Sentences with phrase «with rare courage»

Emin did a philosophy course after art college and adopted conceptual art with a rare courage and clarity.

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The governor, standing on the steps of the capitol with the Tesla CEO, called Musk «a rare visionary who has the courage to reach beyond and to convert the unthinkable into reality.»

Although Cordelia is warned by the owner of the cottage that «it's unwise to become too personally involved with another human being,» her rare inner strength and courage permit her to persevere and survive danger.

Those who were fortunate in seeing him during those eighteen months when he and death sat face to face — who dreaded their first visits and came out gladly inspired with a new faith in the nobility and courage to which rare men can attain — these know that the ugliness and cruelty of death were defeated.

Mirroring the intellectuals Judt commemorates in Reappraisals and Thinking the Twentieth Century, he brims with original thought and has the courage of his convictions — both undervalued traits in his beloved twentieth century, and increasingly rare in our own.

The rare film possessed with the courage required to shine a light into that abyss knowing full well that down is the only way out.

is a defining film, a benchmark example of how brilliance combines with courage and how, through that sexual, ambitious, obsessive, alchemical process, it creates something rare and, in a searing, seductive (Malkovich - ian) way, provides a porthole into that noble, trembling incoherence that defines us all.

But I thank Senator Cruz for inviting the world's only shock - jock art critic to his sub-committee, and I came away with my admiration for the rare courage of professors Christy, Curry and Happer profoundly increased.