Sentences with phrase «than strange when»

And so it was more than strange when...

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After all, the dismal science never looks more dismal than when there's a choice between staying in to study Keynes or going out to flirt with strangers at a party.

There's a lot less at stake when you rent your neighbor's leaf blower for a day than there is when you get into a strange person's vehicle in a city that you do not know.

Despite a slogan («Make America Great Again») that targeted oldster nostalgia and irritated young nonwhites whose ancestors were either in some other country or barred from voting in this one when America was allegedly great — and despite his stranger - than - fiction gaffes and scandals, Trump did almost exactly as well as Romney had among young voters.

You have some atheists who proselytize directly - I found this to be particularly true when I lived in Tempe, and had strangers walk right up to me in a restaurant or the street to inform me how I'm subhuman, less intelligent, or naive for no other reason than I was wearing a cross necklace or pendant.

As a child I used to suffer tortures of shyness, and if my shoe - lace was untied would feel shamefacedly that every eye was fixed on the unlucky string; as a girl I would shrink away from strangers and think myself unwanted and unliked, so that I was full of eager gratitude to any one who noticed me kindly; as the young mistress of a house I was afraid of my servants, and would let careless work pass rather than bear the pain of reproving the ill - doer; when I have been lecturing and debating with no lack of spirit on the platform, I have preferred to go without what I wanted at the hotel rather than to ring and make the waiter fetch it.

Hawaiiguest: I'm guessing that you won't mind, then, when usurpers come into your country, co-opt your culture with their own, have the bleeding - hearts in government reward them with more rights and privileges than you have (freely given to them from the taxes YOU pay), and make you feel like a stranger in your own country, although your ancestors called it home for centuries.

The movements are frequently confounded, for it is said that one needs faith to renounce the claim to everything, yea, a stranger thing than this may be heard, when a man laments the loss of his faith, and when one looks at the scale to see where he is, one sees, strangely enough, that he has only reached the point where he should make the infinite movement of resignation.

«when you argue with an idiot and a stranger passes by they wont know which one is the idiot» So no more comments other than this: not one word of profanity was necessary to make the point!

Strange that Canada has a lower abortion rate than the US when Canada has a lower rate of religion (your post confirms it) and has ZERO restrictions on abortion (unlike the US).

The strange truth is that when men live in dependence on God, they are enabled to act with more vigor and courage and with less likelihood of despair and disappointment than when they falsely assume that they are lords of all they survey and act as if they were sovereign over the Creation.

And in that moment, I felt happier than I felt sitting on the set of the Today Show, happier than I felt watching my Amazon rank jump up (and then go back down), happier than I felt when a stranger grabbed my arm in Times Square and said, «you did great!

Karl Barth understood this well when he wrote: «Strange as it may seem, it is still true, that those who fail to understand other churches than their own are not the people who care intensely about theology, but the theological dilettantes, eclectics, and historians of all sorts; while those very men who have found themselves forced to confront a clear, thoroughgoing, logical sic et non find themselves allied to each other in spite of all contradictions, by an underlying fellowship and understanding, even in the cause which they handle so differently and approach from such painfully different angles.

Thank God for them all, of course, and for that strange interval, which was most of my life, when I read out of loneliness, and when bad company was much better than no company You can love a bad book for its haplessness or pomposity or gall, if you have that starveling appetite for things human, which I devoutly hope you never will have.

When Tony Anselmo was growing up in the produce business, his father would say he'd rather give his money to someone he knows than a stranger across the country.

I'm so curious how they became runny, such a strange thing to happen when there's no liquid involved other than a couple drops of extract or juice.

strange how people like mediocrity, if you knew I have more reason than many to like and support Wenger but I put Arsenal love before everything and only a fool or a blind can think that Wenger is doing good with Arsenal, I would not be upset if the team was in this position if all the required signing had been done and the team was managed and rotated correctly as no one has sure right to success.It only hurts when the requirements are not dealt correctly and are dealt only with silly excuses.Fools for the fools, some claim to love Arsenal...

It's funny how Wenger actually phoned the scout who found Campbell and congratulated him on his find and then Wenger ends up neglecting the kid, when his performance was better than most... That is Strange!

They are no strangers to losing money, so when victory is closer than it's ever been before, I expected them to invest, but they haven't, they've done the opposite, which, fingers crossed, is a massive let off for us.

I just find it strange, at a time when footballers are been bought for millions and millions, and paid just as much, that we cant expect them to deliver more than Chamakh has on this occasion.

As for the existence of people on the internet who are evil & exploitative of children, yes they exist (I know I prosecuted a few myself when I was a lawyer), but the sad truth is that children are more likely to be harmed by people they know best than strangers.

As images from Sandy — rescuers saving pets, power strips charging strangers» phones, and NICU nurses whisking preemies to safety (causing my blood to run cold, realizing that that could have been my own two - pounder)-- morph into mental images of Thanksgiving celebrations, visiting relatives, and holiday festivities (which also made my blood run cold when I realized that Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away), one thing became clear to me... they all share a common theme.

I would say be brave, don't worry too much because less people will notice than you think and feed your child as and when they need it and take no notice of rude strangers — don't let them put you off because your baby takes priority and you have every right to feed your baby.

You can then have more than just that one moment midway through the pregnancy at an ultrasound appointment with a stranger in the room as when you can find out.

Usually, when strangers pose this question, they care less about the actual answer than about sharing their own family history of twins.

You know you're living in a strange world when people would rather live in a fictional one rather than the real world.

This staring bug can seem to be contagious and before you know it, your little baby has a lot more than just your eyes looking at them, when other friends, family or even sometimes strangers getting involved in this love glare.

Is there anything more uncomfortable than the disapproving side - eye from a fellow plane passenger when your child starts banging on the tray table, kicking the seat in front of you, or throwing hard plastic toys at strangers?

«When I first met her I thought it was just going to be helping a stranger out with groceries and running some errands, but after time it's became so much more than that, and we've really grown such a friendship,» said Richter.

When the dust settles, time — whatever it may be — could turn out to be even stranger and more illusory than even Einstein could imagine.

When the test dogs heard a strange dog barking, they stayed closer to and for a longer period of time at their home's gate than when they heard the bark of a familiar When the test dogs heard a strange dog barking, they stayed closer to and for a longer period of time at their home's gate than when they heard the bark of a familiar when they heard the bark of a familiar dog.

The scientists observed that dogs hardly interacted with the strangers and were not much more interested in trying to get the food reward than when this person was not there.

And the aircraft, even when identified, is a strange flying object, boasting the wingspan of a 747 but weighing less than a compact car.

Researchers found that when people were played a series of sounds with odd sounds (either different in rhythym or pitch) inserted at intervals schizophrenics were significantly slower in spotting the strange sounds than people without schizophrenia.

Challenges are part of life, and I am no stranger to adversity — I always come out of that dark tunnel brighter than when I went in.

when i cut, my stomach feels really strange if i consume any more than 30 - 40 grams of dietary fat in a day..

It's a strange and ironic name for the exercise, but it's no more dangerous than any other warm - up exercise when done correctly.

I've been inside more kitchens than the average person.At one point, my work as a private chef and culinary instructor meant I was stepping through the thresholds of at least five strangers» kitchens a month.The first thing I do when I... Continue Reading about How to Organize Your Kitchen Cabinets and Pantry

I love when stranger than normal dress codes are assigned for event attendance because they allow me to step out of my comfort zone and wear something I normally wouldn't have thought of.

In the summer when I wear a vintage dress, curled hair, heels and lipstick (as you know, my winter look is much more rockabilly than all out vintage so I don't get so many questions then) I constantly get asked by strangers if I'm in a play.

From «70s queens to skeletons that are scarier than that last episode of Stranger Things, Hollywood didn't mess around when it came to costumes this year.

It's this strange time in your life when people are all around you, but rather than feeling safe in the knowledge that everyone is looking to make a friend connection, suddenly it feels awkward.

I have definitely gotten more attention (mostly good, I hasten to add, except the one strange time I mentioned in this post) when I wearing «dressy» clothes, than when I wear «casual» vintage styles.

You're no stranger to phone sex (voices rather than fingers), but you're a specialist when it comes to text - based sex.

As far as men being more willing to meet vs women, you aren't pointing out the fact that women have to be more cautious than men when meeting a stranger from the internet.

Just like if you were out in the street and you gave a stranger your phone number, (that can be easy traced online), even though he was wearing a mask with a. Than 5, 248 47 720 and 63 746 years of time, all of these when give dating online processes can damage.

Generally, I resent such scenes when they come across as forced or insincere (in other words, most of them), but I didn't get that feeling from «Stranger Than Fiction.»

She's prone to dispensing exposition («I've got no reception,» she says as she looks at her cellphone when they arrive), while he's more than happy to ask a weird stranger for advice.

When word first started circulating that «Thor: Ragnarok» would have a much lighter tone than its predecessors, that seemed strange for about three seconds, and then one remembers «Thor: The Dark World» and welcomes the new approach with open arms.

STRANGER THAN FICTION, a dark comedy - drama from comedian Will Ferrell (TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY; BLADES OF GLORY) and director MARC FORSTER (QUANTUM OF SOLACE; THE KITE RUNNER) is quite notably funny, and even when you think you're going to regret laughing (I won't ruin the movie for those of you who have not seen it), you do not regret anything at all.