Sentences with phrase «sympathizing about»

That being said, I can sympathize about the style rut.

I can sympathize about padding in shoes.

Not exact matches

Had he not turned his sexuality into a political campaign, no doubt Pat Buchanan and almost everyone else would regard Sullivan's unhappiness as «a sadness they should privately sympathize with and publicly say nothing about.»

Although he sympathized with the civil rights movement and actively opposed the Vietnam War» he was (with Richard John Neuhaus) a member of the steering committee of Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam» he felt increasingly alarmed at the radicalism of the Movement, which reminded him of the street violence he had witnessed as a child in Nazi Germany.

About a quarter of black Protestants (26 %) and 16 percent of white evangelicals didn't sympathize with either side.

Any one who has pondered the problems of freedom and determinism will probably sympathize with the sentiment which prompted Milton to assign discussion of this topic to some little devils in Satan's legions who liked to bandy it about during moments of relaxation — without getting anywhere.

This doesn't mean there still won't be differing callings, but we should commit to learning about and sympathizing with other fights for human dignity.

But God has to feel, to sympathize and to preserve: this «makes possible «a general confidence about the future,» an assurance of the final worth of our life which will not be disappointed» (Ogden, 64).

I sympathize with Beverly Schneller's lament about the exclusion of the religious tradition from contemporary literary study.

So that's why when I hear about people wanting to leave the church because of politics or exhaustion, burn out, or disillusionment, I can sympathize but I certainly don't believe we should condemn every church out there and adopt this self - centered «woe is me, churches are so evil, pastors are two - faced and their motives are questionable, and Christians are so awful» mentality and pull ourselves AWAY from the work of God.

Of course, implying that all Muslims are violent extremists and therefore fit into the category of «enemy» is about the same as implying that all Catholics molest children or that all evangelicals sympathize with Westboro Baptist Church.

What's most surprising about the series, however, is the extent to which the writers have chosen to sympathize with Ted Kaczynski, both personally and philosophically.

When we returned to the U.S. after this term of service, I could not sympathize with the church people who were quite concerned about the significant decrease in the number of UMC missionaries on the field.

Thinking about it, I found myself almost sympathizing with Edmund Burke and his love of the outward forms and signs of status which «harmonized the different shades of life, and which, by a bland simulation, incorporated into politics the sentiments which beautify and soften private society.»

I also sympathize with you about people mucking up your hard work by focusing on substitutions instead of accepting that some creations must stand as they are intended.

I can sympathize with Jojo about the coconut milk though.

I do not have the figures in front of me, but I expect that golfers buy more instruction books, chuckle at more golf whimsy, read more fiction about their sport and sympathize more fully with accounts of the agonies of their brethren of the links than any other athletes.

I'm talking about Grzegorz Krychowiak (given that I'm Nigerian myself, I sympathize with the impossibility of Polish names).

But she was up once per night until about age 4, so I really sympathize.

And enablers like you who sympathize with loss mothers but give no thought what silence about unfortunate outcomes means are one of the reasons women like her have such doubts.

When I was reading the part about the brick wall I could totally sympathize with you frustration.

You may know what I'm talking about — someone complains or makes themselves vulnerable online, and a throng of friends comment with faint and general encouragement, a distanced attempt to sympathize.

The importance of having parent friends (who can sympathize, empathize, and not get sick of all the stuff you say about baby minutia) can not be overstated.

That is not to say that I am not concerned about the parents of these lost children because I sympathize with them and know how much they are hurting.

As I think about my interactions though, I think I do what Christine wanted, I sympathize and am completely respectful.

Partners may not be able to empathize with pregnancy symptoms but they can certain sympathize and support you along the way if you keep an open dialogue about how you are feeling.

Anyone who has ever worked on a campaign will sympathize with your feelings about being attacked at a debate or having a door slammed on your face while canvassing.

Other celebrities have also tweeted about their shock at her death and sympathized with her family and loved ones.

«Obviously, the President is more concerned about his reelection in 2019 and his visit to those States that he abandoned during their times of trouble is to seek for votes, not to sympathize with the people of the States on their loses.»

The mayor said he sympathizes with residents» concerns about gentrification, development and displacement but echoed his longstanding argument that there are two options: either «do nothing» and watch rents increase and people get displaced or «do something» and at least create new affordable units when developers build luxury housing.

While sympathizing with the families of victims in Iba and Ikorodu, the Secretary to the State Government urged residents of the state to go about their normal businesses without any fear or panic as government has placed security personnel on red alert throughout the State in a bid to checkmate this menace.

ANSWER: I have many letters about this problem and I do sympathize.

Grace / Julie is a fully complex, almost twisted, character that you don't want to sympathize with because sometimes it feels like she's just a little whiny about her very perfect life and a boyfriend who just loves her to pieces, or at least loves the person she's made herself be for him.

I spent the first half of my life in Mendocino county and fully understand, and sympathize with you about the weather in Northern California.

I really sympathize with my friends and right I see the need for me to write about this deadly disease that has done harm not only to the self - esteem of many people but ruin the romantic life of many too.

All I will say is that I was able to sympathize with him and I did care about him.

It is frustrating for me to watch a character who is far more financially secure than most people, disabled or not, whine about how much he can't stand living simply because his life has changed from before he was physically impaired, and it is impossible for me to sympathize with it.

There's little to sympathize with about the man and remotely nothing about which to admire.

During a press conference held just after the screening, von Trier said a little something about sympathizing with Adolf Hitler.

There isn't a lot that we know about David and Amy, but the little we do already makes us sympathize with them.

From there, however, Isolation morphs into a slow - moving and decidedly claustrophobic drama that boasts few elements designed to sustain the viewer's rapidly dwindling interest - as scripter Chris Bullett's refusal to offer up any real backstory for the protagonist prevents the viewer from wholeheartedly sympathizing with (or caring about) her increasingly perilous plight.

The movie offers no reason for the audience to care about or sympathize with Ben, so we're stuck with a wholly lackluster protagonist.

I'm a little unsure about what to think of the movie's ending for lighting Tommy Wiseau as a misunderstood hero; although the movie was best when it shows Wiseau trying to escape the villainy prescribed to him, it's hard ti know whether we should dislike him for his recklessness and ignorance of his crew or sympathize with his lofty dreams and willingness to support Mark.

And the comments that got von Trier banned from Cannes seven years ago, when he confessed in a press conference to having maybe just a tiny little soft spot for Hitler («I think he did some wrong things... but yeah, I understand much about him and I sympathize with him a little bit»), fed into the von Trier cult of the - killer - inside - me.

But as the two's relationship grew throughout the game, we sympathized and truly began to care about Midna's story and struggles.

Not faring much better is Leonardo DiCaprio, whose «always the nominee, never the winner» stasis — admittedly a sexier narrative — still needs about 10 more years of ripening before voters begin to sympathize.

One who seems to care is a Nigerian immigrant named Jimmy (Gbenga Akinnagbe), who sympathizes with the children and shares lore about caring for the aged.

At first, it's easy to sympathize with him, but you learn more about his past as the film goes on and that becomes hard to do.

On the other hand, Delpit provides counterexamples of success, for instance, Afrocentric assignments, inspiring teachers who love and sympathize but maintain rigor, and a beloved white teacher whom the students consider «black» for this reason: when asked «how he felt as a white man teaching black history... tears came to his eyes as he answered that when he learned about Emmett Till and other terrible things white people had done to black people, it sometimes made him ashamed to be white.»

I sympathize with the desire to make larger structural reforms, but for those of us who have a strong interest in thinking carefully and rationally about the structure of benefits, this seemed like more of a political down - payment to some members who have an ideological attachment to DC plans more than it was a carefully designed solution to a real problem.