Sentences with phrase «whose life concerns»

«His role has been greatly exaggerated, whereas the president hasn't gotten the due that he deserves for the movement that he put together to tap into the kinds of people whose life concerns don't get a lot of attention on CNN,» Miller replied.

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«The experience of absolute control over another being, of omnipotence so far as he, she or it is concerned, creates the illusion of transcending the limitations of human existence, particularly for those whose lives are deprived of productivity and joy.

Among them are those that we make concerning the right use of our time, energy, or money; those regarding how to treat persons whose lives touch ours; and those concerning when to speak and when to be silent when convictions are at stake.

On the other hand I have known people capable of real sacrifice whose lives were nevertheless a misery to themselves and to others, because self - concern and self - pity filled all their thoughts.

Much of the time it has talked also of a divine judge, whose major concern is with the conduct of those who live in the world, determining their guilt and assigning sentences, either of punishment in hell or reward in heaven, sentences against which his creatures have no appeal.

The only cure for this crippling influence is a strong and independent organized teaching profession, whose members are protected against outside interference in the performance of their professional functions and who recognize and accept their responsibility for dealing knowledgeably and impartially not only with the proximate issues of life but also with the ultimate concerns of faith through which the particulars of life gain their deeper significance.

We do not want to abandon the search for the God whose primary concern for us is that we live well - adjusted, germ - free, cancer - free lives.

He is the one whose life and message are central to our understanding of God and reality, the one whose teaching gives direction to our lives, and the one whose example of love and right relation and concern for others informs our attitudes and actions.

In part this emphasis stems from Nussbaum's repeated claim that we need literature to help us «concern ourselves with the good of other people whose lives are distant from our own,» and the experiences of the Guardians are likely to be quite «distant» from the poor, from racial and ethnic minorities, and from homosexuals.

How much more should this be true of the great religious texts, whose sole concern is informing the practice of living?

In the first place such education, now as always, is concerned with the nurture of men and women whose business in life it will be to help men to see their immediate perplexities, joys and sufferings in the light of an ultimate meaning, to live as citizens of the inclusive society of being, and to relate their present choices to first and last decisions made about them in the totality of human history by Sovereign Power.

Beyond that our main concern must be to see that man, whose folly drove him from the Garden of Eden, does not commit the blasphemous act of destroying, whether in fear or in anger or in greed, the great and lovely world in which, even in his fallen state, he has been permitted by the grace of God to live.

Empirical, speculative, and rationalistic process thinkers differ, we suspect, on the nature of this dimension of experience, the proper ways of analyzing it, and in their conclusions concerning what can be accomplished by referring to this level of experience While all turn to this depth dimension of life, it is not clear that the «deep empiricism» of the rationalists, which yields universal and necessary truths, is the same as that form of «radical empiricism» whose adherents focus on the particular and the contingent.

Prenatal Partners for Life is a group of concerned parents (most of whom have or had a special needs child), medical professionals, legal professionals and clergy whose aim is to support, inform and encourage expectant or new parents.

Of course, I'm not talking about an absolute but a rule of thumb, and all bets are off when it concerns elected officials and others whose lives are in the public realm (celebrities, wannabes, MySpace exhibitionists, porn stars, bloggers), since there's no way a reality show contestant (for instance) can claim a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - Manhattan), whose district includes Trump Tower, and who led the push for the letter with Donovan, said the group also is concerned about the future cost of protecting Trump Tower, where First Lady Melania Trump and the couple's son Barron continue to live.

The story concerns a devout and fired up southern Pentecostal preacher from Dallas named «Sonny» Dewey whose life falls apart, and he deals with it in not the best way for a man of his sort.

Taking place long before the likes of Jonathan Harker or Abraham Van Helsing would ever come into Dracula's life and transforming the guy into a selfless do - gooder whose chief concern is protecting those he loves, Dracula Untold certainly represents a more sensitive, less gothic response to the character.

A lot of «Showman» is less concerned with the specifics of Barnum's life and times than with sentimentalizing aspects of show business, in particular the way it can provide a makeshift family for people whose biological families rejected them for one reason or another.

Director Dee Rees and Virgil Williams» screenplay (based on Hillary Jordan's novel) is vast in its ambitions, featuring five major characters — living on a farm in rural Mississippi in the years before, during, and after World War II — whose lives, motives, and hopes are the central concern.

Those two events are a vehicle for von Trier to explore both emotional and spiritual crisis while also proffering a pitch - black worldview with regard to God and life's meaning, concerns that feature little of the overt glibness that plagued Antichrist, whose provocations and stylistic tics regularly undercut its psycho - horror, but remain issues that the Danish director treats at a frustrating remove.

Living with her well - to - do parents in Tehran, Ava is a bright and focused teen whose concerns — friendships, music, social status, academic performance — resemble that of nearly any teenager.

Much of the novel is concerned with people whose lives change in an instant; a decision or a chance meeting or a journey occurs and suddenly your life veers off on a new course.

In a disarming blend of everyday life and the sublime, of reverence and irreverence, and of humor and grace, Anne Lamott speaks directly to our most closely held concerns, bringing comfort to anyone — all of us — whose family life can feel overwhelming and uncontainable.

Written in poetic language and saturated with the flavors, smells, and folkways of America's southwest, this captivating tall tale brings life to an engaging, original character, whose love and concern for her neighbors fills the story with joy.

It's a question that has been on my mind lately, especially as I've been talking to parents whose biggest concerns are paying for their child's education, but then end up paying for their lives well past the end of college.

Be concerned about any bitch whose sole function in life appears to be the production of puppies.

The artist's single - channel video works of the past ten years are more allusive and poetic, addressing political and theoretical concerns obliquely via densely constructed image - sound montages whose explicit subjects range from the relationship between Maria Callas and Pier Paolo Pasolini (Come Lontano, 2010) to the life of Charlotte Brontë (CB, 2011).

Kounellis participated in the exhibition «Arte Povera — e IM Spazio» at the La Bertesca Gallery in Genoa curated by Celant, which brought together artists whose work was concerned with the space between art and life, and nature and culture.

Pieterjan Ginckels is a Belgian artist and architect whose work concerns itself with the acceleration of modern life, which he explores through exhibitions and experiences that interweave spatial, artistic, and design practice, and everything in between.

Wind Concerns Ontario is a province - wide advocacy organization whose mission is to protect the health, safety and quality of life of the people of Ontario from industrial wind turbines.

I can't speak to what went through the minds of the good people of Starke County, Indiana, when they decided to hand over to a kid whose entire legal experience was shorter than the shelf life of refrigerated blue cheese salad dressing the authority and discretion to put people in prison, but it seems that his assertion that defendants charged with felonies are less concerned with having a jury trial than saving the county some money.

Interestingly enough, Gerber Products and Gerber Life are financially separate subsidiaries of the Nestlé Corporation, whose basic purpose of operation has been unchanged since 1867, and whose business practices reflect the basic ideas of fairness, honesty and a general concern for people.

If there's a «No», you have all the reasons to be concerned and for those whose devices fall under the «EoL» category, which means «End of Life», don't expect to receive any software update because the device in question is no longer supported.

This BC Court of Appeal case concerns a ten year - old girl whose parents never lived together.

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is an evidence - based intervention approach whose primary goal is to increase the quality of life of the individual exhibiting behaviours of concern by reducing both the behaviours of concern and the use of restrictive interventions, which restrict the rights or freedom of movement of a person with a disability.