| 单词 | human nature |
| 例句 | “So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason—to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Rather it seems that an aspect of human nature is the tendency to cling tightly to one’s advantages and privileges and to rationalize the suffering and exclusion of others. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But we need to remember that small changes in context can be just as important in tipping epidemics, even though that fact appears to violate some of our most deeply held assumptions about human nature. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is human nature to shrug off what may seem to us a vague threat of future disaster. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It is a truism of human nature that people learn to hate those who help them. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So when you grasp what Aristotle’s about—that his theory of rhetoric is also essentially a theory of human nature—you cannot but find yourself in awe. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Communism only works in theory, and goes against human nature. This place won’t last.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Fine with me. But you don’t know human nature. You don’t know Nam.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah! Except in my bad side of human nature,” murmured Biddy. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Working as COs, he said, would make us “students of human nature.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People more advantageously placed than we in Harlem were, and are, will no doubt find the psychology and the view of human nature sketched above dismal and shocking in the extreme. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “It’s human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In China, there were concubines — not what she wanted to be at all, but which proved human nature capable of different sorts of marriage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But as Einstein many times replied when his suggestions were rejected as impractical or as inconsistent with “human nature”: What is the alternative? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Such a grim view of human nature you have,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Dr. Woodhull being sick, ailing and incapable of self-support, I felt it my duty to myself and to human nature that he should be cared for,” she said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In her autobiography, Elizabeth described Bayard as “a tall, fully developed man, remarkably fine looking, with cultivated literary taste and a profound knowledge of human nature.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z That was the period when divine good humor and the hidden forces of human nature acted with impunity to provoke a state of emergency and upheaval in the laws of physics and logic. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All of us have been driven nearly mad by our wives and sweethearts, but King Pelles was aware that there is a tough streak in human nature which generally prevents us from being quite driven. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody was essentially himself—was riotously busy fulfilling the vagaries of human nature. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing to worry about, baby. It happens to every woman. It’s just human nature.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her human nature seemed to be winning out over her bird nature. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Jefferson's version of a classless American society was therefore a pipe dream, because the source of the problem was not European feudalism but human nature itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In his business, he observed human nature and came to certain conclusions about it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was human nature, and Jule had spent years training to make herself especially good at it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z My father’s view of human nature has always been bleak, but scientists were excluded from it, and now they aren’t. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But Hollywood knew more about human nature than we realized. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “But there are differences. The social studies I’ve read . . .” “They don’t deal with any basic difference in human nature between black and white,” I said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I shall never again consider myself even the remotest judge of human nature. You may quote me wildly on that.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “You have to realize that it’s human nature to want to score,” Akhi explained. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And to hear David talk about it, it's like it all happened because a long, long time ago people tried to mess with human nature and ended up making it worse. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I’ve gained some insight into human nature since I came here, which is good, but I’ve had enough for the present. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I say it is the Ordonance of God Almighty, in the Constitution of human nature, and wrought into the Fabric of the Universe,” Adams answered. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Ordinarily, nobody got excited about it—it was human nature. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether it was Cuba, Russia, or the United States, whether about the nature of crime, money, or bureaucracies—or human nature in general, including how many people really belonged in prison—their views rarely matched. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Representative of the sympathies and frailties of human nature. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Against human nature. This elaborate story, you can’t say, Hey, by the way, I don’t know the ending. I mean, you got certain obligations.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s always going to be someone kicking you down so they can climb higher. It’s just human nature. Why waste your time trying to change the system when you can just game it?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Cheating may or may not be human nature, but it is certainly a prominent feature in just about every human endeavor. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was human nature, and when that happened, she would be even worse off than before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Some show a shrewd knowledge of human nature:— Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Those lost in the memory serum haze are gathered into groups and given the truth: that human nature is complex, that all our genes are different, but neither damaged nor pure. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Another edifice constructed by the human mind, decimated by human nature. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We prefer, none the less, to recognise human nature as we find it displayed in the everyday behaviour of the civilised majority in modern life—imperfect, no doubt, but certainly cooperative and frequently benevolent. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “It’s a—it’s a bad side of human nature.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is human nature to seek out hidden things. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Were they so blind to human nature, to developing situations? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He expounded his ideas about medicine, human nature, politics, and business. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “This really is a very bad side of human nature! Don’t say any more, if you please, Biddy. This shocks me very much.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It is only in accordance with general principles of human nature that the “bloofer lady” should be the popular rôle at these al fresco performances. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Not that the affluent are any better—I mean, human nature is human nature. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z By the production’s end you are almost guaranteed to agree with the writer Lorrie Moore’s assertion “I sometimes think of female adolescence as the most powerful life force that human nature has to offer.” Review: ‘Dance Nation,’ the Power and the Terror of Girls at 13 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z “I like the idea of using this language and material as an expression of human nature and the hand of creation.” Ai Weiwei Takes His Work to a Prison 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z She presents him with a tiny box of myrrh, “The gift brought by the Moorish king,” and explains that it represents human nature. Review | In ‘The German House,’ a translator comes to terms with her family’s role in World War II 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Haigh’s ideas about society and human nature are legible and convincing, and his adventure tale is, moment by moment, plausible and engrossing. Review: In ‘The North Water,’ There’s Blood on the Ice 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Instead of being known as a mere aggregator of research results, Miller found himself identified as a kind of sage — a discoverer of a profound truth about human nature. Everything you need to know about the internet 2010-06-19T23:14:00Z Yet Alfonso winds up confounded by the stubborn complexity of human nature. A Salzburg Festival Rich With Dreams and Power 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z “Via the British ‘Circus’ and its Soviet counterpart, Le Carré created a laboratory of human nature; a test-track where the innate fractures of the heart and mind could be driven to destruction.” John le Carré, Best-Selling Author of Cold War Thrillers, Dies at 89 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z It’s human nature to wonder what babies are thinking. Bundles of joy: which baby movie is for you? 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z But it turns out there’s no better cure than a long view of history and human nature that manages to be both sharply observant and expansive at the same time. Perspective | At the Toronto International Film Festival, you can feel anxiety in the air — and on the screen 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Surely, human nature being what it is, there has been some tension, or at least competition, behind the scenes? Which actress is Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'? (And yes, that's a trick question) 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Its lessons about human nature are thought-provoking, but perhaps not as memorable as its motley, eccentric display of humanity in extremis. In ‘Snowpiercer,’ the Train Trip to End All Train Trips 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Or the resilience of human nature can prevail. Review: 'The Exonerated' is compelling, chilling 2012-09-20T01:06:07Z “We are here to talk about human nature.” ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 4: Mind Games 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The show asks what existing technologies will be able to do when they’re developed just a little bit more, and it applies the answers to the darkest impulses of human nature. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Black Mirror’ and Bill Nye Return 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Here Farmer is contemplating the infinite complexity of human nature, all together and one by one; each of these figures is a multiplicity in itself. Geoffrey Farmer: The Surgeon and the Photographer; Marcel Dzama: Puppets, Pawns and Prophets – review 2013-04-06T23:05:12Z The long history of fashion, as gleaned from portraits, manuscripts, engravings, and other pictorial evidence, speaks volumes about the evolution of Western culture—not to mention human nature. A New Exhibition Explores the History—and Architecture—of Underwear 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z “It’s not necessarily to fight against the state, but it’s necessary to fight against human nature. This is a very good beginning.” Emmanuel Carrère’s New Book Profiles Edward Limonov 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z It’s a way to explore the complexity of human nature and the profound impact that crime and the criminal-justice system can have on individuals and society at large. HBO Documentary Has Competition. These Women Don’t Seem Worried. 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Bolshevik leaders subliminally grasped the contradiction almost at once; and their rankly Procrustean answer was to leave the program untouched and change human nature. Martin Amis on Lenin’s Deadly Revolution 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z A master at understanding human nature, Dostoyevsky weaves a world set against 19th century St. Petersberg as the murder takes a toll on Raskolnikov’s conscience. 35 Books Everyone Should Read in Their Lifetime 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The novel is an unquestionable indictment of racism as well as one of the greatest studies of human nature ever published. Harpo Marx, South Carolina’s Voting History and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Cassettes made you put more effort into loving music; it's only human nature to value something more when there was a little effort involved. Alexis Petridis on the joy of cassettes 2010-06-23T21:29:00Z In a show that tends to be fairly pessimistic about human nature, and very pessimistic about relationships, I’d love to see this as a rare moment of closure in a sea of loose ends. Pete Campbell’s redemption: Is “Mad Men” just toying with our need for a happy ending? 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Perhaps it is expecting too much of human nature to think that the Army would sit in judgment on its own conduct in Vietnam. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In response to email questions, Mr. Martin wrote that as an artist, he had an obligation to tell the truth about history and about human nature. For ‘Game of Thrones,’ Rising Unease Over Rape’s Recurring Role 2014-05-03T01:43:04Z Indeed, the greatest irony of all is that many of the people promoting optimism are unwittingly feeding a view of human nature that is cynical in the very worst sense. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z “There’s no limit to what people will do when they feel entitled,” he says, and what “Red State” ultimately espouses is less a political ideology than a tragic view of human nature. | 'Red State': Kevin Smith?s ?Red State? - Review 2011-09-23T04:03:27Z “Come Fly Away” is a reductive show; its view of human nature is very limited indeed. Isherwood and Macaulay Spar Over ?Come Fly Away? 2010-03-31T22:26:00Z Poldek’s Jews, meanwhile, huddle in darkness and enact their own parables of human nature under duress. | 'In Darkness': ?In Darkness? From Agnieszka Holland - Review 2011-12-09T01:31:14Z It’s not a superhero show, in which a random individual is elevated into something better; it hints, science-fictionally, at a fundamental change in human nature generally. Sympathetic Sci-Fi 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z I am a fan of Monty Python, and not just because I am English, but because we need to laugh at the absurd aspects of human nature, which is often far removed from authentic nature. Animal Doctor: Are my cats trying to play mind games with me? 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z At times there’s too much in “Both Your Houses” — there’s talk of politics, human nature and government duty, and a hint of romance — not to mention a rambling start and an overlong first half. Theater Review: ‘Both Your Houses,’ at Metropolitan Playhouse 2012-10-03T18:55:02Z But these latent notions in human nature and the American mind have taken a great step forward – or backward – recently. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z She wanted parts that let her touch “the weirdness and the wildness and the inner forests” of human nature, she said. Cristin Milioti Is No One’s Accessory 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The songs are not a set of solutions, and they don’t conclude with an acceptance of contradiction in human nature. Review: Anohni’s Declaration Against War 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z It was a timeless allegory of freedom, ethics and human nature. Richard Adams, Author of ‘Watership Down,’ Dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z The way they handle the bodies afterwards maybe testifies to something at the very core of humanity – of our grubby human nature. Armadillo: the Afghanistan war documentary that shocked Denmark 2010-06-03T20:45:00Z Because of this deeply entrenched quirk in human nature, South Shore is able to offer both solitude and cacophony. My Favorite Place: Little Compton, R.I. 2011-09-23T18:58:31Z So I hope doctors realise that it's only human nature to make mistakes. The Cribs' Ryan Jarman: 'This is the only job I can do ... McDonald's wouldn't employ me' 2013-02-27T09:28:23Z He's already got the hair, and is capable of projecting a sleepy vagueness to mask the essential "foxy knowledge of human nature" described by Columbo's original creators Richard Levinson and William Link. A reboot of Columbo is a fantastic idea – apart from one enormous flaw 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Call me a pessimist or call me a humanist, but I don’t see human nature fundamentally changing anytime soon. What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped? 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Either way, it reinforces the addictive streak in human nature. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z Sheikh Adel al-Kalbani, the former imam of Mecca's Grand Mosque, said the state body set up to promote the kingdom's entertainment drive "violates human nature." Comics and music shows in Saudi Arabia draw rebuke from clerics 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z These works show opposite views of human nature, too. Review: City Ballet’s ‘Harlequinade’ and ‘N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz’ Delve Into Human Nature 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z AOH: I'm afraid that may be so -- but isn't that human nature? Great Oscar debate: What is the real best picture? 2011-02-26T01:01:00Z The results obtained drawing on this conveniently available set of “normal” people were assumed by almost all researchers to be universal features of human nature, the human brain, the human emotional system. Why Are We in the West So Weird? A Theory 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Wyatt and Reeves retained this idea of faults hardwired into human nature, but in terms of theme and approach, they went wider, dug deeper. How Planet of the Apes became a truly modern movie franchise 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Here was an Etonian who became a rebellious spirit and whose life, superbly told by our most romantic contemporary biographer, will remind them how human nature works. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z “We can pretend that there’s no such thing as human nature and that we’re all not just shaved apes competing for resources, but that’s ignorance.” Adam Carolla outlines his America in new book, ‘President Me’ Adam’s primal disobedience did not affect him alone; it blighted human nature forever in the eyes of God. ‘Born Bad’: How the idea that we’re all sinners has shaped Western culture 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Its theme of humanity shows us that no matter how advanced we become, we can't deny our basic human nature – we remain fundamentally tribal animals. The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music? 2012-11-29T20:00:02Z Putting questions about your romantic life aside, isn’t it typical of the perversity of human nature that you should be fixating on your loss rather then celebrating the friendship you’ve enjoyed? I’m 26, a virgin and attracted to a woman twice my age 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Marston, of course, saw no conflict; for all his claims of insight into the truth about human nature and romantic desire, he was never particularly good at being honest about his own. The unconventional family that gave birth to Wonder Woman 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z “Bedtime Stories” mimics the sort of dark tales of human nature that fill the schedule of reality channels like A&E and Investigation Discovery, turning them into absurd and creepy yet unsettlingly ordinary vignettes. ‘Mr. Pickles’ and a New Tim & Eric Show, on Adult Swim 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Every breath she breathed was about struggling against her fleshly desires, her sinful human nature. "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" helped me reconsider my painful Evangelical childhood 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z The great appeal of her book is that history here is like quicksilver, assuming new shapes that are never quite the ones you imagined, while human nature remains sadly but reassuringly constant. Books of The Times: Stella Tillyard?s ?Tides of War,? Napoleonic Novel - Review 2011-12-21T21:56:44Z “All actors tend to be keen observers of human nature,” Brown says. When art doesn’t pay the bills, an actor needs a good supporting role 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Studying swearing is a way of studying human nature itself. Weapons of crass construction 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The father was a Catholic priest with a razor-sharp intellect, a profound understanding of human nature and a rock-solid faith in God. 5 plot-twisting tales in 'Sidney Chambers' collection 2012-07-25T21:47:06Z It is an exploration of human nature in extremis. Tribeca Interview: Tom Hiddleston 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z It’s one of his best books, drawing its terror from human nature, not from a voyage into fearsome fantasyland. Stephen King and Son Team Up for a Novel About Women Whose Sleep Should Not Be Disturbed 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z As with many things regarding human nature, the answer is complicated. Why doesn’t everyone believe in God?: The skeptical brain may hold the answer 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z But the whole film is a missed opportunity because the situations repeatedly defy credibility, and the humor never says anything remotely fresh about human nature or the world we live in. Movie Review: ‘Walk of Shame,’ About a Trip on Which Everything Goes Wrong 2014-05-02T22:23:30Z It's an unedifying trend among our politicians to appeal to the side of human nature that congratulates itself but finds fault in others. Alarm clock Britain, Mr Clegg? It's about time you woke up to reality 2011-01-16T00:05:47Z We need to feel included; it’s part of our human nature, literally. Doomed to relive high school? Science that says who we were at 16 still defines us 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Here’s the thing: if you’re going to reconcile the extremes of human nature, you could do worse than correctly identifying them first. The X-Files recap: Islamist terror and 'badonkadonk' 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z It is not an artifice that the mind has added to human nature. Making Art in a Time of Rage 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z It’s not going to solve the problem; there will always be these other challenges of human nature. Southern Poverty Law Center President: ‘We have to get back to a place where we all can agree on how to find truth’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Let me be clear: Nothing about “Special Correspondents” is relevant or interesting about media, warfare, or human nature. The fall of Ricky Gervais: How did the once-brilliant star of “The Office” end up here? 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Contrary to his declarations, there’s nothing unrealistic about lust – the desire for a fellow human being is about as real an expression of human nature as you can get. My boyfriend cheated on me but I want to move in | Mariella Frostrup 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z “It’s human nature and a bore. An inspirational concept comes from a collection of parts and pieces of all we experience in the act of everyday living and that wonderful sauce, ‘imagination.’” Harry Gesner, Architect of Soaring California Style, Dies at 97 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z I bought the video, by the way, and it was unsurprisingly well worth the five bucks, an hour-plus of Louis CK-ian observations on sex, parenting and human nature. Louis CK Wins the Internet (and a Bet on Human Decency) 2011-12-14T15:46:16Z Not only society but human nature had to be destroyed, and only then rebuilt. Intimations of immortality 2011-01-08T00:05:59Z And by appealing to the basest impulses of human nature: anger, fear and bigotry. Anger, fear, bigorty: The GOP’s elegant implosion 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z That just isn't human nature and the charts, at their most interesting, reflect the messy, visceral, impulsive side of human nature. Thatcher Ding Dong! chart campaign is puerile – but the best protest available 2013-04-11T11:46:33Z Both volumes transformed the English language, but also shaped ideas about human nature, freedom and responsibility. Exhibition Review: ?Manifold Greatness? and King James Bible at Folger - Review 2011-09-29T22:15:20Z It awakened me to this idea that I now see as one of opera’s superpowers, which is to show us the darkest sides of human nature. ‘Wozzeck,’ the 20th Century’s Most Influential Opera, Turns 100 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z At first glance, it is pure, slick sci-fi: thought-provoking on the subject of human nature and technology; also weird and gloomy, but certainly interesting. It’s wild and weird, but will ‘Westworld’ become the big hit drama HBO needs? 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z The best dramas dealing with violence use it to uncover greater truths about human nature. Review: In ‘Divine Horsemen,’ a Checklist of Tough-Guy Tropes 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z She writes such absorbing, wise, tender books, devastatingly acute about human nature – and wonderfully easy to read. 'I watch old westerns while the spuds are in the oven': creative people on how they relax 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z And the distinction between them is hardly an academic matter: it bears crucial implications for how we think about human nature, as well as how to best alleviate human suffering. Human behaviour: is it all in the brain – or the mind? 2013-06-29T23:05:40Z It forces the thought: What have all the technological achievements of Microsoft, Amazon, Apple wrought, when it comes to changing certain fundamental certainties of human nature? A dazzling new book by David Guterson 2011-10-15T04:27:07Z So the question is: Did human nature change in the interval? Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z They are places where human nature and human behaviour has to be tested, extended, challenged. 'I've made a body you can actually go in' 2012-11-27T16:05:13Z "This show is about how human nature just steps in every time and ruins everything," he said. Jerry Seinfeld finds himself a Broadway director 2010-10-12T19:47:00Z Instead we get mischievous and sinister images, perhaps befitting an age in which the interface between animal nature and human nature is more fraught with tension than graced with back-to-nature harmony. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z Those who claim to dismiss the mind/body dichotomy actually perpetuate it when they exclude the mind's self-awareness from among the data of human nature. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z He also took hundreds of pages of detailed notes on human nature, sexual and otherwise. Making a Case for ‘The Voyeur’s Motel’ by Gay Talese 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Maybe that reflects underlying truths about human nature and maybe it doesn’t, but it certainly both reflected and affected the Zeitgeist of turn-of-the-century America. Nora Ephron’s romantic-comedy revolution 2012-06-27T16:35:00Z “There’s nothing about human nature that would surprise him,” the novelist Robert Harris, a co-writer of “The Ghost Writer,” said recently. 2010-02-12T18:53:00Z Artifacts | The Rocks at 30 Rock In the age of the camera phone, it’s human nature to snap away at anything unusual. | The Rocks at 30 Rock 2013-04-26T21:47:31Z The New York Times found in Keilson, who is a psychiatrist, penetrating understanding of human nature, describing the two novels as "masterpieces" and Keilson as a "genius". German resistance centenarian Hans Keilson wins UK deal for war novel 2010-10-17T21:50:00Z I would like to think it should, but there is art that serves neither, and yet provides an insight into human nature, helping us understand good and evil. The Zero Dark Thirty Argument: Why Deceptive Art Can Be Great 2012-12-11T16:10:11Z There will always be a reluctance to accept this complexity, which is the complexity of human nature. Mario Vargas Llosa: a life in writing 2012-06-15T21:55:18Z The whole point of Jane Marple is her age and how she uses a long lifetime of observing small-town folk to better understand human nature, applying these mature insights to criminal detection. Gene Weingarten: Have you lost your Marples, Hollywood? 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z My concern is that if they don't understand "beyond reasonable doubt" they won't be able understand human nature, let alone decide reliably who is telling the truth. Should jurors have to take a test? 2013-02-23T18:00:01Z As a writer and a psychotherapist, I'm fascinated by human nature, and I love reading about the problems of ordinary women. Beyond "girl gone mad melodrama" — reframing female anger in psychological thrillers 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Exploring this inherently conflicted human nature is the focus of “Dream Catcher,” Stephen Sachs’ new drama at the Fountain Theatre. Opposites attract, and collide, in Fountain Theatre's 'Dream Catcher' 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z BioShock Infinite aimed to be a game that engaged its audience by posing questions about human nature. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: BioShock Infinite and Video Game Reviews 2013-12-26T13:01:36Z “The Leftovers” mainly acts as a means to deliver the worst news about human nature. ‘The Leftovers’: A biblical event leaves a sorrowful mystery Many Christians today are discomfited by Augustine’s downbeat views on human nature. O come all ye faithful 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z This shamefully tasty hate-watch is also a study in human nature, a fine lowbrow opportunity both to marvel at the masks we put on and to examine how and why they crack. “Dating Around,” Reviewed: Courtship Drama and a Delicious Tingle of Voyeurism 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Violence against others now becomes acceptable, and the darkest, most primal side of our human nature comes out. What Scares the People Who Scare Us? 2011-10-31T15:37:35Z It is almost a law of human nature that parents want the best for their children – it is the parents who do not want the best for their children that social workers worry about. Is nepotism ever acceptable? 2011-04-09T23:05:55Z What faith and doubt have in common is that both are hard work, and the hard-won wisdom of “Higher Ground” is that human nature does not necessarily distinguish between saints and sinners. | 'Higher Ground': ?Higher Ground,? Directed by and Starring Vera Farmiga 2011-08-25T22:13:02Z I think it is human nature to gradually lower your efforts with a repetitious job you’ve done for many years. Ask Amy: Widowed mother-in-law still uses spouse’s parking permit 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Did you have fun grappling with contradictory impulses of yourself and human nature in general? Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Like “Slaughterhouse-Five” and much of the rest of her father’s oeuvre, “Wanda June” is “an outgrowth of coming to terms with the evil that he saw, his disappointment in human nature,” she said. Kurt Vonnegut’s Vietnam-Era Play Lands With a Gasp 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z This doesn't say something nice about us as a race or about human nature. "It is always the other who is guilty, never us": Movie "R.M.N." examines what drives xenophobia 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z It is one of the most lacerating works of literature ever written, a hard, pitiless stare into the abyss, not just of death, but of human nature. The Death of Ivan Ilyich/The Devil by Leo Tolstoy ? review 2011-07-28T09:00:00Z Mr. Gioni, the curator, writes in his catalog essay that the desperate need to be extraordinary lies “at the root of human nature.” Object Lessons: The New Museum Explores Why We Keep Things 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z As with Damages, there’s a gimlet-eyed skepticism of human nature here, which makes it tough to connect with any of the Rayburns, at least early on. Review: On Netflix's Bloodline, a Family That Preys Together 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z So it’s comforting to me to realise that it’s not human nature, that it wasn’t always this way – and it won’t always be this way. Gloria Steinem meets Gloria Allred: ‘Donald Trump has made us woke’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z The chief demerit of the Marxist program was its point-by-point defiance of human nature. Martin Amis on Lenin’s Deadly Revolution 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z His sense of humor, but more importantly, his uncanny knack for capturing human nature in all its imperfect glory, captivates me. Lisa Gardner, the Thriller Writer Who Loves Historical Romance 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z I decided to make the film about human nature and this internal conflict that I feel exists in every one of us. "It is always the other who is guilty, never us": Movie "R.M.N." examines what drives xenophobia 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z His fables explore the foibles of human nature. Paris Sirens 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z For me, her books show that great literature, the kind that marries meticulous craft and deep understanding of human nature, can require work on the part of the reader. A Writer Who Stared Down Her Past, and the World’s, With Steely Resolve 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z It's in our human nature to be judgmental. Seattle's Whim W'Him is troupe of the moment 2012-01-11T22:03:04Z If neither era showed human nature at its best, it was hard not to discern between the lines a certain amount of nostalgia for the world before the fall. Mom and Dad Were Spies: Two New Novels Unravel Complicated Legacies, One Secret Mission at a Time 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z But you have to realize that that's an ugly part of human nature. Wendell Pierce on bringing a Black Willy Loman to life, making "Death of a Salesman" relevant today 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z But it implies two different views of morality, psychology, and human nature. Is Heisenberg Dead? Walter White and the Light-Switch Theory of Morality 2013-09-24T16:44:50Z It will only be human nature if they vote for the sleek Tory panther with its heartless zest for life. Franz Kafka's election guide 2010-04-08T09:15:00Z The randomness of life and the capriciousness of human nature were recurrent motifs in French New Wave movies of the 1960s and ’70s. ‘2 Autumns, 3 Winters,’ Homage to the New Wave 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z One reason that “Girls” is unsettling is that it is an acerbic, deadpan reminder that human nature doesn’t change. Television Review: Lena Dunham?s ?Girls? Begins on HBO 2012-04-12T18:49:02Z And even better than the stories of the moving jobs are moments of observation that say an enormous amount about human nature in just a few words. Memoirs Take the Wheel 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z "We don't need the glamour of neuroscience to tell us that Smith's observations about human nature are correct," argues Raymond Tallis, the author of Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity. Oxytocin: could the 'trust hormone' rebond our troubled world? 2011-08-20T23:08:00Z It follows his career as the creator of biting cartoons that often addressed the darker side of human nature, while battling alcoholism. Disabled by alcohol - Van Sant brings cartoonist biopic to Berlin 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z It is a painful fact of human nature that the people to whom we bond most quickly and completely — our parents — are those who can inflict the most lasting harm. A Mother’s Secrets, a Daughter’s Lies 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Mountain People With a Bad Reputation A nagging junior high memory prompts a perilous trek to the back of beyond in “Ikland,” Cevin Soling and David Hilbert’s offbeat meditation on human nature and academic hubris. Movie Review: ‘Ikland’ Documents a Visit to a Vilified Tribe 2012-06-14T23:54:20Z What had to be done, Douglass said, was to “render the rights of the states compatible with the sacred rights of human nature.” The Black Sergeant and the White Judge Who Changed Civil Rights History 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Gossip may not be good for you, per se, but it’s deeply connected to human nature. Feeling Socially Rusty? Try a Little Light Gossiping. 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z “And I am not scared of that. I am not fearful of the darkness. If anything, I am intrigued by it, because I think it explains human nature and people better.” Charlize Theron’s Sick Work Ethic 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Novels are a place to explore human nature, not current events. Life Is Imitating Stephen King’s Art, and That Scares Him 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z “It was a sobering dark look at the dark side of human nature, and that pivotal moment was a real loss of innocence.” Tarantino did not tell Polanski about film set against Manson murders 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The intention seems less to shine a light on human nature than to cast it in funhouse shapes. Battle of the Sexes? For This Voracious Heroine, It’s All-Out War. 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s human nature to obsess on things that are broken while barely glancing at all that’s working. Perspective | Ask yourself: What are you grateful for? 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z It's human nature to press at the boundaries of stories, to scrabble at the edges, to want to know what's going on just out of range of the camera. The Boy Who Lived Forever 2011-07-07T09:15:00Z A thousand regulations and prohibitions take the place of law, while justice is destroyed by an insistent appeal to the most sordid, cruel and mean-spirited elements in human nature. Rereading: Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin 2011-01-07T11:40:24Z “It’s not a conspiracy,” Plum argues with her, “it’s human nature. People like pretty things.” Killer looks: how Dietland confronts the violence of beauty culture 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z “The French are not cynical, but a bit skeptical about the human nature,” the ambassador says. In Charlie Hebdo tragedy, the French ambassador finds his place in Washington 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Other selections in the book delve into human nature more wryly. Lessons in travel — and bravura writing — from ‘The Best of Outside: The First 20 Years’ 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z “In this respect, these houses are built out of the resourcefulness of human nature, not by purchasing power.” In Japan, His Disaster Art Saves Lives 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Why invent nomadic tribes, noble kings and mythical creatures from whole cloth, only to doom them to repeat the worst mistakes of human history or reflect the saddest aspects of human nature? Riff: The Bleak ?Game of Thrones? Needs More Light 2011-04-17T03:00:17Z But Holland thinks human nature hasn't changed much. Wilde's grandson's stage scandal 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s less deep than you might imagine from late-career photographs, which make him look like a woolly elder statesman of the cinema, or from seeing his movies, which raise dark questions about human nature. ‘Kubrick by Kubrick’ Review: Stanley Plays Himself 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z While films often provide a crucible for examining human nature, there is something heightened when characters face incredible pressure under a same-day deadline. The 10 best movies that take place in one day 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z “Adams was not inclined to believe mankind improvable, but was certain it was important that human nature be understood.” David McCullough, Best-Selling Explorer of America’s Past, Dies at 89 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z As the nutritionist Marion Nestle remarked 10 years ago in her book, What to Eat: “It is human nature to eat when presented with food, and to eat more when presented with more food.” Our gigantic problem with portions: why are we all eating too much? 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Lots of people try and change human nature but it's a real waste of time. Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth Catalog, the book that changed the world 2013-05-04T23:00:04Z But Downsizing shows this utopian project promptly being debased by human nature and, more specifically, by American capitalism. Alexander Payne on Downsizing: ‘The film isn’t a major statement – it’s a metaphor’ 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Of course, human nature intervenes, and feels become rather entangled. Comfort TV: 9 comedies to binge as an escape from our nation's madness 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Nor, however, is it a primal fact of human nature, encoded by genes and ratified by custom. The Carpetbagger: Box Office Heroines 2012-12-07T15:00:34Z One straight-faced bit of silliness topples over into another, cutting with surprising sharpness to the bone of human nature. James Morrow’s satiric novel ‘Galápagos Regained’ takes on Darwin and God 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z The “Origins of Virtue” was published in the mid-1990s and argues that cooperation and virtue are just as deep-rooted in human nature as selfishness. Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z This view of human nature constitutes a departure for the creator of the series, Beau Willimon, from his work on “House of Cards,” with its sensational intrigue and pulp treachery. “The First,” Reviewed: Sean Penn’s Mission to Mars Is Futurism with a Nostalgic Bent 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The entirety of human nature is conveyed in a palm-to-palm grip — along with a panoply of contagions. Perspective | The handshake will return. It’s too much a part of who we are. 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z And while Mr. Gout seems pessimistic about his country, he is not entirely cynical about human nature, or for that matter about movies. ‘Days of Grace,’ a Mexican Film by Everardo Gout 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Obreht, who is best known for her stunning debut novel “The Tiger’s Wife,” has a knack for illuminating both history and human nature in her writing; “Inland” continues in that vein. You need to read this: 5 hot new fiction books coming in August 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z That there are instincts, basic conditions of human nature that lead to a preferred social order. Noam Chomsky: 'No individual changes anything alone' 2013-03-22T19:08:27Z I am well versed in the theories of Locke and Hobbes on human nature and government, so I set to teaching my daughter some of the basics of Enlightenment thought. Motherlode Blog: When 'Help' With Homework Is Too Much 2013-02-03T14:22:47Z Noir, he said, “presupposes the worst aspects of human nature,” yet its birth “coincided with the pinnacle of American style.” San Francisco Noir 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z I think that it is human nature to want something happily predictable for the first meal of the day. Seize the Morning: The Case for Breakfast 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z It is absolutely absurd to think that human nature will cease to be human nature in the pressure cooker of playing in the Olympics. Michael Phelps isn’t the greatest 2012-08-02T11:55:00Z Reality shows tend to hold up a less-than-flattering mirror to human nature. “Not all of us are A-plus students all the time”: Life lessons from “Master Chef Junior”, TV’s most inspiring show 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Its mix of anarchy and satire should suit the talents of director Paul Hunter, who always directs with a sharp eye for the foibles of human nature. Almeida festival 2013, Too Clever By Half, Josephine & I: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z This is a misleading interpretation of human nature and the power of personal faith. Jesus, big money and the GOP: Before Fox News, there was “The 700 Club” 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Lindeen steers viewers towards an impression of science’s inability to reckon with the obviousness of human nature, good or bad. “The Raft” Chronicles an Extreme Experiment with Human Nature 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Its basic premise relies on an unshakable faith in human nature, and the primary goodness of the human race. ‘Power Must Be Taken’: Excerpts From ‘The Anarchist Cookbook’ 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Camp, Sontag continues, is "the spirit of extravagance," as well as "a kind of love, a love for human nature," which "relishes, rather than judges." LGBT+ history: The story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Wren responds, without irony, that the concert “reminds them what human nature is capable of.” Sean Penn directs “The Last Face” like it’s his last chance 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z The upshot is that while it's human nature to seek ancient insight into the current world, people should not interpret the Maya calendar as predicting a cataclysmic event. Maya exhibit in Philly seeks to dispel 2012 myths 2012-05-04T16:17:17Z But then it's human nature to shoot the messenger. Damien Hirst's skull tasteless? That's the point 2011-02-22T16:29:42Z "I have to say," he added solemnly, "that I have a lot of confidence in human nature." Paris, home of the avant-garde 2011-03-26T00:05:47Z It’s in human nature to pursue spiritual or fantastic things, for whatever reason, that’s why we like art and escapism, isn’t it? Boards of Canada Create Moody Sci-Fi on Tomorrow’s Harvest 2013-06-11T12:00:51Z “In reality, it was completely contrary to human nature.” Prison Memoir of a Black Man in the 1850s 2013-12-11T22:27:21Z But, while such topicality might add resonance to a production of a different ballgame-themed play, “Take Me Out” is really about human nature, not the sports business. 1st Stage’s ‘Take Me Out’ swings for the fences but falls short in some areas That is why The Prince is still interesting and relevant and why it remains, for all its bleak view of human nature, the best practical guide on how to wield power that has been written. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z “He was celebrated for his talent in the church, but he was ostracized; he was shunned. He was a victim of intolerance in the church but also the victim of his own human nature.” Complicated Legacy of a Gospel Singer 2014-04-28T20:45:33Z He presses witnesses, roams the grounds and sticks close to Marta, the most sympathetic and sentimentalized character in a movie that otherwise exhibits an exuberant skepticism about human nature. ‘Knives Out’ Review: Murder Most Clever 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Whether those facts invalidate his insight into human nature is up to you. “Cartel Land”: A crazy, violent trip into Mexico’s deadly drug war and America’s border paranoia 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z “I couldn’t believe how good it was. It’s very organic. There’s mistakes, there’s human nature. It’s an honest record, and for the age he was, it’s a pretty heavy record.” Leo Nocentelli’s long-lost folk-funk album sees the light of day, 50 years later 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Excuses, Excuses Suppose the threat comes from human nature — some obstinate habit woven in our genes. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z He’s such a sharp observer of human nature that he notices something different about Evie, a new inmate arrested for murder just as the epidemic begins. Stephen King and Owen King imagine a world where women aren’t woke 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z He traveled the far reaches of the British Empire to research his stories, indelible and unflinching examinations of human nature. A year of magical biographies 2010-11-19T22:09:00Z Against this backdrop, Mr O’Gorman’s celebration of the wonderful eccentricity of human nature is both refreshing and necessary. Did I lock the back door? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z For Letterman, each of these episodes offered him a further education in the evolution of entertainment and deeper insights as an interviewer and observer of human nature. David Letterman Isn’t Here to Cheer You Up This Time 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z "It was basic human nature," Mike says, because "nobody wants to leave home." 'Better Call Saul' recap: Free a gangster from jail -- or else! 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z None of that works out the way Véra hopes, and she’s about to learn various painful lessons in politics, economics and human nature. “Maison Close”: Dive into 19th-century brothel life with this addictive French workplace drama 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World by Jonathan Powell Machiavelli was focused on human nature and his writings capture eternal verities in the same way that Shakespeare's plays do. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z The words themselves – something about the technological age and nature, nature, nature, human nature – get lost in the echoing space. Tino Sehgal: These Associations 2012-07-23T15:23:00Z The final act takes place on the shores of what seems to be an uncharted desert isle, where the survivors obligingly act out an allegory about power and human nature. ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Review: Don’t Worry, Be Happy 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z But the problems appear systemic, tied to human nature and economics. Review: ‘What Lies Upstream,’ a Broad View of a Chemical Spill 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z But the reality of human nature is more complicated than that. Stop using your dog or kid as your Facebook photo and make peace with your looks 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z He writes about nature, sure, but also about human nature. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z “I think I’ve just taken a different step. I’m an observer of human nature, but then I put it into a story for children.” When art doesn’t pay the bills, an actor needs a good supporting role 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z But the novels are also recognizably McCarthy’s, laced with transcendent language and profound insights into human nature. In His New Books, Cormac McCarthy Gets Real 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The biblical witness, often perceptive on issues of human nature, is enlightening here. A Protestant liberal defends clerical celibacy 2013-03-10T12:00:00Z Such is human nature, to forget to look back along the road to see how far we’ve come. Where's 'The Pride' in love? The way we've pursued it then and now 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z This piece is of a piece with the other ruminating he’s done about time, space, gravity and human nature. The Acrobatic Artwork That Pretty Much Sums Up 2017 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z As long as families struggle with and chafe against the limitations of human nature and the American dream, "Fences" will stun and sing. Theater review: Seattle Rep's staging of 'Fences' hits it out of the park 2010-04-01T20:18:00Z Only those sharper observers of human nature recognized that she must be meeting some deep need in me, too, for … something. Did my best friend really know me? 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Sidney’s detective partner, Geordie Keating, is an avowed atheist who nevertheless respects Sidney’s acute understanding of human nature. Sidney Chambers is again on the case 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z He mixes his observations of the systemic racism and cycle of unrest with the ridiculousness of and unrelenting affection for human nature. 7 must-read novels to transport you in February 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Thucydides was his model historian and Kagan shared the ancient Greek scholar’s dark views of human nature, how among nations power triumphed over morality. Donald Kagan, leading neo-conservative historian, dead at 89 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Obstacles to everyone’s happiness crop up, generate kooky mishaps and finally resolve themselves in gladdening fashion while implying a few easily graspable truths about life and human nature. ‘In Love and Warcraft’: Madhuri Shekar plays with games of romance and conflict 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z We might view these films then as social documents intended to aid our collective understanding, not only of human nature and society, but of narrative art itself. Real-life terror: is it exploitative to use human suffering for cinematic thrills? 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z It raises similar questions about ethics and human nature, without the body count. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2, Episode 2: What’s Hoboken Got to Do With It? 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z “It’s human nature to get defensive when your belief system is being challenged and attacked,” he said. Vaccine conversations can be messy. Here’s how to talk about the shots. 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z It's because even in the face of a seemingly fatal diagnosis, it's human nature to hope. Can Charlie Sheen be saved? 2010-10-27T15:20:00Z "A Family for All Occasions" reflects Glaudini's gift at generating tension and surprise with the sometimes inevitable, yet surprisingly resilient aspects of human nature. Review: 'A Family for All Occasions' is intense 2013-05-13T21:11:11Z "I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making." Guy Pearce: Don't look down 2010-12-04T00:02:00Z In any case, doors are a handy metaphor for the mysteries of life and human nature. Theater Review: ‘Measure for Measure’ Full of Dual Natures and Hard Choices 2014-03-02T23:23:31Z Like Mr. McDonagh’s movie, “American Vandal” takes a circuitous route to earnestly asked philosophical questions about human nature. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z “When that penetrates you very, very early, the complexity of human nature and what that means,” she says, “it forms the complexity of who we are as individuals. And that’s what’s exciting to me, always.” Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant can’t tell you the twists in ‘The Undoing.’ But even they were shocked by the story. 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Here is an explanation I have never found anywhere else of how human nature can be so subverted that someone becomes a suicide bomber. A predicament right out of a melodramatic opera 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z At times, Doctorow’s worldview and the day-after-tomorrow world he’s created in “Walkaway” seems a bit rosy, too trusting of human nature and digital innovation. Leave it to Cory Doctorow to imagine a post-apocalyptic Utopia 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z History and human nature prove we will dress up again. This Is Not the End of Fashion 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z So human nature hasn’t progressed at all in 50 years then? ArtsBeat Blog: Touch of Evil: Eli Roth Recreates Infamous Experiments for Discovery Channel 2011-10-28T20:30:39Z People of all sides revert to human nature by seeing the failures of their opponents and not their own side. Cultural appropriation: It's about more than pho and sombreros 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z You could learn an awful lot about human nature from surveying Take Me Out. Charlie Brooker answers your questions: 'I get angry to amuse myself' 2013-02-06T19:01:10Z By her very nature she helped refine its broad physical comedy with thoughtful details, imbuing it with an unlikely believability that transformed it into a perpetual showcase for the foibles of human nature. The Woman Behind Lucy?s Laughs 2011-08-06T20:30:18Z Stewart said it’s human nature for people to want to spend time with those who are similar and, increasingly, the media offers greater opportunity to do so. Can we talk? Gannett promotes effort at bridging gaps 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The answer is this 400 year-old story which tells us that the sickness is us; that it’s human nature and therefore we’re doomed.” Naomi Klein: 'Why do we look away from the horror of climate change?' 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z It struck me that as enlightened as we are about some of the gray areas of human nature, other gray areas seem inherently off limits. When Mothers Bully Back 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z “It’s just human nature to want to look at the bones.” Detropia: Filmmakers Behind New Detroit Doc Talk Recession, Recovery and Decay Tourism 2012-09-06T11:55:49Z It is human nature to let people think that we are something more glamorous than we are. Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty – review 2013-06-08T08:31:01Z As with any good drama, the mystery lies in human nature more than in the supernatural. ‘The Leftovers,’ on HBO, a Tale of Mysterious Disappearances 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Flavia, who has a sharp and refreshing voice, is a brilliant chemical experimenter, a keen observer of human nature and a whiz at insinuating herself into odd situations. New in crime fiction: Benjamin Black and Jacqueline Winspear 2010-04-07T23:22:00Z Those justifications turn out to be every bit as self-serving and false as the casual observer of human nature would automatically expect them to be. 'We're the bad guy': inside the shocking new film about wild fish 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z It was an incredibly, incredibly unique window both into human nature, but also into warfare. "Taking sides is not my job": "Retrograde" filmmaker Matthew Heineman on documenting a war's end 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Perhaps it is expecting too much of human nature to think that the Army would sit in judgment on its own conduct in Vietnam. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z "Bodies Bodies Bodies" could have easily been a play: it is set in one location and explores timeless themes such as human nature, trust, fear, and the all too intoxicating allure of violence and paranoia. "Bodies Bodies Bodies" director: "When the Wi-Fi goes out, the demons come in" 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z But it’s also human nature to seek out the company and care of others. Why a city block can be one of the loneliest places on earth 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z As Pynchon’s title suggests, the quest is futile because the American flaw, or the flaw in human nature, was baked in from the beginning, a legacy of evolution or of God. “Inherent Vice”: Pynchon meets Anderson in an absurd, glorious search for meaning, circa 1970 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z This is a savvy tactic to further the festival’s mission to incentivize positive changes in community based on a tried and true approach of human nature: monkey see, monkey do. Commander in cool: Obama’s upcoming South by South Lawn festival is one more reason he’ll be missed 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z But like his father, he once observed, he spent his life revealing to others certain truths about human nature. John Hurt, British actor who played desperate, eccentric characters, dies at 77 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z One project is based on two bots derived from a Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault debate on human nature. MacArthur ‘genius’ grants launch winners from obscurity: ‘Now I feel like I’m working with a face’ 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Russo’s position on human nature is never quite clear, as he, perhaps, through the vehicle of his characters, oscillates throughout the novel. Required reading in the Year of Trump: Winners, losers and the portrait of a town in decline 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z She laughed and said it was no different than anything she'd seen in movies and TV shows lately: "It just goes to show that human nature hasn't changed much over centuries." 'Richard III' goes to prisons, senior centers 2012-08-02T12:48:10Z Instead, Gråbøl started thinking about Lund as a person who is devoting her life to the darkest aspects of human nature – and asking what would drive her. The Killing: Sarah Lund's jumper explained 2011-03-10T11:34:30Z There is even a genre of art devoted to this often uncharitable impulse of human nature: caricature. Art Review: ?Infinite Jest? at the Metropolitan Museum - Review 2011-09-15T21:19:50Z For Amis, though, “the zone of interest” encloses not only the darkest secrets of the Nazi genocide but also those of human nature. Book review: ‘The Zone of Interest,’ by Martin Amis It is a tale of corruption, murder and madness that exposes the dark side of human nature, prompting the poet T.S. Murder by candlelight at London's new Jacobean theatre 2014-01-14T18:43:00Z “General Benson is Mr. Rickman’s final screen performance, and it is a great one, suffused with a dyspeptic world-weary understanding of war and human nature,” Stephen Holden wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Thursday 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Here it comes with a dose of pathos, since these characters don’t possess the conceptual tools to explore with depth or nuance the human nature they’re so focused on rejecting. To Sayaka Murata, Nonconformity Is a Slippery Slope 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Down with fascist iPods 2012-06-13T00:07:00Z Brecht’s writings are hardly renowned for their rosy views of human nature. Theater Review: ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle,’ at Classic Stage Company 2013-05-31T02:00:01Z It’s human nature — we can’t stop ourselves from goggling at disaster. We’ve been brainwashed 2012-06-14T17:21:00Z “The colours red and white are mentioned many times in old texts on alchemy,” she writes, explaining that some say these colors symbolize base metal and gold, representing “two different sides of human nature.” Here's Everything J.K. Rowling Has Revealed About Harry Potter in 2015 So Far 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It should portray the whole of human nature in an imaginative way and imagination can rest on a certain sort of reality or it can be very fanciful. 'The arts cuts are madness' 2011-01-09T00:05:28Z Nevertheless, it can be more observant about human nature than many of its most loyal adherents and uninformed critics give it credit for. Biblical birth control: The surprisingly contraception-friendly Old Testament 2014-01-05T19:00:00Z Can you talk about your observations on human nature that are expressed in the film? "What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?" director counters a curse using cinema as "modern magic" 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z “I believe that findom can actually be a really healthy way to manifest the part of human nature that is about power asymmetry and hierarchy,” he said. She Gets Paid Just to Humiliate Her Fans 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z It requires a certain power to express one of Ms. Spradlin’s specialties: taking human nature and slicing it to shreds. Dance Review: Taking the Audience Up Close and Personal, and Beyond Skin Deep 2011-05-13T22:33:10Z What a fantastic opportunity to experiment with a different way of life; to learn about human nature and group dynamics. How Castaway made my life hell 2010-08-11T19:00:00Z Two sidekicks play like spokespeople for opposite poles of human nature, and the princess, hilarious amid armor-clad misadventures, is like the changeless soul of human folly. “Disenchantment,” Reviewed: Matt Groening Makes the Most of Medieval Slapstick Pestilence 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “The most refreshing thing about ‘The Good Place,’ in an era of artistic bleakness, is its optimism about human nature,” James Poniewozik wrote in his review in The New York Times in January. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The Good Place’ and ‘Norsemen’ 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Alas, my plan to sort and cull my thousands of books — described last week in my Zippy Shell column — failed to make allowance for human nature. Perspective | By day, I’ve been trying to cull my book collection. But at night, eBay beckons. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z One thing Fukuyama, 69, has not gotten sick of is trying to answer the biggest questions about democracy, human nature and the long arc of historical progress. Francis Fukuyama Predicted the End of History. It’s Back (Again). 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z And even the experimental method itself may be indebted to theological notions of human nature that emphasize our intellectual and perceptual fallibility. The Twain Shall Meet 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z What can we say about human nature and the choices we make? Review | What did ‘The Good Place’ teach us? That even eternal bliss needs a happy ending. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It's clear that running ourselves into the ground doesn't work, either for the forces of late stage capitalism or our basic human nature. We should all be lunching like Europeans — it's better for your mind and body 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z It argues, as Tom tells Dare, “for giving the best in human nature a chance.” Review: ‘Conflict’ Reaches Across the Decades and the Aisle 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z One of the great unifying bonds of human nature is our eternal fondness for swearing. Why nearly every culture has its own "very bad words" 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Yes, I like films where characters make a series of increasingly bad decisions, as Noah does, because we learn more about human nature. Jonathan Rhys Meyers on being a bold boy playing amoral men: "Nobility can be a little bit tedious" 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Payton and River were friends and part-time lovers, but it was doomed—the show’s outlook on human nature is often deliciously grim—from the start. Ryan Murphy’s “The Politician” Is a Funhouse-Mirror Reflection of the So-Called Meritocracy 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z She says she hopes the show will shed some light on human nature. 'All My Children's' Lucci to host 'real-life soap' 2012-01-12T20:47:22Z But Truman Capote’s “nonfiction novel” was written with a chilly, aesthetic distance; its enigmas are those of human nature. The Hidden Danger of Making a Murderer and Other True Crime Entertainment 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z He wanted a system “firmly grounded in a knowledge of human nature” that would acknowledge human fallibility yet temper it using discipline, demerits and consequences. Exhibition Review: Morgan Library?s ?Charles Dickens at 200? - Review 2011-09-22T21:48:27Z “It’s human nature to want some sense of normality, and journalists especially crave a sense of balance, but these aren’t normal times.” Perspective | After 100 days, the media are still embarrassing themselves covering Trump. Just not as much. 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z In his chapter “Dispute With the Soul,” Foer blames “human nature.” Meat Is Murder. But You Know That Already. 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z But on Friday, Damien Echols issued a statement that read in part, "This whole experience has taught me much about life, human nature, American justice, survival and transcendence." The West Memphis Three rewrite their own endings 2011-08-22T22:10:00Z And, says the director, it's an innate fascination in human nature and the essence of life that drives his film-making. Linklater's epic journey into Boyhood 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z They dig underneath to find out fundamental things about human nature and characters. Scientists invade Edinburgh Fringe 2013-08-05T06:56:50Z In her 30-year publishing career, the author has shown a unique penchant for cracking open the dark heart of human nature — usually with irreverent wit, devastating empathy and haunting shocks. A.M. Homes, too, has met this guy at a reading: “I don’t read books by women” 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z It’s one of those movies that really do think they’re saying something profound about human nature and injustice. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The multiple points of view transition seamlessly, revealing an astute understanding of human nature — the fear and quiet rage of a widowed mother of two; the insecurity and passion of a young queen. ‘The Women’s War’ Is an Epic Feminist Fantasy for the #MeToo Era 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z “People want someone to follow. It’s human nature. They want someone to make them feel safe.” The Walking Dead: season seven, episode two – The Well 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s human nature to fuss over a gray hair or a frown line, and little comfort when a well-meaning friend repeats the trope, “Wrinkles add character.” Essay: Women’s reward for being awesome: wrinkle cream. Seriously? 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z In fact, Karkinnen is still with us, but sometimes imperiled, and her uncertain future reflects her creator’s amused, often sardonic view of human nature. John Sandford: A thriller writer having a little fun with the genre 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z In my opinion it is in normal human nature to dislike violence, but there is a distinct line drawn between that and a theatrical adrenaline rush. letters: Real Violence vs. Fake 2010-04-24T02:32:00Z Even Patience on her monument, faced with another operatic job-swap mismatch, must eventually yield to human nature and yell "Enough". Lucrezia Borgia; CBSO/Nelsons; Ibragimova/Gerhardt/Osborne ? review 2011-02-06T00:06:35Z The color eating across Berlin suggests hope and greed, nature and human nature. In Elvia Wilk’s “Oval,” Earth, Capitalism, and the Human Species Sink Toward Doom 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z In “American Buffalo,” Teach is a thug prone to crackpot theories, bordering on paranoia, about his friends and associates and human nature in general. Review: In ‘American Buffalo,’ Grift Is the Coin of the Realm 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z It’s a measure of Ms. Teitler’s glum view of human nature — or at least the ethics of the young and yearning for love — that in “Engagements,” a tick emerges as a symbol of upright morality. Review: In ‘Engagements,’ Meet Me in the Gazebo for Spite and Hauteur 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z For extra credit, remember that the play, which was first staged in 1955, distorts Frank’s original account somewhat into a hopeful, transcendent vision of human nature rather than a document of history’s horrors. In ‘Cyclorama,’ Former Classmates Confront an Extra Problematic Drama Teacher 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z In other words, it’s less a question of the times or the moment than human nature. Weird Times Call for Even Weirder Shoes 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Just be logical; if you hear multiple stories where the basest part of human nature is in action, it's probably true. Alec Baldwin Skewers Trump. And Supports Allen and Toback. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z “It enlarges your sense of human possibility, of what human nature is, of what happens in the world. It’s a creator of inwardness.” Lauren Oyler’s ‘Fake Accounts’ Captures the Relentlessness of Online Life 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z He was a firm believer in human perfectibility, which is one of the convictions that would put him on a collision course with Luther, committed to the incorrigible depravity of human nature. Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z He added: "Totalitarianism contravenes human nature and human ideals. The history of totalitarianism is one characterized by the state’s continuous attempts to destroy individual memories." Ai Weiwei to publish memoir in 2017 on 'struggle for individual freedom' 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “We are here tonight to talk about violence, or maybe human nature … ” He then backtracks. ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 4: Mind Games 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Acknowledging the world's injustice, Frank warns his son not to blame it all on "systems and governments" but on errant human nature. This Happy Breed ? review 2011-07-27T17:30:04Z Talking about this episode would be extremely uncomfortable for both of you — and it is human nature to avoid this discomfort. Perspective | Ask Amy: My husband of 50 years had an emotional affair. How do I move forward? 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Best chosen language = greatest powers of the mind, most thorough knowledge, human nature, liveliness, wit, humour, world. Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks 2012-08-18T15:00:00Z It’s human nature to covet places like this, to tread all over them with expensive sneakers, to plant flags. Washington has its own island oasis. So why isn’t anyone going there? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z It is human nature to compare ourselves to others, and when we don’t relate to the majority? Perspective | My kids seem happier since the pandemic slowed life down. Should I be worried? 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z It is, of course, human nature for the reader to wonder which characters will die and which survive, but – as one would expect from Updale – there's so much more to it than that. The Last Minute by Eleanor Updale – review 2013-01-11T20:00:02Z In Untrained Guerin opens intriguing views of human nature as well as of the human body. Untrained – review 2013-06-07T18:17:03Z “We always are drawn to perceived roles of power. It’s just human nature. It’s curiosity.” Feeling Socially Rusty? Try a Little Light Gossiping. 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z A writer, it has been observed by practitioners as great as Tolstoy and Chekhov, can invent anything but human nature. Steve Martin's 'Meteor Shower' plunges into the absurd at the Old Globe 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Teachers, like all human beings, are slaves to human nature. Motherlode Blog: What if a Teacher Doesn’t Like a Parent? 2013-09-12T16:49:51Z Humans, they still carry on human nature into being an undead creature. ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Revisits a Tale That Refuses to Die 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z But it does seem absurdly manipulative to trot out Martin Luther King every time a brand gets the urge to evoke the Pavlovian "human nature is AWESOME" feeling. Martin Luther King Jr., ultimate pitchman 2010-09-30T15:10:00Z For a story that spends so much energy excavating the darker depths of human nature, that it should end on a note of grace is a small miracle in itself. ‘Prudence,’ by David Treuer 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Philosophy and art majors may be interested in the press material, which ruminates on themes of human nature, infinity, and continuum. Unique Sculpture by Kelly Lamb at Museum of Contemporary Art in L.A. 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z But the most refreshing thing about “The Good Place,” in an era of artistic bleakness, is its optimism about human nature. How ‘The Good Place’ Became an Antihero Antidote 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z She's also a keen observer of human nature – "peeling back the nice surface of family life to show what's underneath", as it says on her website. Trouble in Toadpool by Anne Fine - review 2012-10-12T21:55:04Z But most of the interest of the original “Planet of the Apes” and its sequels lies in their skewed, satiric take on human nature. film: Apes From the Future, Holding a Mirror to Today 2011-07-27T12:00:09Z Mr. von Trier plays with both, but his inquiries are blocked by his dogmatic ideas about human nature, which he views as fundamentally predatory and destructive. Movie Review: ‘Nymphomaniac: Volume II,’ the Rest of von Trier’s Story 2014-04-03T23:45:12Z The lyric philosophizing about human nature is lost in translation, cut for Stevenson’s more direct narration. ‘Blindness’ Review: Listening to the Sound of Theater Again 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Today, it’s showcasing the better sides of human nature as well. Celebrities unite behind Ariana Grande and the Manchester victims 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Throughout her impressive career as a journalist, essayist, screenwriter and director, Ephron’s wit and sharp observations about human nature always shone through — and there’s nowhere that’s more apparent than in When Harry Met Sally…. 25 years later, "When Harry Met Sally" is still the perfect rom-com 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z If you lose all hope in human nature, you might as well kill yourself right away. Isabelle Huppert: ‘I may try yoga one day, but I prefer to sleep’ 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression. Chinese Novelist Mo Yan Receives Nobel Prize. But Is He Politically Correct? 2012-10-11T14:50:27Z He truly believes that he keeps the basic, feral side of human nature at bay. Books of The Times: ‘Broken Harbor’ by Tana French 2012-07-18T20:18:22Z She also writes with a keen understanding of human nature, both good and bad. Claire Vaye Watkins' 'Gold Fame Citrus' taps into a dystopian, drought-stricken L.A. 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z First thing, then, is to recognize that the neoclassical view of human nature describes at most a small proportion of the population. Is Homo Economicus A Psychopath? 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The war there will not only give them lasting nightmares, but will also challenge every certainty they’d once held — about themselves, about human nature, about fate and the randomness of life. Books of The Times: ‘The Yellow Birds’ by Kevin Powers 2012-09-06T16:01:27Z The ability of the two to work together for a larger good is a test of Regus’s beliefs about human nature. ‘The Consultant’ Review: Silicon Valley Goes to the Devil 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z He's just exposing an element of human nature we'd rather suppress. 5 great movies about deception 2013-01-25T00:33:09Z It best explores human nature within a limited field – friendship, marriage, the love affair. Ian McEwan on Sweet Tooth – Guardian book club 2013-07-13T09:29:00Z It says that "history is not what happened to other people" but "a dimension of human nature": something lived by us now. Astley Castle – review 2012-06-16T23:05:47Z “You don’t have the same audience every night,” Timbers said, “so you’re looking at trends, at human nature.” Everybody Dance Now! ‘Here Lies Love’ Dictates Your Moves. 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z It is time to be “open about the science of human nature”. Why are there so few women in tech? The truth behind the Google memo 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z That’s just a part of some human nature that encourages people to win by making others lose. Southern Poverty Law Center President: ‘We have to get back to a place where we all can agree on how to find truth’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z In "Bodies," he is an understandable character, but that understanding requires a considerably darker view of human nature. 'Bring Up the Bodies' a wonderful, terrible sequel to 'Wolf Hall' 2012-05-04T03:31:52Z So, generally, did blaming your situation on your past, your parents, the unconscious, social pressures or human nature. Freedom fighter 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Their first speaker, a self-described “racial realist,” had spoken glibly, and in radio-show-host tones, about human nature and diversity — how the combination of the two could only lead to tension and conflict, not strength. White pride in my classroom 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z General Benson is Mr. Rickman’s final screen performance, and it is great one, suffused with a dyspeptic world-weary understanding of war and human nature. Review: ‘Eye in the Sky,’ Drone Precision vs. Human Failings 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z He doesn’t really analyze the dark side of human nature. | 'Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie': ?Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie? - Review 2011-12-02T00:41:08Z The current reverence for entrepreneurs, the idea that we must all become cutthroat self-starters, is unrealistic about human nature. The amazing life of Margaret Sanger, “Our Lady of Birth Control”: “I was intrigued that such a great do-gooder was also quite a bad girl in private” 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Sale: It is human nature to enjoy the feeling that you’ve gotten away with something, through no intent, fault, or malice on your part. Perspective | Ask Amy: Woman confused by ‘delete’ request 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z And Corwin’s story isn’t quite a mystery—it’s a tragedy, doled out bit by bit, illuminating little about human nature and making you feel bad for listening to it. “Case Closed,” Reviewed: Do We Really Want a True-Crime Podcast With Answers? 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Crawford attributed the proliferation of testimonials that home remedies work to human nature. Too many spiders? It’s just a cosmetic issue. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Roth answered his critics in an essay, “Writing About Jews,” that asserted the right of a novelist to explore transgression, which is to say, human nature. Philip Roth Is Good for the Jews 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Plato's dictum that "to prefer evil to good is not in human nature" is hard to square with what we see around us. Arbitrage's villain takes advantage – why do we love it? 2013-03-04T13:07:12Z He has a very skewed perception of human nature.” dance: Tharp Is Back Where the Air Is Rarefied 2010-03-05T21:17:00Z "Thanks for letting me be a part of this unbelievably gutsy, unapologetic look at human nature." Golden Globes 2015: Michael Keaton named top musical or comedy actor 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z There’s a reason for this, and some of it is just human nature. Have we reached peak Hans Zimmer? 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Parents are half one thing, half another, stuck in no-win cage matches that pit domesticity against the beastliness built into human nature. Review: In ‘Breeders,’ Parenting as a (Literal) Cage Match 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z At its core, it confronts questions of power, possibility and human nature. ‘Lucy’ Review: There’s Something About the Babysitter 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z I know that sounds so pessimistic, but it's an ugly part of human nature that has always been there. Wendell Pierce on bringing a Black Willy Loman to life, making "Death of a Salesman" relevant today 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z But lest you take comfort in the oddity of human nature — “oh what cute goofs we can be with our whims” and so forth — know this: the success of the PSL is no accident. 16 Drinks That Would Be Better Than a Pumpkin Spice Latte 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z What’s different from the standard cozy mystery form is these books’ contemplation of human nature and what we 21st-century types would call spirituality. Sidney Chambers is again on the case 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z But its outlook — optimistic about human nature yet cynical about the times — lingers. ‘DriverX’ Review: Behind the Wheel and Ready for Anything 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z A colleague described him as being “anonymous, perceptive, knowledgeable, highly motivated, critical, discreet — with a priest’s and cop’s understanding of the complexity of human nature in action.” Kai Bird’s ‘The Good Spy’ Portrays Robert Ames 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z It's in human nature to pursue spiritual or fantastic things, for whatever reason, that's why we like art and escapism, isn't it? Boards of Canada: 'We've become a lot more nihilistic over the years' 2013-06-06T17:53:57Z Because of course it is also human nature to look on difference with suspicion or hostility. Review: A ‘Chinese Lady’ on Heart-Rending Display 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z He's a Christian, but his detective work forces him to confront the darker side of human nature, a good-evil dichotomy some might call the ultimate mystery. 5 plot-twisting tales in 'Sidney Chambers' collection 2012-07-25T21:47:06Z They are insightful into human nature in a way that the other late night shows are not. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z If ultimately it all crashes, then the ugly parts of human nature come to the surface and those attributes become the dominant characteristics of a culture and a society. Walter Koenig: "Star Trek" is a welcome respite from the infamy of the Trump administration 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Crime fiction is at it’s best when telling a compelling story while also analyzing the shadowy foundations of human nature. Eight thrillers and mysteries to read this summer 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Thus pigeon mannerisms come to illustrate human nature at its more fallible, vulnerable, endearing. Review: ‘The Two Pigeons,’ Frederick Ashton’s Look at Love 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z And maybe we shouldn’t be surprised by the sheer brutality of human history, perhaps even of human nature. Review | The key to a more tranquil mind? One author argues it’s all about revisiting books from the past. 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z My own patients — and it's human nature — don't like to do things that they don't see the immediate benefit in. CNN’s Sanjay Gupta on covering the coronavirus: ‘I think there is intrinsic value to hope’ 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s the current proximity, but English’s inclusion of previous pandemic practices gives “Doctors and Distillers” an extra dose of insight into human nature. Here’s to Your Health 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Research by Tesser states an unfortunate aspect of human nature: jealousy is more intense when someone close to us does well in a domain in which we want to do well. Kelly Rowland jealous of Beyoncé? Don't cry, Kelly – you're in it for the long run 2013-06-06T16:32:29Z Still, people don’t need bad examples to do crazy things; they do them on their own, because there is something anarchic in human nature. Be Careful! Your Mind Makes Accidents Inevitable 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z As for Fincher, his chilly temperament "meshes well with the unsettlingly bleak view of human nature that 'Gone Girl' is all about." 'Gone Girl' a chilly, precisely crafted thriller, reviews say 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z What are the storytellers trying to say about human nature, about life on earth right now? In defense of film and TV "hoaxes" 2010-10-22T14:31:00Z To me it's a sort of patchwork quilt of different characters and aspects of human nature. Audio advent calendar: Villagers playlist 2010-12-09T13:56:00Z That will test the limits of human nature, not to mention the constraints of the platform. That Cute Whale You Clicked On? It’s Doomed 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Naturally, every action which is destructive is against human nature. “This is just a test”: Prod-5806 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z In his final chapters, he clearly states his conviction that religion is “a part of human nature,” and so “very persistent, and, in my view, will never go away.” Faith and Reasons: Two Authors Explore the Persistence of Religious Feeling 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z She wasn’t interested in the truth of the case so much as deeper truths about human nature — and she made her movie using elements from traditionally fictional films. Documentaries like ‘Casting JonBenet’ mix fact and fiction. That just makes them more honest. 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z We shouldn’t assume that human nature makes progress toward equality and peace either impossible or inevitable. Did Capital Punishment Create Morality? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Photograph: Rex Features The genius of Stravinsky's 1913 ballet, The Rite of Spring, looked two ways: embodying the atavistic impulses of human nature and the shattering birth pangs of modern art. Akram Khan Company: iTMOi – review 2013-05-30T18:49:35Z The other is that an insidious part of human nature thrives on having somebody to hate. Review: In ‘24: Legacy,’ Jack Bauer’s Gone. The Demons Are the Same. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z For Griffiths, however, kith is not merely an inevitable feature of human nature, but an ideal: one to be celebrated and reclaimed from the malign encroachments of modernity. Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape by Jay Griffiths – review 2013-04-28T08:00:18Z The show has a con man’s view of human nature: People are easy marks, because they’re greedy and willing to take shortcuts. Review: ‘Better Call Saul,’ Quirky and Absorbing in Season Opener 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z But he is a snob and an opportunist, skilled in the art of looking out for No. 1, even as he and his classmates debate human nature and the morality of the Hunger Games. A ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Focuses on an Unlikely Character 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Mickle doesn't have all the answers, but he knows what to do with a great cast, a gun and the dark side of human nature. 'Cold in July' turns up the pulp fiction heat with Texas tale 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z What is it about human nature that we seldom feel grateful for such guidance? On the Twitter Patrol 2010-04-28T16:26:00Z As she considers, among other topics, some dark intuitions about human nature, she also nudges readers to question who is telling the story and where one’s thought can lead. Newly discovered works by Pablo Neruda and other best poetry this month 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z A collection of more than 20 stories written in Middle English in the 14th Century, they show the best and worst of human nature with a humorous touch. Original Chaucer manuscript online 2014-04-25T12:38:48Z “We’re still talking about human nature, which is greedy and selfish,” he said. Are We in the Metaverse Yet? 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z This repetition of a worn-out device distracts from any deeper observations the novel might offer on human nature. ‘You Don’t Have to Live Like This’ review: Trouble rebuilding Detroit 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Modernist-influenced buildings, furniture, weavings and clothing function here not just as daily trappings but also as an ongoing investigation into “human nature and the social construction of needs.” Five Artists to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z And many journalists—whether from ambition or simple human nature—don’t want to endure the shunning, attacking, and awkward encounters that come from exposing the people they deal with professionally, or rejecting a widely-agreed-on narrative. Michael Hastings and Who Journalists Really Work For 2013-06-19T15:26:16Z It’s where observers have long looked for clues about human nature and for proof of immutable differences between men and women. What I learned talking to 120 women about their sex lives and desires 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z No, the “fault sequence” Ms. Kirkwood wants to explore is a great deal larger and, given human nature, more intractable. Review: In ‘The Children,’ the Waters Rise and a Reckoning Comes Due 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Arendt didn’t have a high opinion of human nature or human group behavior, and given her life experience that’s understandable. Is Donald Trump a new Hitler? Hannah Arendt might argue that they’re closer than you think 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z If she is optimistic about human nature, it is not only a requirement of her job – to inhabit another psychology requires deep levels of empathy – but of what appears to be her generous disposition. Sigourney Weaver: 'I’m asked to play awful people all the time' 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z We need a built environment that allows both aspects of human nature to thrive. Why a city block can be one of the loneliest places on earth 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Piñon struck up conversations with nearly everyone she met, forever in search of a deeper understanding of human nature, Ms. Vincent said in a phone interview. Nélida Piñon, Provocative Brazilian Novelist, Is Dead at 85 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z And if that suggests a dark vision of human nature, Piketty ends the movie on an optimistic note. ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ Review: Economic History, Illustrated 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z As a writer, Stevenson wanted to explore the various facets of human nature. Ian Rankin on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 2010-08-16T14:31:00Z So Gould is “sequestering” in his friend’s house and happy to tell the story of his life, even if by way of many freewheeling divergences, from Netflix recommendations to gnomic theories on human nature. ‘Of course I smoked marijuana!’ Elliott Gould on stardom, Streisand and Elvis Presley 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z I was interested in this question: Is there something universal or innate that is human nature, or are we programmed from our culture and environment? ArtsBeat: Coil Festival: 5 Questions About 'Hello Hi There' 2011-01-10T20:00:12Z This decision, Marcus writes, "was a characteristically subtle choice that highlights Galdone's affinity for animal tales with mordant comments to make on human nature." Paul Galdone's charming illustrations refresh fairy tales 2011-03-18T17:14:30Z The idea of unschooling is “built on a quite romantic notion of human nature”, she says. ‘People are finally talking about class’: Astra Taylor on US democracy, socialism and revolution 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z People believe wars are inevitable, that human nature can’t change, but think of capital punishment. Books of The Times: ‘Traveling Sprinkler’ Is Nicholson Baker’s New Novel 2013-09-09T21:31:25Z His vision of the irrepressible force of human nature reveals the vanity of the political and religious authorities that presume or pretend to control it. The Paradox at the Heart of Abbas Kiarostami’s Early Films 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z The final shot, accompanied by an improbable but perfect musical cue, is an astonishing cinematic gesture, an appalling, hilarious statement about modern values, the state of the world, human nature and everything else. Review: In ‘The Treasure,’ Digging for Something of Value in Romania 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z And so novels don’t usually offer up simple theories about human nature—for those, one must look to self-help books. An Answer to the Novel’s Detractors 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z An argument like that stirs Redway up; he appeals to common sense and our knowledge of human nature. Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Calvin’s deterministic, and highly pessimistic, view of human nature, Friedman argues, was destined to give way before a science insisting on the centrality of markets could emerge. The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z According to neuroscientist Sam Harris, inquiry into the brain will eventually and exhaustively explain the mind and, hence, human nature. Human behaviour: is it all in the brain – or the mind? 2013-06-29T23:05:40Z It's just a reality of human nature, and it's a fun twist on it. The author of "The Dinner Party Project" on the easy secrets of being a great host 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z King, who composed the music for which Mr. Goffin supplied the lyrics, once said his “understanding of human nature transcended gender.” Gerry Goffin, lyricist who co-wrote seminal ’60s hits, dies at 75 For over a decade, It’s Always Sunny has proudly spelunked into the worst of human nature. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: from humble sitcom to pop-culture giant 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z As with the asteroid, you may miss that nod to human nature. Review: ‘The Good Dinosaur,’ Pixar Human and Apatosaurus 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z They were free finally to define themselves or choose a form of life as they pleased, for there was no human nature—nothing essential, that is—to being human. Freedom fighter 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z “Slavery is a perfect example of why we need limits on the more unfortunate aspects of human nature,” he says. Charting 5 Centuries of African American History 2013-10-21T14:43:26Z “Keep your trust in human nature,” Ben counsels his grandson, as they garden together. ‘Anno Domino’ Review: Long Married, but Open to Adjustment 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z “As a student of human nature,” Mr. Fowler writes, “he would have made a fine pastry chef.” Books of The Times: ‘The Invisible Code’ by Christopher Fowler 2013-12-18T21:56:32Z Rieger was an astute observer of human nature who helped a garage full of cab drivers with big dreams cope with their even bigger failures. Ed Asner helped usher in the secular rabbi, making America warmer and a little more Jewish 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z This is part of the appeal of reaction videos: they allow us to experience, at a time of increasing cultural difference, the comforting universality of human nature. Riff: Reaction Videos as Anthropological Study of America 2011-11-27T04:00:09Z The disaster, rather, is human nature, so attentive to the needs of individuals, so impervious to the world’s. Review: In ‘Hurricane Diane,’ the Perfect Storm Hits Suburbia 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The rise of B corporations is a reminder that the idea that corporations should be only lean, mean, profit-maximizing machines isn’t dictated by the inherent nature of capitalism, let alone human nature. Wall Street 4 - Public Service 0 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z The answer to this question, she averred, revealed a fundamental law of human nature, a linchpin of personality, a Sorting Hat — Ms. Rubin is a J. K. Rowling fan — for the drives that motivate us. Whatever Happened to Just Being Type A? 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Now watch this Heights and hells of human nature ... Step-by-step guide to dance: Pina Bausch/Tanztheater Wuppertal 2010-03-30T11:13:00Z It was a literature inflected with clinical humanity—a literature of keen, nearly medical observation about human nature and its imperfections and perversions, but also a literature of expansive sensitivity and tenderness. Love in the Time of Numbness; or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The novel briefly nods to these more obvious storylines before twisting them, blowing past them, and then digging deeper into the stygian recesses of human nature. The best and boldest new must-read books for May 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z I think that many people, and I see this in my therapy practice too, people tend to want to be with somebody and that’s just human nature. “Marry Him” author Lori Gottlieb: “I don’t think anything I’ve written is controversial” 2014-02-20T00:00:00Z “Gadgets travel, and they’re on your person, and it’s human nature to just plug stuff in where you need the object to be working for you,” Paide said. Don’t let tangled — or too many — cords create chaos at home 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Stephen Fry wants to "restore your faith in human nature" with this new hidden camera show, which sets out to prove that not all Brits are lazy, thieving bigots. TV highlights 27/06/2013 2013-06-27T06:00:06Z Christie never spelled out the emotional dramas in Poirot’s past life that powered his understanding of human nature, life and love. Perspective | New versions of Hercule Poirot keep coming, and that’s a good thing 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Neither human error nor human nature will interfere with your gratingly perfect morning. Books of The Times: ‘The New Digital Age,’ by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen 2013-04-25T22:05:35Z Now based in London, he likes to describe himself as “an interdisciplinary student of human nature”. Michel Odent: ‘How long can humanity survive now?’ 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z For his part, Mr. Ritholtz, ever the student of human nature as it relates to money, cited one of his favorite adages, Sturgeon’s law. Anyone Who’s Anyone Has a SPAC Right Now 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z From the Congo to Calcutta and from comedy to the darker side of human nature, the shortlist for this year's Independent foreign fiction prize runs the gamut of genres and countries. Globetrotting shortlist for Independent foreign fiction prize 2010-04-16T09:44:00Z For writers, this gnarly fact of human nature is one we wrestle with on the page. A Son Looks Back on Life With an Irascible and Beloved Mother 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The Puritans adhered to the stricter varieties of Calvinism; no one could accuse them of holding an optimistic view of human nature. The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Yet when it takes hold of a gifted artist—Théodore Géricault, in this case—it becomes something more than a simple component of human nature. ‘Mutiny: Works by Géricault’ Review: Equine Passions and Anxieties 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Batman is an alienated rich kid, a perpetual bachelor with a dark view of human nature. Review: ‘Batman v Superman,’ Dawn of a Franchise 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z A vase of flowers divided into light and dark illustrates the chiaroscuro quality of human nature. Art Rooted in Nature Blooms at TEFAF 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The title of “Pure Comedy” is one of the album’s very few jokes, a bit of blunt irony for an all-too-persuasive set of songs envisioning global catastrophe as the inevitable result of human nature. Father John Misty: The End Is Near, Sing All About It 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Implicit in Amis’s assertion is the assumption that capitalism works because it conforms to human nature. Letters to the Editor 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Human nature remains human nature, but one would like to make certain exceptions. A life in writing: Andr? Brink 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z It also provides a window into how theater has changed, and how human nature has, in some ways, remained so stubbornly foolish. Review: ‘Leah, the Forsaken’ is an 1862 Drama With Modern Resonance 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z It reflects human nature, the soul of its communities and the spirit of life itself. İnci Aral: The future of the novel 2013-02-28T14:00:02Z Its lure appeals directly to the deepest aspects of human nature, and those who hear our talks can find inspiration for overcoming their own difficulties and painful situations. Returning to the scene of the crash: A survivor of the Uruguayan rugby team plane crash reflects 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z Life follows many tropes of the genre, but with enough neat twists and lessons on human nature to keep it interesting. Jake Gyllenhaal: ‘I would love to not talk about my personal life’ 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z The Witch Is Dead charting high on Sunday reflects the messy, visceral side of human nature 4. Sleeve notes: Thatcher's musical legacy 2013-04-12T12:39:24Z “In my last career, I dealt a lot with the darker side of human nature,” he said. What Makes an American Hero? (Or a Canadian One?) 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The suggestion is of a lingering quality to human nature. A 500-Story Tower Has Collapsed. Can Humanity Be Rescued From the Rubble? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z It’s practically human nature to get the second line wrong: we expect an orderly and gradual subtraction: first leaves, then only a few leaves, then no leaves. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z I always thought that’s where the truth was, not just about human nature but also about history. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Mayor of New Orleans on Rethinking Southern History 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z The true stars here, though, are the failings of human nature. Review: ‘Sally4Ever’ Sends a Black-Hearted Valentine 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z It is human nature to desire things that do not come so easily: true love, vast wealth, the affection of cats. Cats Meet Hip-Hop 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z “It is human nature to walk up to the edge of something and look over.” Starved Rock officials: Stay on the trails 2011-09-07T02:22:00Z Indeed, it is probably essential for our long-term success that we embrace the idea that reality denial is a fundamental part of human nature. From global warming to fluoride: Why do people deny science? 2013-05-25T20:30:00Z “He has this hunger to turn everything into a study of human nature and its extremities,” the director explained. He’s Playing Rupert Murdoch as More Than a ‘Pantomime Villain’ 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z We’ve got to try to understand what is common in our human nature. Norman Lear sits down with Salon: “Trump is the middle finger of the American right hand” 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Still, it’s human nature to prefer comprehensible stories to uninterpretable complexity. The Trouble with Crime Statistics 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z These political battles, in turn, rest on broader ideas about human rights, human nature, and the meaning of democracy and equality. We’ve been brainwashed 2012-06-14T17:21:00Z “It’s human nature: We need to make contact, we need to find warmth.” Dramatizing the Story of a Gay Mid-Century Tattoo Artist Who Was So Much More 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Also important was his experience as a World War II bomber pilot, which caused him to ruminate on human nature: Would we ever outgrow our obsession with violence? A legendary show’s turbulent beginnings: How ‘Star Trek’ almost failed to launch 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z It distills human nature to its coarse extremes. “Sally4Ever” and “The Bisexual,” Reviewed: Women in Crisis, In and Out of the Bedroom 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Not knowing all the information upfront is also human nature. Yorgos Lanthimos totally gets that you might hate his movies. He's fine with that. 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z I think our human nature is to love and it’s much larger than just reproducing ourselves. I <3 you: meet the NYU professor whose love course is becoming a phenomenon 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z When others think you are powerless, you see the worst of human nature–and it’s not the homeless whose behavior repulses you. Why Richard Gere’s “homeless” photo went viral: It’s more common — and closer to home — than we like to think 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Naturally he finds many of Plato’s dictums about music absurd, for example, his call for the banning of the mixolydian mode due to its potentially damaging influence on human nature. The Week Ahead: May 9 ? 15 2010-05-06T18:46:00Z In each vignette, young characters embody a range of instincts, mild and harsh, like little thought experiments in human nature. “The Divers’ Game,” Jesse Ball’s Unnerving Parable of a Country That Feigns Innocence 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z I don’t know what it is about human nature. Norm Macdonald on ignoring his own rules, and why he’d invite Louis C.K. on His Netflix talk show 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z “The colours red and white are mentioned many times in old texts on alchemy,” she writes, explaining that some interpret that these colors symbolize base metal and gold, representing “two different sides of human nature.” Here's What New Information J.K. Rowling Revealed On Pottermore 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Using “sometimes true stories with added elements to make it pop,” his experimental content explores the dark side of human nature. Business Is Boo-ing! The World of Extreme Haunts 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z In addition to making an environmental point, Mr. Eliasson said, he hoped his work would celebrate cultural activity as being an essential part of human nature. In Paris, Art Confronts 2 Crises 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z In MacMillan’s view, war is not an aberration — it’s a fundamental element of human nature. 17 New Books to Watch For in October 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Our rampant materialism, boiling planet, corporate overlords, corrupt politics, soulless entertainments, egomaniacal artists, selfish selves: it’s all here, in Tillman’s pitiless exploration of human nature, and of himself. Weekly Culture Review: Pulitzers, Kendrick Lamar, and More 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z “Those things are part of human nature and unrelated to technological developments.” Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Luxury Watch Firms Catching Up to Generation X 2011-03-25T16:37:02Z I taught my kids to play poker, which cost me all my spare change, but taught them about chance and human nature. One upside to the divorce I didn’t want 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Optimism has various dimensions, and just because some people take a dim view of human nature and some future probabilities, that does not mean they are hardcore pessimists who believe things can only get worse. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z A microphone can be a powerful weapon, and used indiscriminately it can make the person wielding it seem less like an astute observer of human nature and more like a big bully. Tracy Morgan is ready to make nice 2011-06-14T14:56:00Z From the moment I first read it years ago while on a trip to Portugal, I have loved it for its unsentimentally pure and raw comprehension of human nature. Isabel Wilkerson Loves Books. That Doesn’t Mean She Treats Them Gently. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z This ability to communicate new thought with words is evidence that there is an innate human nature. ArtsBeat: Coil Festival: 5 Questions About 'Hello Hi There' 2011-01-10T20:00:12Z Which is not to say he isn’t fascinated by the extremes of human nature. Up Close: He Puts the Maximus in the Circus 2011-05-04T18:07:02Z But while PUAs have always been controversial for their often sexist attitudes and demeaning views of human nature, Blanc seems to take the whole notion of The Game to an entirely different level. Is This The Most Hated Man in the World? 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Taylor is acutely aware of the polarities in human nature. Paul Taylor’s vintage works and classic joys 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z What is art actually obligated to “get right”? Not facts but feelings, human nature, its own worldview. On TV, the Truth Hurts 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The hostages make futile attempts to attack or escape but their actions aren't as important as the structure itself, which serves as a crucible of human nature. Capsule reviews of `The Avengers,' other new films 2012-05-02T22:04:55Z The mind has added nothing to human nature. Making Art in a Time of Rage 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Faced with the bloodless convenience of digital music, it is human nature for some people to hanker after the cumbersome, the labour-intensive and the fallible – to pause and rewind. Return of the audio cassette 2010-03-29T20:00:00Z And if she doesn’t mind eating with dead people, I’d also have Reinhold Niebuhr and Martin Luther King Jr. Both were remarkable observers of human nature and America. James B. Comey: By the Book 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Much of the criticism of Tabloid concerns whether McKinney's story is actually strong enough in itself, or revealing enough of human nature in a broader sense, to justify spending 90 minutes talking about it. SXSW 2011: My Tabloid expos? 2011-03-15T17:39:42Z Judges said they enjoyed its "beautiful storytelling" and insights into human nature. Authors vie for new fiction prize 2012-05-24T13:21:42Z The scene at Miracle Max’s is one of the comic peaks of the novel—and is directly related to its fundamental pessimism about human nature. William Goldman’s Strange, Sad, Captivating Children’s Book About a Girl and Her Blanket 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The show has repeatedly demonstrated adroit technique coupled with a wry understanding of human nature—both in terms of its real-life characters’ interiority and in terms of what we, the audience, would find gripping. “The People v. O.J. Simpson”’s stinging verdict: The trial was always about narrative, not truth 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Rachel Boynton's fascinating film is ostensibly about the oil industry and Africa, but touches on deeper themes: questions of self-interest, personal greed and, ultimately, human nature. TV highlights 24/06/2013 2013-06-24T06:00:11Z We moaned and fretted that this election had turned us into terrible people; in fact it revealed the terribleness that has always been a part of this country, and of human nature itself. Well, that’s over 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z "The craft of storytelling is eternal in its appeal to human nature," Wouk told Reuters one day before appearing at the festival. Festival brings authors to fans as industry changes 2010-04-25T22:39:00Z It’s human nature, what do people do when they’re starving and how do they react to one another? Ketanji Brown Jackson on being a ‘first’ and why she loves ‘Survivor’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z “In place of a religious conception of human nature based on fixed ideas of good and bad, ‘East of Eden’ proposes a psychological dynamic of complicated human relationships.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Fight the Power’ and ‘The Ark’ 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Once a practice becomes normalized in one dominant environment of one’s life, it’s human nature to carry it over into others. Even Justin Bieber has a dark side 2012-05-29T15:35:00Z “If you read the Bible, there’s some true crime right there… Callousness, intrigue, craziness, it’s part of human nature. These stories are fascinating because they’re our species. Why are people making these choices?” Patricia Arquette: ‘I don’t want to play the ingenue for ever’ 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Is there hard evidence that human nature dictates that most will not improve their lives. Chris Hughes Made Millions at Facebook. Now He Has a Plan to End Poverty. 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Up to and including its cheap shock ending, “The Lie” invests all its meager stock in the facile, simple-minded idea that depicting banal, outwardly genteel people behaving abominably sheds a profound light on human nature. ‘The Lie’ Review: A Child’s Crime, a Parental Conspiracy 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z It's easy to see why a keen observer of human nature like Nabokov would have been drawn to such a heartbreaking story as Horner's. Sally Horner was “The Real Lolita”: The 1948 crime that inspired Nabokov 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z What assumptions about human nature and politics are being communicated by "Game of Thrones"? Is "Game of Thrones" sexist and racist? "Game of Thrones" isn't "just fantasy": Westeros is a reflection of our terrible realities 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z It’s human nature to want to recapture the magic of a particular moment in time. When big-screen reunions work … and when they don't 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z It is also a study in human nature. 'Two Days, One Night' has Marion Cotillard at her best 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The appeal of zombies to drama-makers rests in their capacity to reflect human nature in extreme situations – and it doesn't get much more desperate than fighting for survival against the undead. In the Flesh: a new twist on the zombie drama 2013-03-15T15:37:23Z And I wanted to explore this because I think human nature is the same, it is very complex, it’s not as simple as black and white.” Chinese movie master Zhang Yimou still studying his craft 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Thus, Biller, who dislikes the misogyny of slashers, is an enthusiastic fan of Carrie, which, she says, “is a movie that is intensely psychological and is full of truths about human nature and feminine power”. Carrie at 40: why the horror genre remains important for women 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But the dual use added a frisson of paradox — and human nature — to all those empty mirrored halls and gold-encrusted ceilings. Impossible to Forget: Caserta, Italy 2011-01-07T21:00:28Z It deals with human nature, our sins, transgressions and foibles. Halloween horror translated for ballet: How 'Inferno' will turn Dante into dance 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z As Freud wrote, “The deepest essence of human nature consists of self-preservation, aggression, need for love, and the impulse to attain pleasure and avoid pain.” Motherlode Blog: What if a Teacher Doesn’t Like a Parent? 2013-09-12T16:49:51Z "He was cynical about human nature, including his own, and hysterically funny," Fagen wrote. Steely Dan Co-Founder Walter Becker Dies at 67 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z As each character responds to the storm, the novel explores how a natural disaster can bring out both the best and worst in human nature. In ‘Velorio,’ Hurricane Survivors Form a New Society. It’s No Paradise. 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z In her view, styles may have changed, but the content is the same, human nature being what it is. Music Review: Maude Maggart’s ‘Into the Garden’ at Feinstein’s 2012-06-07T21:52:17Z Twitter, for all its tyrannical, inflexible brevity, unfailingly reveals the gamut of human nature, the wonders and horrors of the world. The 10 best (and worst) tweets of 2012 2012-12-28T15:09:00Z “I’m capable of any of the many sins of human nature. But I believe the will of God is to be interpreted by the liberty of the human spirit.” They risked their lives to rescue scores of people from the Nazis. Few knew their story until now. 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z But for Melchor, to follow any voice other than the one inside her head — the one telling her to delve still deeper into the dark side of human nature — would be “a suicide.” Fernanda Melchor Explores the Human Capacity for Violence, and Grace 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z It follows his career as the creator of biting cartoons that often addressed the darker side of human nature, while battling alcoholism. Disabled by alcohol - Van Sant brings cartoonist biopic to Berlin 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z But you can depend on Mr. Ouramdane, a French-Algerian choreographer, to weave in poetry and mesmerizing theater from the darkest side of human nature. The Week Ahead: Oct. 9 ? 15 2011-10-06T15:27:01Z What’s more likely to happen is that under such circumstances the shadier side of human nature is, sooner or later, going to show itself. Michael Phelps isn’t the greatest 2012-08-02T11:55:00Z Early reviews have been mostly raves, praising the transportive quality and sophisticated themes about human nature and consciousness. Is ‘Westworld’ HBO’s Next Big Hit? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z In questioning how we can make a moral judgment about anyone without some knowledge of their intentions, Frayn’s play maps the quantum uncertainty principle to the heart of human nature. Piecing together a mysterious wartime meeting in Rubicon's 'Copenhagen' 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z He said the exercise also reflects his faith in human nature. Dave Matthews gives fans a ticket to philanthropy 2010-12-01T07:01:00Z “The Deuce” returns us to the familiar, “Wire”-esque territory of the corrupt transaction and its place in human nature. Review | In this era of online porn, ‘The Deuce’ artfully retraces the rise of the sex industry 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z So maybe the fact that we pull faces in the womb is an expression of something more basic than "human nature". Face value: expressions bring 4D ultrasound scans to life 2013-06-06T14:37:56Z Ms Robinson is too attentive to human nature and too suspicious of certainty for such a pat ending. Amazing grace 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z As well as revealing how the author's observations on human nature are still relevant, Fox will play the man himself and tell of his life. This week's new theatre 2011-02-19T00:05:55Z I want to make a film about human nature. "Bodies Bodies Bodies" director: "When the Wi-Fi goes out, the demons come in" 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z But Preljocaj sets himself a barely less daunting task: choreographing the essential meaning of apocalypse, as a cataclysm so profound it lays bare the very essence and history of human nature. Ballet Preljocaj – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-19T15:57:12Z After all, what is a circus but a surreal pageant celebrating the animal side of human nature? | 'Water for Elephants': Love Triangle Sideshow, a Circus?s Main Attraction 2011-04-21T23:29:36Z Learning science is a battle against human nature.” In the hands of an angry God 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The more interesting question has to do with human nature. ‘Eckhaus Latta: Possessed’ Review: Sustainability for Sale 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z The process of doing so doesn’t get any easier with the knowledge of this facet of human nature. FKA Twigs 'LP1' Review 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z "I think this story was trying to put a positive light on human nature," he said. Keira Knightley due at London Film Festival opener 2010-10-13T15:00:00Z Without these scenes, the king can seem a thinner character: the uncompromising enemy of a god, rather than someone also at war with elements of human nature. Is ‘The Bassarids’ an Operatic Masterpiece, or ‘Strauss Turned Sour’? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Yet they are surprisingly effective as horror movie baddies for one simple reason: They’re highly flexible allegories for much deeper commentary about the horrors of human nature, war and even nature itself. Remembering George Romero, who turned B-movie horror into a place for thought 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z It's in his charting of this crisis that Miller reveals most clearly the delicacy of his understanding of human nature. Lovesong by Alex Miller 2010-10-02T13:44:00Z Given human nature, the alliances and affinities are almost always short term, of course. Review: ‘Superfly’ Adds Bling to an Old Tale 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z I think it is because deep down our human nature likes construction, and does not like destruction. “This is just a test”: Prod-5806 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Is Holiday a gifted autodidact, as one could easily believe after absorbing the elegant, spare prose of “Conspiracy” and its seemingly timeless message about human nature? Bringing Down a Media Empire 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z And it certainly fits in with the cynical air of despair about human nature that pervades London’s stages these days. London Theater Journal: The Despot Behind a Desk 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z |
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