Sentences with phrase «than horses who»

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After two elections backing social - conservative candidates who could afford little more than gas money, Christian leaders have long been eager to back a horse with the money to win.

Treating everyone equally shows your top performers that no matter how high they perform (and, typically, top performers are work horses), they will be treated the same as the bozo who does nothing more than punch the clock.

The New Zealand sheep farmer who can afford it has an American Chevrolet rather than a horse, and he rides around his farm carrying binoculars.

Those who are offended by the claim that horses or chimps or whales (OFD; also see OOTM 13, WM 49) deserve more respect than the fetus in the early stages of pregnancy usually resort to a type of question - begging which Peter Singer calls «speciesism»: the human fetus in the early stages of pregnancy deserves moral respect just because it is human.

The only people giving this tiny minority group the time of day is atheists who really have nothing better to do than call a horse a horse.

A friend of mine, operating in Arabia during the First World War, ran upon an Arab sheik who, hearing talk about telegraphy, was dogmatic that no message could possibly travel from Basra to Baghdad faster than his swiftest horse could run.

come down from the high horse i care more about the my team (arsenal) than the fans who abuse them, what some of you do is never criticizing with that i have no problem, but when the other fans disrespect you, you start being offended and are like some children who is angry..

Grundy, who earned $ 176,106 for the win, became the alltime - high money - winner for a British - trained horse and was timed in 2:26.98 for the 1 1/2 miles, more than two seconds under the turf stakes record set last year.

The 124th Run for the Roses has more than a few intriguing entries vying to win the first leg of the Triple Crown: One is Favorite Trick (above, far left), who last year became only the second 2 - year - old (Secretariat was the first, in 1973) to be named Horse of the Year — not to be confused with Event of the Year, who had to drop out of the race last week with a right - knee fracture.

An owner who is more invisible than the Loch Ness Monster and about as interested in winning, a manager who disrespects and ignores the whole concept of defence (oh for GEORGE GRAHAM) and a chairman who openly admits to preferring horse racing and a chief exec (Gazidis) who is a snake and inveterate liar.

You've got people who have one or two horses, more than they can afford, and you have owners coming up with the drugs themselves and saying, «Hey, my physician told me about this.

Its economic woes aside, the horse racing industry has reached a critical state in regard to public confidence — that is, among the millions who watch it more for pleasure than for profit — and it has reached that point over the last few years because of the near carnage that has been taking place during some of the game's most celebrated events, most notably in the nationally televised Breeders» Cup itself and the Triple Crown.

clipty klopp the horse is a wengerite (HE LOVES HIM MORE THAN WE DO) through and through he wants a «PROJECT» not just somewhere where he can throw money around for short term gain and be told who to get and have the board buy players over his head like at old mordor atm.

Once in positionon the backstretch Big Brown ambled along in third place, but with more than ahalf mile to run, Desormeaux began urging a horse who had typically dragged himto the lead with little asking.

Or rather, thanks for ruining our club by selling to that «snake and odious money mad but care nothing for trophies» KROENKE, thus paving the way for the awful Gazidis and much later to appointing the dreadfully arrogant and Dickensian Sir You've had your Chips KESWICK, WHO SO HATES TRUE FANS AND LOVES HIS HORSE RACING FAR MORE THAN ARSENAL.

It is a world of horses that run and jump in a green, rolling countryside, studied by members of a select coterie who are, more often than not, as elegant as the animals they follow.

So before you get on your high horse and moan about what he delivers and his cost, understand that he performs better than a lot of players, who cost a similar amount.

The committee cited professor David Nutt, chairman of the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs, who was «hung out to dry» by ministers after claiming that recreational drug use was no more dangerous than horse - riding.

Long, who has been a key ally of GOP / Conservative gubernatorial designee Rick Lazio, asserts Lorigo is little more than a stalking horse for Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, who is trying to petition his way on to the GOP primary ballot.

Still, as evinced by the Make Your Own Web Ad contest, his campaign messaging online and off has focused on attacking the Democratic nominee — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, rather than going after self - funded conservative Carl Paladino, a dark horse GOP primary hopeful who's gained prominence in the polls.

He also repeated previous comments about ecstasy - that it is less dangerous than riding a horse - and said those who wished for the drug to be downgraded to class B had already won the argument.

«The hope is to bring entirely new blood onto the board, people who perhaps know more about horse racing outside New York rather than the current group that's been very insular,» the source continued.

He said those who thought «scaring kids» would stop them using drugs were «probably wrong» and claimed taking ecstasy was less dangerous than riding a horse.

Nana Addo hired blumbers who are goofing all over and doing more damage than blind horses in empty barns.

Jane Corwin is a Trojan Horse candidate for the GOP, who will be a reliable vote to gut Medicare and repalce it with a voucher program that would not even begin to cover any stay in the ER for anything worse than a hangnail.

The W.F.P.'s leaders say that the who's - up - who's - down horse trading is less important than issues Cuomo committed to support in the video he recorded to win their endorsement — most notably offering localities some say in increasing their own minimum wage.

Eric Swanson of the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, who was not involved in the new research, describes the hunt to find particles made of ever more quarks as looking for a horse with more than four legs.

In a sense, the horses have fared better than the peoples who once domesticated them.

Among the profiles on Date A Millionaire, you'll find lots of recent divorcees looking to get back on the horse, and who have plenty of spare cash kicking around from their settlement that they're more than happy to spend on a new man.

I enjoy an easy ride now and than, most enjoy the people who own horses, as they are real.

I am a very down to earth country girl who much prefers being outside riding my horse than shopping in a mall.

In a time when most movies are little more than filmed deals that can spend millions of dollars on elaborate special effects sequences that fade from the mind almost as soon as they play out, he has created some of the most bizarre, hilarious, haunting and memorable imagery that I have ever seen in a film — who could forget the sight of beer baroness Isabella Rossellini standing upon artificial legs filled with her own product in «The Saddest Music in the World,» or the horses stuck in the middle of a frozen river in «My Winnipeg»?

It's hard to shake the feeling that 12 Strong — based on Doug Stanton's 2009 book Horse Soldiers, about U.S. Special Forces troops who traveled to Afghanistan shortly after 9/11 to confront Taliban forces — should add up to more than it does.

This is a period piece centering around a rugged western hero who decides to prove himself by being the first westerner to enter into a gruelling desert horse race in the Middle East, hoping ot prove that his American horse Hidalgo is just as good if not better than any of the Arabian horses he's up against.

I suppose Rauch's sense of humor just veers in a different direction than mine, and she gets a kick out of the violently unfunny material that she offers up for herself here as Hope Ann Greggory, a former wild child bronze medalist turned washed - up has - been who spends her days milking whatever glory she can from her fifteen minutes in the spotlight over a decade ago while living in the one horse town of Amherst, Ohio.

Buck Brannaman — master horseman, raconteur and philosopher — is a no excuses cowboy who travels the world teaching a hard - won wisdom that's often more about human relationships than about horses.

A family movie about a young girl who tries to show she's more grown - up than her parents realise when she attempts to look after a horse, Flicka did not attract very favourable reviews, and its box office take must have disappointed the filmmakers.

Instead, we get some brief back - story about a legendary black horse named Catastros who is stronger than 100 men, a fact illustrated by several shots of the horse knocking down guys in Halloween masks.

Director Joseph Kosinski («Tron: Legacy,» «Oblivion») and writers Ken Nolan («Black Hawk Down») and Eric Warren Singer («American Hustle») set up characters we think we know, from Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin), the tough - but - fair superintendent who always seems to know more about fires than everyone around him; to Amanda (Jennifer Connelly), Eric's veterinarian wife who rescues horses and frets about her husband's safety while he's putting himself in harm's way; to Brendan (Miles Teller), a drug - using screw - up who tries to get his life together when a recent fling results in his becoming a dad.

«Not including the Mickey Maguire shorts, Mr. Rooney made more than 200 movies, earning a total of four Academy Award nominations — he was nominated for best supporting actor as the fast - talking soldier who dies trying to protect $ 30,000 he won in a craps game in» The Bold and the Brave» (1956) and as the trainer of a wild Arabian horse in» The Black Stallion» (1979).

If director Todd Solondz split audiences with Happiness back in 1998 and lost those who had stuck by him with 2004's Palindromes, those impressed with the promise of Welcome to the Dollhouse may be gratified to learn that his newest film, Dark Horse, represents more than simply a return to form.

John Cleese plays Donald Sinclair, a billionaire Vegas casino owner who concocts a new form of race, better than horse races because the participants can lie, cheat and steal their way to the finish line.

What better way to do that than to strip down to your birthday suit for a provocative turn in a heart - wrenching work about a stable boy who blinds six horses with a metal spike?

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, based on the book by the «celebrated» author of «All The Pretty Horses,» Cormac McCarthy, a pseudoliterary Jim Thompson who spends more words describing plant life than people (yawn).

Here I am, a broken - down old black woman who has crossed more water than I care to remember, and walked more leagues than a work horse, and the only things I dream of are the things I can't have — children and grandchildren to love, and parents to care for me.

Comic artists who put out their own art rather than scramble for work via the Marvel / DC / Dark Horse route are admired for their pluck and dedication.

«I had parents who let me take dog, horse, and go...» Not quite for me (too many chores, etc. — and yes, small livestock was part of it; Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail were DELICIOUS), but different generation and MUCH more freedom than is common today.

«He's very athletic and just as happy as could be,» said Bagg, who has been breeding Arabians for more than 30 years, and has owned horses since she was 11 years old.

More than 4,000 animals each year receive care from Dr. Wolf, who's had experience with just about the entire animal kingdom including horses, elephants, all manner of birds (even ostriches), tigers and yaks.