to self - identity through a deep - seated belief that there's more to life than the one she's made for herself, it strikes a resonant chord for those stuck in similar ruts.

More than appreciably darker, Batman Begins tackles the story's essential Freudian / Jungian mooring, returning over and over to the dank, vaginal tunnel that a young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has tied inextricably to the death of his parents until the moment that a grown Bruce, after a self - imposed exile of seven years, penetrates the black pit of his divorce from his parents to find himself reborn, as it were, underground.

But it seems to strive so hard to be inspirational, rather than letting the inspiration come through the story, that it becomes preachy and self - conscious.

Bishop never seems less than dastardly, but the question of whether he's self - servingly corrupt or a sociopathic outlaw either doesn't interest the movie or was a casualty of story tweaks.

A Quiet Place is a much, much better «Twilight Zone» story than the other two Cloverfield sequels (the best of which is 10 Cloverfield Lane, of course), which are also trying to play in that kind of self - contained sci - fi sandbox.

I was impressed with Gasoline as he came to understand himself as more than just a wise sidekick for the story of his friend's life, and with Microbe too, as he developed his own self awareness of his anxiety and narcissism.

Director Leon Ichaso («Pinero,» «Crossover Dreams») knows this turf better than perhaps any filmmaker out there, but even he can't do much with the story of Hector Lavoe (1946 - 1993), one of the key singing voices of early salsa and, in this account, a self - absorbed, drug - addicted heel.

any woman has a bigger dick than any playstation scrub XD true story cause they let them selves be fucked by third party devs all the time with their money!!!

If it is indeed his final work, it's a fitting one that's in keeping with the actor's career of telling stories of grand, often larger - than - life men whose self - identity clashes with, and often destroys, their relationships.

The story has Joe, a Looper played by Joseph Gordon - Levitt, confronting and confronted by his older self, played by Bruce Willis in a action - packed dialectic about more than doing the right thing at the right time and then living with the consequences.

Documentarian turned fiction director Jennifer Fox now follows one such struggle, her own: The Tale is a personal memoir that deepens into a gut - wrenching true story of sexual abuse (after more than 30 years of the filmmaker's own self - denial).

Scott Tobias, NPR.org: «Their story is too big for a single movie, but Gray's high - gloss abridgment latches on powerfully to their hard - won independence and self - actualization, suggesting that true freedom is more difficult to achieve than success.»

Cumberbatch's Sherlock is a wonderful creation, callous, selfish and staggeringly self - absorbed, and probably closer to the spirit of Conan Doyle's stories than Downey's more jittery and lovable Holmes.

The love story involving Arthur and a self - involved Earth girl (Zooey Deschanel) falls flat because they never register as more than stock comedy types: the nerd and the unattainable gal.

This episode's vicious, mean - spirited take on modern society renders several of its characters so inhumanly cruel and one - dimensionally self - serving that its overall story comes across as crude, rather than challenging.

Speaking of the politics of 2017 movies, in the realm of queer cinema, Beach Rats has proven somewhat controversial for feeling retrograde, being the story of a sexually fraught young man that ends with violence, rage, and confusion, rather than — like CMBYN — a generous sense of self - acceptance.

Also, being a princess story, Diana does nuzzle its way into fairytale indulgence, now and then exuding less fealty to the woman herself than to old Audrey Hepburn movies — which wouldn't be a bad way to go if Jeffreys and Hirschbiegel had better tempered it with self - awareness, or at least something new and vital to say.

Whether it's a long tracking shot of a steaming dog - diarrhea trail soundtracked by Debussy's «Clair de Lune», or a surreal, gut - wrenching hallucination suffered by the lonely old widow of the final story (Ellen Burstyn)-- in which her multiple past selves visit her as a reminder of her failures and missed opportunities — these expressionistic touches, rather than dreamlike whimsy, hit deeper disappointments and realities.

Chastain has much better chemistry with co-stars Viola Davis and Isabelle Huppert than with her on - screen husband (played by McAvoy), while the thrown - together love story veers between life - affirming artificiality and self - serious melodrama

Jack Black comes close to self - parody more than once, but there's an inherent likability to his Lewan, and an enormous curiosity — knowing especially that it's a true story — in seeing how far he can take it.

Each story feels too self - contained, too episodic, for the franchise to amount to more than the sum of its parts.

The main extra on Warner's New Year's Eve Blu - ray is a running commentary by Marshall, who not only falls into the trap of simply describing either the action or dialogue of a scene instead of imparting much background information and stories about the production (going unaddressed, disappointingly so, is the widely reported last - minute Heigl - for - Berry recast, with the latter rejoining the project in a smaller capacity once her schedule cleared), he does so in a sing - song fashion that presumably is supposed to come off folksy - friendly but quickly becomes more than a little obnoxiously self - amused.

The story, written by Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan (who also co-wrote the scripts of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi) and Michael Arndt, features some smart self - referential moments with refreshing efforts to ground the characters deeper than ever into this faraway galaxy, from a long time ago, without forgetting a delightful dollop of humor.

But The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach's fourth film as writer - director, has inspired more conversation about the degree to which it does or does not tell the story of his own childhood — more specifically, the divorce of his parents, novelist Jonathan Baumbach and former VILLAGE VOICE film critic Georgia Brown — than about the self - reflexive canniness of the filmmaking itself.

The look — blocky black and white graphics enlivened by bursts of color — remains embedded in my memory, along with a general disappointment that the story glorified old stereotypes without adding much more than a whiff of self - aware, modernist ridicule at its hoariness.

As far as movie sequels go, arguably fellow animated feature Wreck - It Ralph creates a world that is ripe for further exploration — hence we're happy knowing that Wreck - It Ralph 2 is in the works — far more than Frozen does (which seems perfectly fine as a self - contained story).

Avengers: Age of Ultron was a bloated mess that seemed much more concerned with setting up the next ten movies to come than telling a coherent self - contained story.

While other comic book movies have revelled in self - reflexive irony, The Dark Knight is never less than one hundred percent committed to character and story.