Sentences with phrase «such flights of fancy»

Of course such flights of fancy ran contrary to Josef Stalin's consolidation of power and repression of freedom.

In episode 313, the third season finale, Penn and Teller diligently set about debunking the paranormal world of ghosts, spooks and phantoms - and those who claim they can detect or exorcise such flights of fancy.

Not only do kids enjoy the silliness of such flights of fancy, but you're encouraging them to think creatively.

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But I would question whether fishermen are more given to flights of fancy than a doctor such as Luke or an educated academic such as Paul.

Aronofsky, however, has no such pre-approval for his latest flight of fancy; with only a trio of past performance bids to suggest the actors» branch is at least aware of his films, we still have no idea how the Academy really feels about him or his craft.

They have left the childhood flights of fancy behind and as a movie goer, I'm not sure that is such a good thing for this franchise.

The first edition of David Thomson's magnum opus A Biographical Dictionary of Film came out in 1975, and it was filled with a young man's strong opinions, flights of fancy, sensitive tributes to people like Howard Hawks, Max Ophüls, Jean Renoir, Carl Dreyer, Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson, Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, and surprisingly forceful condemnations of such citadels as John Ford and Frank Capra.

A dream come true for their designers and engineers, such cars frequently indulge flights of fancy usually considered much too costly to be offered for mainstream production.

Through the years of bristly bullying, though, Shannon finally finds real friends and gains a better appreciation for her own strengths, such as her imaginative creativity, which Pham illustrates in vivid, comically over-the-top flights of fancy.