Sentences with phrase «than life hero»

Become a larger than life hero who has been given ultimate power!

The US used to be a country populated by larger than life heroes.

A precinct that created larger than life heroes and heroines, has now been transformed into a theatre of dreams.

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Citing studies on the early lives of heroes who rescued people from the Holocaust and highly creative architects, Grant suggests parents «help children think about the consequences of their action for others,» rather than simply yelling «no!».

In The American Monomyth (Doubleday Anchor, 1977) Robert Jewett and John S. Lawrence have already warned us that the prevalence throughout our popular media of larger - than - life heroes fosters passivity, submission to authority and a yearning for easy solutions.

The second is that the self's proper sphere of activity is «everyday life» rather than, let us say, the mythical landscape of heroes or the heavenly one of saints.

Heroes in every area of attainment are those who have given themselves without reservation for a cause they love more than life itself.

Today, more than fifty years after the Holocaust, many of us need to be reminded that Pope Pius XII saved more Jewish lives than any other person, including Raoul Wallenberg and Oskar Schindler» men who are often, and rightly, treated as heroes for their efforts.

Even though we may all like to play Superman, in literature it seems that we stand outside the larger - than - life hero.

The writers exploit the dramatic aspects of Kaczynski's life to great effect, and he becomes, much more than his FBI counterpart, the hero and victim of his own story.

As in Becket, the Roman Catholic saint emerged as a problematic hero, but the panel decided that it was a statement «about a man who cared more for honesty and integrity than for his life... and is therefore a profound statement of the possibilities of human existence under the pressure of faith to oneself and to God.»

In that moment with Jordan and her crazier - than - crazy outfit and her amazing outlook on life, I realized that she is my hero.

The book is described as a coming - of - age story highlighting the naivety of youth, the trials and tribulations in growing up and the realization that our bigger - than - life heroes may not be heroes at all.

General News of Saturday, 19 May 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com play videoSamira Bawumia with the MTN Hero of change 2018 (middle) Speech comes easily to many than tears would in normal life but on the night when the MTN heroes of Change were called onto the hall of fame tears spoke louder any more than words would in a spirited speech.

Every hero deserves an iced medal cookie, and there is no better way to salute the dad in your life than with a bit of homemade arts and crafts.

Their legacy comes from a record of putrid monsters, dastardly menaces, unbelievable heroes, and larger - than - life tales.

But without Metro Man, Megamind has no purpose in life, so he creates a new opponent, who quickly decides that it's more fun to be a bad guy than a hero.

Some are elements of mystery, like the Hobo, who is helpful and even saves Hero Boy's life but is in a world of his own up there on top of the train and doesn't become anybody's buddy (when he disappears, his hand always lingers a little longer than his body).

For the millions of true believers out there - the ones who loved him in 1985 and who would prefer to live in the past rather than listen to the 2017 version of their former hero - the film provides a blissfully melancholy roll call of pleasures.

To solve a mysterious and macabre murder, Homicide brings in Brother Sam, a minister with a criminal past whom Dexter recognizes as a fellow killer that might have found a cover even better than his own; now a local hero, Debra is surprised by two life - changing proposals.

Director Ryan Coogler more than stepped up to the challenge of bringing Wakanda and its heroes to life, and he did it while infusing it with beauty, heart and wonder.

Rudd, despite a co-screenwriting credit, subdues his smart - ass rascal persona a bit here to be a more approachable and likeable hero, if a tad vanilla, who is more motivated by affairs of the heart (the potential to restore his relationship with the daughter he couldn't see while spending years in prison) than in living a life of crime just for the sake of it.

He is hailed as a national hero but as revelations start to surface about his personal life Whitaker finds himself quickly becoming entangled in the red tape of lawsuits, policy and moral ambiguity leaving him more an anti-hero than a national saviour.

The first trailer for Ant - Man and the Wasp is here, and I couldn't be happier that Paul Rudd is sharing the spotlight with the Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest smaller - than - life hero, Evangeline Lilly's The Wasp.

Special mention also goes out to the «70s - inspired soundtrack, which once again helps provide the Guardians of the Galaxy with a distinctive personality that stands out as unique in a world of already colorful, larger - than - life heroes.

The audience is asked to overlook these moments — which, more often than not, would result in serious injury for the hero if it were real life — simply because the hero is just that, a hero.

Using a canvas - style filter, the design of this game brings the lush world to life and helps your heroes shine in the foreground as you experience an epic tale, numerous side quests and more adventure than you can handle!

Finally, the hero understands that saving the life of a comrade is worth more than stopping the aspirations of some villain.

He was a larger - than - life action - hero badass, and yet there was nothing silly about his presentation.

As Ambrose Hilliard, the star of a pre-war detective series, Nighy is never less than splendid, whether cozying up to Catrin so she plumps up his self - sacrificing role as drunken Uncle Frank, patiently coaching the real - life Audie Murphy - style American war hero in the cast (Jake Lacy, leadenness personified) used as bait for Yankee ticket buyers or conducting a sentimental group sing - a-long in a pub.

Rogue Warrior is a military shooter from Bethesda Softworks featuring a larger - than - life action hero.

Casting the real - life heroes in the three lead roles in The 15:17 to Paris is no doubt an inspired move by Eastwood, who clearly saw something special in Stone, Skarlatos and Sadler than any name actor who auditioned for any of the three roles.

Before he was playing a larger - than - life superhero in Captain America: Civil War and now Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman had already had a lot of experience playing different kinds of heroes, as he played both Jackie Robinson and James Brown in two acclaimed performances (that likely led to him being cast as Black Panther).

That's not to say that this is a realistic film in any sense of the word — the lead characters are larger than life, the supporting characters are cartoonish — but there is a constant reminder that things could go horribly, horribly wrong for our hero at any moment.

Gamora's words proved prophetic as Thanos committed his iconic snap from the Marvel comic books, obliterating half of all life in the entire universe — resulting in the decimation of more than half of Earth's mightiest heroes.

Jimmy's life is a shambles off the beat, with an emasculating ex-wife (Swift, «Gossip Girl») who has remarried a man (Lee, Underdog) far more successful than Jimmy, and what's more, his daughter (Trachtenberg, Ice Princess) is on the verge of getting married and Jimmy can't find a way to pay the bill, leaving her new stepfather an entry to further play hero and replace Jimmy in her heart.

SEE THIS MOVIE IF: you are a fan of comic book heroes and simply enjoy the bigger than life films, even if it's not at the level of The Avengers (it's still better than Green Lantern)

Based on a novel by Ernest Cline and co-adapted by him too, the story unfolds in the inevitably dystopian future of 2045, where rubbish - strewn trailer parks are now arranged vertically and where our young hero, Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan)-- like so many others who live in «the Stacks» — prefers to spend his days immersed in the Oasis rather than confronting the misery of real life.

Achieving greatness as a drummer is Andrew's sole focus in life; his dorm walls are covered in photos of his hero, jazz percussionist Buddy Rich, and his social life consists of little more than the occasional movie date with his nebbishy single father (Paul Reiser), a high school English teacher and failed novelist whom Andrew both loves and dreads becoming.

Luis Gnecco («No») is terrific as the larger - than - life poet determined to be a populist hero.

Audiences loved him, though, and I suspect it was because they identified with him not as a larger - than - life hero, but as a regular guy who seemed mildly amused to be the center of attention.

He is not only my favorite director of all time, but even more a personal hero that has defined more of my life than he will ever know, so when the opportunity to interview Carpenter arrived this past summer, I was just a little excited.

In a wrecked Midwestern city, our young hero Wade (Tye Sheridan) lives in little better than a shantytown.

Black Panther may be Coogler's first superhero movie, but in truth, the heroes at the center of his films, including Oscar Grant, have always felt bigger than their real - life counterparts, if only because of Coogler's willingness to lean into treating them like the heroes of a movie.

After all, aren't you supposed to be a strong, larger - than - life hero?

For example, I started writing about: the implementation of educational policy, when research at the time focused almost exclusively on the development of policy; the importance of qualitative methods, as a complement to quantitative methods that at the time ruled at the Ed School; the unheroic dimensions of leadership, when the focus was on the bigger - than - life hero who, like the Lone Ranger, rode into town with silver bullets.

'» [58] This kind of lesson often takes the form of hero worship, with larger - than - life characters — or real historical figures presented with their foibles airbrushed away — held up to students to encourage imitation of their actions.

Michael Scarlett sat in what might have been his hero's seat / From Mille Miglia Winner To Club Contender — Anthony Pritchard tells the story of OM, the short - lived but effective manufacturer from Brescia / Morgan Miscellany — Douglas Blain up - dates us on his exploits at the wheel of a Plus Four and reviews the latest book on the Malvern wonders / By Slow Boat To Salzburg — Malcolm Robertson has owned his Australian - bodied MG two litre, the Airy Coupé, for more than 30 years.

Birthright follows an inspiring heroine, an intriguing hero, and a cast of fascinating characters whose intertwined lives remind us that there is much more going on under the surface than meets the eye.

The hero of this fast - paced story is Nestor Camacho, a Cuban - American police officer who wants nothing more than to live the American dream — but who becomes an outcast after he arrests (and saves) a Cuban refugee.