Sentences with phrase «uncomfortable truths in»

In the same vein as 2007's «Juno» and 2011's «Young Adult,» «Tully» unearths uncomfortable truths in a wry, wise way.

Her style was calm, collected and, as the «nasty party» reference suggests, not afraid to point out uncomfortable truths in order to help her party win power.

Not exact matches

Companies are becoming increasingly more committed to gender diversity once studies began exposing the uncomfortable truth: «Women remain underrepresented at every level in corporate America, despite earning more college degrees than men for thirty years and counting,» states the report.

These are real reasons not to walk away from Facebook, and they're also telling ones: They reflect the uncomfortable truth that while the internet may have expanded our virtual communities, it's also resulted in fragmented echoes of our physical communities.

Why is it that in EVERY other matter we want the clear un-mingled truth, yet when it comes to heaven and hell we just want to tell people words to make them feel good and not uncomfortable.

It's an uncomfortable truth for Christians in the U.S. but the truth none the less.

I believe in creating peace, in disrupting for peace, in the truth that peace isn't always polite and it certainly isn't status quo and it isn't always cozy with twinkle lights and it will make people uncomfortable because they're so used to benefitting from the lack of it.

You really were of zero help to her cause when it came for an observer like me, and in fact you made it harder for me to do the very thing you want all of us to do, which is to be open to hard and uncomfortable truths about people we either know, or used to admire.

I was a little uncomfortable with my own statement about «when truth gets neglected in the name of love» for I have often seen love get neglected in the name of truth, which is also quite damaging.

They are not scared to go deep or have things get uncomfortable as they ask questions in order to draw out the truth.

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger in the document, Concerning Some Objections To The Church's Teaching On The Reception Of Holy Communion By Divorced And Remarried Members Of The Faithful, writes: «Assuredly, the word of truth can be painful and uncomfortable.

To the extent that Bacevich tells uncomfortable truths about the ambiguities, including moral ambiguities, that brought us to our present circumstance in the Middle East, his argument is to be welcomed.

U idiot bigot she brought up jesus in a discussion about santa and said «I mean jesus was a white man too but you know its like we have he was a historical figure I mean thats a verifiable fact...» I watched the whole interview too if u like her so much why did nt u listen to her «just because it makes you uncomfortable doesn't mean you can just change it...» she did say those words so edited or not she proposed a lie as the truth jesus was as white as any middle eastern person is

A healthy conscience is the voice of God's truth in our hearts, and it should usually make us uncomfortable, because none of us is yet a saint.

If such talk of truth makes my neighbor, the rabbi, uncomfortable — and I can understand how it might — I can only point out that Jesus is my sole reason for defending the rabbi against the onslaughts of either fascist politicians or liberal theologians who will not embrace him until he becomes «rational» or «enlightened» in other words, something less than Jewish.

I don't really enjoy watching her fight at all, in fact I feel a little bit uncomfortable watching her fights because of how manly she is (just speaking truth).

Otherwise, Nestlé's engagement in social media is likely to be nothing more than a whitewash, where those with the knowledge and evidence to show Nestlé is not telling the truth are either shut out and ignored, or accused of being «nasty» and «attacking people» simply for raising the uncomfortable truth that Nestlé is a highly unethical company that puts its own profits before the health and well - being of babies and their families.

The remarks by Blears, who takes pride in delivering uncomfortable truths to the Labour party, marks the most significant intervention by a member of the cabinet following private briefings about the leadership ambitions of some ministers.

The stark divide between «Yes» and «No» in the independence debate hides an uncomfortable truth: neither outcome really reflects the answer most Scottish voters want to give.

«And the only reason that that isn't even on the table anymore, and it's an uncomfortable truth, is because I fear my party is in hock to 30 to 35 hard, ideologically driven Brexiteers.»

The truth is, I've always heard such horror stories from other gals about how uncomfortable they are, so I was always leery about investing in such a shoe.

And the truth is, I feel uncomfortable in just a sleeveless dress right now.

They are often uncomfortable trying once more date with dating women And it generally a little rusty feel truth be told, because it several years may have been, because it involved in any kind of dating.

The series uses their vanity to hold up a mirror and let the audience reckon with an uncomfortable truth: that we all put on performances in our own lives, some more convincingly than others.

As fascinating as Kitsch is to watch as Koresh (and he is truly outstanding), and as stellar as Waco's entire cast is, there is an uncomfortable feeling of being fed a story that lionizes a cult leader in a way that doesn't feel like it's exploring truth so much as providing a particular point of view.

Sheil is never less than heroic in her multi-faceted quest for truth in all its uncomfortable guises.

Pam Grady: Ostensibly the story of an actress facing uncomfortable truths about aging head - on when she agrees to play a role in a revival of the play that made her famous, Clouds of Sils Maria is more intriguing in its exploration of the relationship between Juliette Binoche's star and the personal assistant (a dazzling Kristen Stewart in her Cesar Award - winning performance) she expects to fill her every needs — including the lonely void at the center of her life.

With her radio show, she reveals uncomfortable truths about the ways in which blacks and whites interact.

The «couple falling apart in paradise» genre is a rich one: from Voyage to Italy to Certified Copy and Before Midnight, there seems to be something about the old world wonders of Europe that provokes romantic resentments and uncomfortable truths.

Recently we sat down with Hahn to talk the uncomfortable truths of Soloway's script, maternal anxiety, and her role in Peter Bogdanovich «s next film, «Squirrel To The Nuts.»

And this is the uncomfortable truth that Margot and the filmmakers are getting at in this film.

Despite the specific nature of the character Stiller plays, «Brad's Status» finds a universality in the uncomfortable truths it explores: the human tendency to take stock, especially around middle age, and to compare our lives against both our friends» achievements and our youthful visions of our future selves.

Horror, above any other genre, wraps uncomfortable societal truths in a more palatable packaging.

«Those expecting camp or catfights won't find them in Gillespie's movie, which instead offers thoughtful and somewhat objective critiques, plus much seriously dark humor that'll elicit a lot of uncomfortable gasps of laughter — and invites you to ponder difficult truths.»

The Jason Blum production seems to revel in uncomfortable truths, following what happens when Rose (Allison Williams) invites her boyfriend Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) to return to her white - bread hometown to meet her parents, who may or may not be racist demons.

And then there were the poor, uncomfortable men who didn't know what to do in this new world of truth - speak.

In Get Out, Peele hides uncomfortable truths about race inside the Trojan horse of a crowd - pleasing thriller.

Frances McDormand referred to the moment as a «tectonic shift,» and even Streisand, who experienced the feminist revolution of the 1960s and»70s, said she was proud to stand in a room with people who, when faced with uncomfortable truths «have vowed to change the way things are.»

Incredible in life, perhaps the most disturbing truth of all about Diane Kaplan Devries» work is the uncomfortable fact that so many elected officials, often led by so - called Democrats, immorally and unethically sought to throw up barriers to stop Diane's critical effort to make sure that Connecticut's children got the education they needed, while ensuring that Connecticut's middle income property taxpayers were treated more fairly.

O'Brien takes a long look at the challenges students with (SEND) face in education, highlighting some uncomfortable truths and asking tough questions.

These reports, coupled with the fact that most job openings in the United States are for low - skilled workers, expose the uncomfortable truth that education is not the great equalizer.

One uncomfortable truth is that we believe that every student should go to college in order to prove that we, as a nation, have overcome our past when we said some kids should not go to college.

This years» survey does however reveal some uncomfortable truths about the state of language learning in England.

In order to discuss reform, we need to accept an uncomfortable truth: that teaching has become an incredibly difficult job.

Instead of addressing the uncomfortable truth that some educators are not the best fit at urban schools, or helping educators improve their practice to help them become more successful working with students who are different from them, schools go for the quick fix which, to them, means as a black educator you can expect to have difficult students in your class because you can handle them.

On the Radio 4 Today programme this morning Justine Greening tied herself up in knots trying to argue that grammar schools represented increased choice, an argument which falls apart when you consider one fundamental, and uncomfortable truth, which is that, for those children who fail the 11 +, there is little or no choice at all.

In Jackson's compassionate sixth novel, Someone Else's Love Story, her heroine Shandi has to do just that, even as she uncovers some uncomfortable truths about her life and meets the equally wounded, but less resiliant, William.

Independent authors and Amazon - imprint authors sell more eBooks per day than the traditional publishers combined which is the uncomfortable truth that most industry observers, and those in the Big Five publishers, find it hard to swallow.

We don't have to wallow in ignorance — the truth is easily discoverable, even if there's an entire industry devoted to obfuscation, and even if veracity is at times uncomfortable.

And the uncomfortable truth seems to be that it doesn't matter, because the only thing an indie author can do at the moment to push back against this possibility would be to refuse to join KDP Select in (a somewhat symbolic and empty) protest.