Sentences with phrase «taking cynicism»

«(It's) taking cynicism and turning it into hope, taking pessimism and turning it into optimism,» Cuomo said on Sept. 23.

«(It's) taking cynicism and turning it into hope, taking pessimism and turning it into optimism,» Cuomo said on September 23.

Take cynicism, for example: A 2014 study published in the journal Neurology linked high levels of cynicism later in life, i.e. a general distrust of people (and their motives), to a greater risk of dementia compared to those who were more trusting, even after accounting for other risk factors like age, sex, certain heart health markers, smoking status, and more.

Not exact matches

When you look at what's possible by taking the sunny side of the street, it's hard to think of cynicism as anything other than an alibi for being out of ideas.

Take that hunger and cynicism!

However, as Protestantism's puritan impulse became secularized in subsequent centuries, it took the form of rationalistic cynicism and skepticism — a mind - set now shared by believers and unbelievers alike.

Receipt of such alms may even undermine the cynicism of the one who sees no good in this world or any other, and takes hypocrisy to be the worst sin.

It is possible that a hurricane of change awaits both church and state in the next half - century, for observers who are cynical about the institutional church often fail to take note of the equal cynicism about the state in communist countries.

Cynicism is a wise and prudent course to take when dealing with other human beings like you.

I found I had to check so much of «who I was» at the door — my intellectual curiosity, my innate cynicism, my social concerns, my depressive temperament (all inherited from my dad)-- that no matter how hard I tried to get along, it never took hold.

He was critical of both cynicism and utopianism; he attempted to take a position between the two.

An attitude which avoids both sentimentality and cynicism must obviously be grounded in a Christian view of human nature which is schooled by the Gospel not to take the pretensions of men at their face value, on the one hand, and, on the other, not to deny the residual capacity for justice among even sinful men.14

(I realize my cynicism probably stems from past hurt and that my take is probably exaggerated.)

This most commonly takes the form of what one might call a naive cynicism toward the behavior of those in power.

(And today, on the brink of potential nuclear annihilation, such cynicism may even seem to be the most realistic attitude to take toward our social and political existence).

How can you complain about tackles and cynicism being taken out the game when we saw what Germany did to Messi in the World Cup?

Cynicism aside I think there's tremendous signaling effect in making McConnell take a public stance.

If anything, it was his defending that fuelled some cynicism, while the transfer negotiations were taking place, with many going onto proclaim that the 29 - year old would just concentrate on going forward, thereby leaving his central defenders do all the defensive work.

When Don Jordan took the welterweight title from Virgil Akins last December it was an easy cynicism to assume that the crown had been put in pawn for a betting coup to be redeemed when next they met.

But it doesn't take an excess of cynicism to predict something far bleaker.

Very few have genuine substance so they should always be taken with a huge amount of cynicism.

Very few have genuine substance, we always take them with a huge amount of cynicism yet they can not be totally ignored in case there's the slightest grain of truth in them.

It takes a special kind of cynicism to promise tough action on foreign criminals while simultaneously instructing that the majority of them are to be released.»

The spirit of cynicism aka Doubting - Thomas took over and many Nigerians came up with theories of conspiracy.

I like to imagine him taking one look at Gove and preparing a round of his trademark piquant cynicism.

The statement reads in part, «Given that President Buhari was initially acclaimed, hailed and idolised by the people as an uncompromising spear - head of a crusade against corruption — taking crusade to mean, not just a war, but a war fought with great passion and zeal — it is significant that, in less than two years, the acclaim is giving way to cynicism about the President's sincerity in the prosecution of the war.

It takes a bolder approach, showing us the effects of war and what they can do to the kindest and simplest of people without the cynicism.

He dares to ask if maybe his nostalgia and cynicism are misplaced, and that fresh take on life combined with an inventive plot makes «Midnight in Paris» one of the best movies he's made in a very long time.

BATTLE CREEK PICKED UP DIRECT TO SERIES FOR NEXT SEASON STUDIO: Sony TV / CBS TV Studios TEAM: Vince Gilligan (ep), David Shore (ep), Mark Johnson (ep), Bryan Singer (d, ep) LOGLINE: Two detectives with very different worldviews are teamed up and must answer the question: Are cynicism, guile and deception enough to clean up the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Mich., in the face of a complete lack of resources; or is the exact opposite true — it takes naïveté, trust and a boatload of resources?

The movie takes place during the Christmas season, a not - so - joyous holiday time that Baxter's horny bosses and tenants treat with little sentiment and much cynicism — a background that only emphasizes Baxter's loneliness.

We watch as he battles the cynicism of the music industry while simultaneously taking it by storm, and how his relationship with Kathy Etchingham (Imogen Poots) begins to fall apart as his star becomes known.

And like an Altman film, though truthfully his influence must be nominal at best, the vignettes herein take some blackly comic byways, occasionally giving in to cynicism (a disastrous hourlong odyssey into town results in a mugging, hardcore drug use and sex trafficking in a crackhouse in one of the most ludicrous Grand Guignol montages ever assembled).

Though Princess Mononoke deals with green philosophy and Spirited Away can be read as an allegory of child prostitution in Asia, the images of noble pigs and pre-bellum fascism are too broad and obvious to be taken without a certain cynicism.

From Peeta's brainwashing (which prevents him from knowing if Katniss is a friend or a foe) to the growing cynicism of the rebels, the feature takes its time to show that the costs of war can be both physical and psychological.

As the man of mystery in the middle of the jungle in swathed in khaki and cynicism, he channels the quintessential cheesy hero of a B - grade adventure flick, yet, he is not allowed to pull out all the stops necessary to take full advantage of the ci - mentioned potential absurdity.

It's a shame that what he's made also plays like a thin and shameless Oscar box - checker, and if it were to take the big prize, it'd only amplify the bemused awards - watcher's cynicism.

This fosters cynicism, causes educators to suspect that it's more about appearances than real change, and leads them loath to take any new reforms seriously.

But in many schools, fear and cynicism took hold so that test prep replaced other instruction and faculty and administrators falsified test scores.

Since then, with the exuberance of an Iowa cheerleader and the smart - alecky cynicism of a Brooklyn roller - rink queen, she'd taken him under her wing, defending him against the not infrequent fallout from his lack of social graces, pugnacity, and proclivity to take on quixotic battles for truth and justice that no one else much cared about.

The second edition of my first novel, Cynicism Management, is now available on Amazon (the link should automatically take you to your local Amazon store) for $ 2.99 / # 1.99.

I now have a new level of cynicism for new products, and I take it upon myself to approach each new offering with a critical eye.

And though both are great games, SWtG takes «the feels» to the next level, distilling all the best tropes of classic games — the exploration of The Legend of Zelda, the progression of Castlevania, the platforming of Prince of Persia — into a concentrated nostalgia bomb, capable of leveling decades of crappy AAA sequel - fortified video game cynicism in one blast.

Yes, show floor demo reels need to always be taken with a dose of cynicism, but this one managed to be so far removed from reality that it may as well have been from a different game.

The holiday season, for all the mass consumerism and the cynicism that it inspires, is really about being happy, taking time to reflect on everything you have experienced the rest of the year and cherish the memories you have made and the people you have around you.

Of course, The Bulletin is no place for cynicism, just cautious optimism, so I will take Ubisoft at its word that Beyond Good & Evil 2 really was in development up until 2011, when it was abruptly bumped to the then - unannounced Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Joe wipes the cynicism from his eyes and takes an appreciative look at how far games have come in the last twenty years from a gameplay and storytelling point of view.

Any cynicism you might direct towards a game that avowedly takes its cues from social media melts away, thankfully, when you go beyond DriveClub's single - player game.

These days, it takes more courage and imagination to do something that might come off as schmaltzy than something that might come off as cynicism.

Something about Modernism can seem embarrassing, but maybe that takes more cynicism than common decency.

When, a few years later, he may have had his own London exhibition taken out with the trash, convincing the press that the janitor had made a mistake, had he added to one's cynicism about art — or merely about him?