| 单词 | modesty |
| 例句 | “Englishmen do everything on principle,” George Bernard Shaw once noted—and the principle that Griffith lived by was utter modesty. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Really? You’re worried about your modesty when we’re going to have League agents on our tail in a matter of hours? Priorities, Green. Take out the shirt.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He was unforgivably a foreigner then, foreign to them, foreign to me, foreign to everyone but Mama, who sat next to him smiling with pleased modesty. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe in mystery and old-school modesty, so I wear a sarong in the bathing suit competition. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She would look back with grace and modesty at the son or daughter who had given her the look. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It’s not as if she ever instilled modesty in me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z "Come on, Papi," his daughters coaxed him, as if it were a modesty of his, to perish, and they had to talk him into staying alive. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Benedict firmly insisted, however, that modesty had nothing to do with his opinion that the children had been the real heroes in this adventure. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She quickly erases her smile and tries for some modesty. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Something pops up in my friends’ activity bar just then: Fizz likes Farooq’s status: “So sad Muslim girls are letting go of their modesty these days. A sign of the End Times. ” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I was so pleased to see him that with no thought for modesty I reached for his hand. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z My protestations that it was a small sacrifice to part with something I had little use for were taken as modesty, another fine kingly quality. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z This showed her great modesty and Wang Lung was pleased and said to himself that she was a proper maid. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She went everywhere with her little girl clutched to her breast, nursing her constantly without a set schedule and without regard for manners or modesty, like an Indian. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All of which the girls showed no modesty about, throwing open silk peignoirs to say, “It’s all red, Doctor. Do something. I have to be at the Casin by eleven.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was not sure what he meant by modesty. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Well, why don’t we just begin our letter with ‘Divine Westley,’ and appeal to his sense of modesty,” the Prince suggested. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z We would put on fresh, dry clothes, making sure all the while that no parts of our bodies showed, so as to preserve our modesty. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And I would sit with my knees pressed together, next to Jaja, trying hard to keep my face blank, to keep the pride from showing, because Papa said modesty was very important. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z His modesty is a well-known fact, which even the stupidest person wouldn't dream of questioning. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I speak in all modesty as I say this, but I discovered at that moment that I have a fierce will to live. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Only with animals did he relax his exaggerated modesty; he rolled on the ground with them, ran his hands over them, fed them directly in the mouth, and slept curled up with the dogs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But since none of us are alike and are all plagued by varying degrees of modesty, each member of the family has selected a different place to wash. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “He made a little mistake to be sure; but it is to the credit of his modesty.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “And which of the two do you call my little recent piece of modesty?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z There are a pair of loose trousers to go underneath for modesty's sake, and although I don't have all of the weaponry, I'm wearing a very close approximation of an Attendant’s garb. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Mia said nothing but nodded in a way Mrs. Richardson decided was modesty. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I nodded, not seeing any point in false modesty. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As long as it meets the requirements of Islamic modesty and cleanliness, it can be a “thing of beauty, ’’a fashionable item if you will, of any culture. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Faeries do not have a lot of taboos around modesty, but I do. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes they had no clothes at all, and had to wear old rags and leaves to preserve their modesty. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Mom countered that since she was twice as large as me and therefore required more physical fabric to preserve her modesty, she deserved at least two-thirds of the suitcase. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z "Sad and gentle, and not at all uncomely for a woman of her years, for all her modesty. Yet a danger to the peace of your brother's realm none-theless." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her skirts are a little higher than a real lady would wear, midcalf just like the rest of us, modesty leggings underneath. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z However, I’m not sure how modesty figures in my retelling the tale to you. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “See?” she said, smoothing the collar around Pearl’s neck, carefully buttoning a single button between her breasts for the minimum of modesty, the way all the senior girls were wearing them that year. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to freeze to death to preserve your sense of modesty.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Well then, I would fling away restraint and modesty, I would not be proud any more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “False modesty is your worst fault, big brother. You’ve got to learn to enjoy bragging. I love to brag. I just don’t have anything to brag about.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Flies,” he remembered, “On the white wonder of dear Juliet’s hand, may seize And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something immodest about her modesty: it announced itself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes on the ground out of modesty. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His modesty and humility made me want to believe he might be anointed after all. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z But Takumi felt no such modesty—he could, and did, eat and chew and swallow while talking. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z And on this map, with disarming modesty the Dutch omitted themselves, using only the old Latin name Belgium for their part of Europe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, sir,” he said, with a suspicious sort of modesty, “I think I can; but I don’t know as ’ow you’d be satisfied with the theory.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z True invisibility was impossible, of course: this was mental magic, a kind of fiercely held modesty that could make the spell worker not invisible but simply unnoticed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma was in the humour to value simplicity and modesty to the utmost; and all that was amiable, all that ought to be attaching, seemed on Harriet’s side, not her own. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I’ve lost all modesty in taxis; I lean against him, his hand around me, under my arm, on my breast, or I lie down along the seat, head in his lap. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The great merit of Newcomen’s engine was its simplicity of conception and modesty of ambition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Only a towel, clutched not quite adequately around his waist, preserved his hefty modesty. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Her uncle seems almost a child, monastic in the modesty of his needs and wholly independent of any sort of temporal obligations. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We believe it only on grounds of modesty: it would be most remarkable if the universe looked the same in every direction around us, but not around other points in the universe! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of Muslim women find it difficult to lead an active lifestyle while adhering to their religious principles around modesty, with most gyms being coed and workout wear being formfitting. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He told the old man with the politeness and modesty fitting to young men and students. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few hours I am no longer the only one, and by morning we are quite accustomed to it and ask for what we want without any false modesty. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, we bound our breasts with a fitted undersmock called a modesty corset. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She confessed her affection for the seven Moscote sisters, for their beauty, their ability for work, their modesty, and their good manners, and she celebrated her son's prudence. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Luckily, I'd left any sense of modesty back in acting class. Frisky moms, Porsche-demanding kids: A Santa-for-hire's Christmas in Los Angeles 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z It's not clear how well the magazine will be received in the Holy Land, where religious sensitivities simmer under the surface and observant Jews and Muslims live by strict modesty rules. Playboy magazine launches Hebrew language edition 2013-03-05T13:05:10Z “He never had that false modesty that other D.J.s had.” Zane Lowe, the D.J. Scratching Out Beats 1 for Apple 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Chase Finlay, her partner, heightened all of her virtues: his combination of spacious grandeur, modesty and nobility is very moving. Critic’s Notebook: Versions of Sugar Plums at New York City Ballet 2012-12-29T01:10:26Z The ambivalence and modesty in that statement, made by one of the great photographers of the age, is touching. Review | Dorothea Lange used photography to make an ugly world beautiful. She used words to give that beauty meaning. 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z The movie’s modesty — its intimacy, human scale, humble locations and lack of visual oomph — is one of its strengths. ‘Past Lives’ Review: Longing for a Future 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z For de Waal, the English ceramist and author of the acclaimed family memoir “The Hare With Amber Eyes,” the answer is with modesty. 33 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Questions about the relationship between art and nature seemed to quiz the very air around it, and it charmed me with its good-humored modesty. Perspective | Sculpture parks are a great way to see art during a pandemic. Here’s why some are better than others. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Proceeding by touches, symbols, and synecdoches, by suggestions and implications, Gray’s modesty conveys, above all, an absence—the incommensurable abyss between the experience and the image, the realm of the unfilmable, or, rather, the no-longer-filmable. “The Lost City of Z” Resuscitates Cinema’s Classic Adventure Tale 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The three Danes and a Norwegian who play together as the Danish String Quartet have always had a charming modesty to them. The Danish String Quartet’s ‘Prism’ Is Essential Listening 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Simplicity, modesty and obviousness appear to be his bywords, all the better to disturb the assumptions of preciousness, skill and aloofness basic to art. Martin Creed’s Anti-Spectacle at the Park Avenue Armory 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Chamberlain may have been more flamboyant, but Walton, in “Luckiest Guy,” is just as conscious of his affect — there’s an ostentatiousness, and no small amount of ego, in the way he performs modesty. Little Big Men: ‘The Luckiest Guy in the World’ and ‘Goliath’ 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Make a show of it No one ever won points for modesty. Popularitea: how putting the kettle on will make your office life better 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z “Downsizing” is an ambitious movie about the value of modesty, and its faults are proportionate to its insights. Review: In ‘Downsizing,’ Matt Damon Sweats the Small Stuff 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Her one sari turning into hundreds or thousands was the result of divine intervention to protect her modesty. Review: ‘A Room in India’ Overflows With Astonishing Visions 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z “Your femininity is sort of gauged by some kind of modesty that most male rock stars don’t suffer from,” she says. Rise of the female rock memoir 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Montaigne was, as Sarah Bakewell observes in her book How to Live, the philosopher par excellence of modesty, particularly the self-restraint that helps people to engage with others. All together now: Montaigne and the art of co-operation 2012-02-10T22:55:14Z This is Pakistan in the early aughts, where expectations for and control over female modesty and behavior extend to the new frontier of the internet. Probing the Murder of a Pakistani Internet Sensation 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z When his modesty elicited condescension, he still did not falter in his belief that modesty was his bedrock. The Artist 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z He would not reveal the subject of the coming book, but with characteristic modesty he predicted, it “will be a blockbuster of epic proportions.” Bill O’Reilly Has Top 2 Spots on Hardcover Best-Seller List 2012-12-23T22:52:22Z CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Before he started the whole alien spaceship thing last year, the chairman of Harvard University's astronomy department was known for public lectures on modesty. Harvard’s top astronomer says an alien ship may be among us — and he doesn’t care what his colleagues think 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Even while examining grief and the craving for human connection, the production lands with ease, modesty and warmth. At Salzburg Festival, Directing Slow and Fast 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Plenty of women consider themselves modern Orthodox without adhering to the standards of modesty that Ms. Bialik sets for herself, making the choice particularly intriguing for someone whose career entails magazine features and red carpets. From Blossom to Amy but Still Always Mayim 2012-09-21T22:45:54Z This modesty is a signal that the Maryland Grand National is a social event for daring amateurs. My Horse Country 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z “It’s a new era for Cirque du Soleil in New York, and we look to this adventure with a lot of modesty,” he said. Cirque du Soleil Show Is Broadway Bound 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z In Greek mythology, Aidos is the goddess of shame or modesty, the kinds of emotions that are supposed to enforce correct behavior. Review: Douglas Dunn’s ‘Aidos’ Is Set to Bach at BAM Fisher 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Stark has the identity issues and daddy problems that come with the superhero territory, but self-pity is as alien to him as false modesty. Movie Review: Superhero Sequel With Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke 2010-05-06T19:33:00Z These are unhelpful stereotypes that stand in direct contrast to the modesty and romanticism reserved for white women. A good news story on Page 3 of the Sun, courtesy of black model Sylvia Barrie 2012-06-21T11:10:35Z He has moved the action backward in time and dramatically expanded its scope, replacing modesty, irony and charm with earnest, sometimes overstrained ambition. ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Review: Edward Norton Fights the Power Broker 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z There are restrictions: films must adhere to halacha, Jewish religious law, including the rules of tzniut, which concern modesty. 'Another way of looking': the rise of ultra-Orthodox cinema 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z “It became about it being plunging, which to me is just one of those distinctions of modesty that I’ve decided to stay on the other side of,” she said. From Blossom to Amy but Still Always Mayim 2012-09-21T22:45:54Z It was the shortest rendition of another well-known musical marathon, but after this week of excess, modesty was called for. Les Troyens; Le nozze di Figaro; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel – review 2012-06-30T23:07:11Z Perhaps because of her demeanor of self-effacing, even demure, modesty, it’s been easy to underestimate Kidman over the course of a career that now spans three decades. Nicole Kidman belongs in our pantheon of great actresses 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The orchestra was well suited to both the passionate and gentle moods of Felix Mendelssohn’s evergreen Violin Concerto, though Ms. Faust’s silky modesty often felt excessively reticent. Budapest Festival Orchestra Plays Avery Fisher Hall 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Out of modesty, he has not revealed that Frederick Douglass once told him, “You’re doing an amazing job.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Trump’s secret acts of kindness? Just imagine. 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z He did not find it easy, perhaps out of modesty, to describe how he had created his most distinctive work. Chuck Stewart, Jazz Photographer, Dies at 89; You’ve Seen His Album Covers 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Richard Burger neatly navigates these contradictions in “Behind the Red Door: Sex in China,” showing how lust and prudishness, openness and repression, indecency and modesty can coexist in the People’s Republic. China’s schizophrenic sexual revolution 2012-12-23T14:00:00Z His earlier plays, including his 2012 debut, “Slowgirl,” reflect the qualities — patience with plot, modesty with character — that make him a fine short story writer. Review: Anna Chlumsky and Adam Pally Paint the Town Red in ‘Cardinal’ 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z “If there’s one quality I hate in a woman, it’s modesty,” writes Emily Carter in the stellar “Glory Goes and Gets Some”, an early Emily Books pick. My girl problems 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z This approach, focusing on the message and not the messenger, seems consistent with Francis’s modesty, and the film plays like a channel for spreading his ideas on the environment, refugees and religious coexistence. ‘Francesco’ Review: The Pope, Up Close, but Not That Close 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z A waterfront entertainment and resort complex in Indonesia is suddenly concerned with the modesty of its mermaid sculptures after debuting them more than 15 years ago. Indonesian theme park covers topless mermaid statues with bronze tops in effort to become 'family friendly' 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Many of these images have the sweetness and modesty of photographs, whose rise was still years off when most of these works were made. Art Review: Romantics Shining Clear Light on Daily Existence 2011-04-07T22:30:23Z Instead, it’s a Japanese philosophy of life that values austerity and modesty, traits that seem incompatible with PornBurger’s excess. This ‘burger pervert’ turned a fetish into a following. Now, can he make it last? 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z But it’s not modesty for modesty’s sake, it’s thought-out, measured, confident modesty, coupled with a healthy cynicism and a nicely pessimistic worldview. Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk: ‘Trump’s ego is so destructive, it’s hilarious. Until he gets elected’ 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Varda’s modesty is evidence of her mastery, just as her playful demeanor is the expression of a serious and demanding aesthetic commitment. Review: Agnès Varda and JR Travel in the Present, Glancing at the Past 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Horovitz and Diamond are good company — unassuming without false modesty; self-aware without irritating air quotes. ‘Beastie Boys Story’ Review: Pass the Mic, and the Memories 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z It is a nicely poised work that, despite its expressive modesty, is thrilling to hear when played with this kind of precision and sensitivity. PLG Young Artists ? review 2011-01-11T23:30:01Z What is remarkable, especially in the house, is its modesty. Opening the door to a place of plants and privilege 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z It solves an essential dilemma — what should I wear to go out? — and can be dressed up or down, or covered with a jacket for more modesty. The return of the going-out top 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Steven Spielberg said that Hanks' brilliance is exceeded only by his modesty and that away from the set, Hanks is "more Clark Kent than Superman." For Tom Hanks et al., a capital evening at Kennedy Center Honors gala 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The actor’s affable modesty helps to sell Ryan’s grace-under-pressure heroics, as when his game face collapses into jitters after he coolly kills a terrorist. Review: John Krasinski Brings His Man-Boyish Charm to “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Achebe's wisdom and modesty were a nice antidote to the antics of literary society in some of the richer parts of the English speaking world. Chinua Achebe: leader of a generation 2013-03-26T13:44:53Z In the end, the piece celebrates modesty and virtue with a generosity of spirit that suggests a lesser Sheridan. The Poor Soldier 2010-07-01T20:45:00Z “Everything she did was with modesty and dignity,” she said. The Artistry in Jill Bialosky’s Pastry Brush 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z But Mr. Raeburn’s modesty is a virtue; he has found the right style for the job. ‘Do Fathers Matter?’ Shows Why They Do 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z One doesn't see that kind of modesty often. Light is right at the Brit Insurance Design awards 2011 ? review 2011-02-17T09:51:50Z She salts the novel with women who practice ancient skills with modesty, who honor historical experience without slavishly imitating it. Characters Who Crave a Return to the Past, Human Sacrifice and All 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z This is a festival that disguises its ambition in the matter-of-fact modesty of its title and presents winter-weary New York audiences with a grab bag full of oddities and treasures. Critic’s Notebook: Film Comment Selects Festival Offers 22 Intriguing Picks 2014-02-13T22:30:25Z These aspects are "meant to honor Eisenhower’s Midwestern core values of strength, modesty, and integrity," according to a project summary issued by the commission. Eisenhower Memorial gets final federal approval 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Irby, 26 and formerly homeless, replied with a theatrical hand gesture of feigned modesty. Category Is … Filmmaker Realness 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z And there’s a modesty I like in his willingness to revel in his work’s inevitable status as interior decoration, commodities, even as he offers sneaky glimpses of information that’s not for domesticating. Review | Lucio Fontana slashed his canvases with a knife. Was it a gimmick or something more? 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z I don't want it to sound like false modesty. "The Boys" comics artist Darick Robertson on Amazon's adaptation, politics and "The Punisher" 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Interviews and photographs, the publicity that precedes any engagement to bring attention to the event, sell tickets, develop an audience and hopefully communicate, with appropriate modesty, the importance of your calling. Monsters Unleashed 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z “As the seasons change and trends also change, I feel like I have to force my outfits to the conditions of wearing a hijab and my level of modesty,” she said. Balaclavas Are Trendy, but for Some Muslim Women It’s More Complicated 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z It may sound like a backhanded compliment to praise this sometimes cheesy movie for never taking itself too seriously, but in a summer of bloated spectacles, this modesty should not be underestimated. Review: ‘Hercules’ is schlocky but entertaining 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar, as detectives whose empathy and modesty perfectly suit them for their jobs, give performances that are restrained but at the same time tremendously warm and human. Best TV Shows of 2019 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z It’s precisely in this only seeming artistic modesty that Collins asserts her directorial design. Kathleen Collins’s “Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary” Contains an Extraordinary Unmade Movie 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Eventually I worked up my courage to play my original three songs, which — no false modesty — they were terrible. Mark Duplass Can’t Get Enough of ‘Rocky II’ 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z But while a level of modesty is appreciated, even the ironic reiteration of one’s advantages can present as its own kind of aloofness. In ‘Vacationland,’ John Hodgman confronts surrealism of adult life 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z These were enriching, heartening, generous performances, movingly infused with the modesty that asserts humanity is only one part of the great order of things. An Enchanted Evening of Indian Dance Under a Turner Sky 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z When you’re moving at warp speed, modesty can only tell part of the story. Review: Bryson Tiller Brings Fresh Success and Tart Sentiments to Radio City 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z It may not be the most profound lesson, but “Terri” communicates it with modesty, wisdom and a refreshing lack of didacticism. | 'Terri': Another Teenage Misfit Trying to Like Himself 2011-06-30T22:04:07Z Some rules are intended to promote modesty, others to encourage a respectful learning environment. Motherlode Blog: Teenage Dress Codes: Easier Said Than Done 2012-09-13T14:23:42Z The tone of the book, though authoritative, is rendered with a kind of modesty that the language of the films refuses. Critic?s Notebook: How We Picked Our Presidents, 1960s Style 2011-07-05T00:23:31Z Authentic, handcrafted and small batch is a cult of modesty. The Year in Pop: Viral Stardom and Martial Dance Music 2012-12-28T17:07:10Z Simmons is the author of “The Curse of the Good Girl,” a book in which she argues that young women are unfairly asked to squeeze into an impossible mold of politeness and modesty. Beatlemaniacs, Beliebers, Directioners — why do they scream? If it was a craze, its watermark was modesty. Review | You’ve probably never heard of these artists, but they painted reality in a way we’ve lost sight of 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Naturally, fans are loving the hilarious post that shows the mom using a shocked face emoji to cover her modesty. Kim Kardashian’s viral cut-out dress parodied by mommy blogger, gets huge response 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Frightened Rabbit, a Scottish band that brought a saving modesty to the surging anthems of Britpop, may have summed up the hope that brought many musicians to SXSW: enough attention to keep making music. Less Underground Vibe at South by Southwest 2010-03-21T23:48:00Z Painted between 1544 and 1545, it depicts a naked woman lying on an unmade bed, a piece of fabric draped lightly over her thigh in a faint attempt at modesty. After almost 500 years, Titian’s ‘Danaë’ still makes you blush Resembling a small hut on wagon wheels, the popular bathing machines were intended for holidaymakers — mostly women — who wanted to take a dip in the sea while protecting their modesty. Searching for Dinosaurs in a Seaside English Town 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z How her attempt at modesty was the last gesture I would witness from my friend of 22 years. The crime we committed for her 2014-03-10T00:00:00Z Whereas the judge discounted the evidence of an older child witness against three other alleged witches, Jennet's modesty and innocence were taken to guarantee her reliability. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z On going to the Mormon university, Brigham Young, to study English, her modesty and respect for great writers stopped her attending creative writing classes. Stephenie Meyer on Twilight, feminism and true love 2013-03-11T06:00:03Z His good sense and modesty took Vidal to the Old Vic, where he asked them to modify his cockney voice. Vidal Sassoon remembered by Mary Quant 2012-12-22T22:30:01Z Many of her admirers are Orthodox women looking to assert personal style while remaining true to the tenets of tznius, or modesty. Fabologie's Adi Heyman Promotes Modest Fashion 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z To Mr. Sorel, then, apologies in advance: I can only assume that seeing this byline will be pretty anticlimactic — or perhaps his habitual modesty has rubbed off. The ‘Profusely Illustrated’ Life of Edward Sorel 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Why theatricalize a work that achieves its excellence through the short story virtues of modesty, compression and understatement? Tragic 'Twenty-Seventh Man' brings power of the pen to bear 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z His father’s virtuous modesty hasn’t brought success in the face of prejudice; Freddie’s bold self-assertion is meant to do so. In “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Freddie Mercury Is More Interesting Than His Music 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z At dawn, the Head Gardeners heartily recommend festival-goers skinny-dip in the lake, but at dusk they'd prefer we hide our modesty in one of SGP's many hot tubs, designed for group cavorting. Secret Garden Party 2013: what to look out for 2013-07-25T16:02:32Z Somehow in my mind I’ve learned to equate slouching with modesty. Model for a Day: A Writer Struts His Stuff on the Catwalk During New York Fashion Week 2012-09-14T20:07:40Z And what Loeb calls "cosmic modesty" — the idea that it's arrogant to assume we are alone in the universe, or even a particularly special species. Harvard’s top astronomer says an alien ship may be among us — and he doesn’t care what his colleagues think 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Godard’s 3-D feature, titled with characteristic modesty “Goodbye to Language,” promises to expand upon the gorgeous experimentation of his entry in last year’s omnibus film “3x3D.” A Bit of Cinematic Déjà Vu in Cannes 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z A clean break from the past, the houses celebrated the modesty and thrift people carried from the Depression. Why Does the Demolition of a Marcel Breuer House Matter? 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Perhaps the seeming modesty of his style doesn’t excite critics who vote in polls, and perhaps a perception that he was largely a director of “women’s pictures” has hurt his standing. Critic’s Notebook: Mizoguchi Films in a Museum of the Moving Image Series 2014-05-01T22:16:40Z Accounting for the plot is a bit more difficult, since coherent storytelling is even lower on the list of Mr. Daniels’s priorities than protecting Mr. Efron’s modesty. Movie Review: ‘The Paperboy,’ by Lee Daniels, Stars Nicole Kidman 2012-10-04T12:00:00Z The locale’s modesty reflects the working-class identity of a rough-edged town where more than a quarter of residents live below the poverty line. International art invades the suburban Coachella Valley: The best of 'Desert X' 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Perhaps his modesty is the legacy of an upbringing where an artistic career wasn’t seen as a viable option. Cillian Murphy: ‘It is getting absurd with the dumbing down' 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z But stating that the dishes are “nothing complicated” might be false modesty; any intended simplicity is belied by outstanding skill and creativity. Restaurant Report: Le Servan in Paris 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z It’s a particularly toxic brand of nationalism–the idea that a woman’s purity and modesty is the core of her identity as it relates to her culture. India’s first Playboy bunny, under siege 2012-08-01T19:56:00Z As a movie, “Belfast” has an appealing modesty: It’s only 97 minutes, it never overreaches, and it ends on exactly the moment it should. Which Films Lead the Biggest Best-Picture Race in Years? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z One major breakthrough in this realm was the toilet, which replaced such lesser solutions as chamber pots and garderobes to preserve one's modesty. 11 historically significant toilets 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Castor, a dapper, swashbuckling and publicity-embracing former official, has rarely been accused of modesty. Bill Cosby is back in court to throw out criminal case 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z But the modesty in marketing signals confidence in quality. This sauvignon blanc tastes like a splurge, but doesn’t cost like one 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z They live in a zenlike mirage of modesty, until the nouveau-riche Whitmans arrive. When You Hate Your Neighbor, and Then Your Kids Start Dating 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z But could that same modesty keep it from Oscar’s top spot? Which Films Lead the Biggest Best-Picture Race in Years? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z And the program effectively evoked his essential modesty and reserve, which were all the more remarkable given his consummate skills and exquisite taste as both organist and choirmaster. Review: With a Tribute to an Esteemed Organist, Simon Rattle Settles Into New York 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Owens had found the era’s blend of narcissism and modesty, and his voice, unassertive but direct, became more a reminiscence than a pose. Music Review: Christopher Owens at the Bowery Ballroom 2013-01-22T22:15:24Z Although he was a superb harp player and a consummate musician and teacher who held a degree in chemical engineering from Stanford University, Edward Druzinsky wore his many talents with exceeding modesty. Druzinsky: CSO harpist known as a dedicated musician 2011-01-10T19:12:00Z Some critics have argued that Mathis’s affability and modesty — his deference to producers, his self-perception as a voice but not a musician — held back his artistry. Johnny Mathis, the voice of the ’50s, was always ahead of his time. Now he’s ready to talk about it. 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Anderson said modesty was not an issue for her but confirmed that the suits were pretty fitted. How the ‘Baywatch’ Swimsuit Became a Summer Classic 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z The “Fabric Paintings” read as simultaneously mildly satiric — send-ups of Brice Marden’s exquisitely wrought monochrome panel paintings — and optically engaging in their own right, with their subtle color juxtapositions and physical modesty. Art Review: Thinking Outside the Canvas 2011-04-26T23:58:11Z He did not live to see his “hungriest grandson” turn his appetite into what Lam, with characteristic modesty, calls “a respectable career.” How Francis Lam, son of immigrants, became the voice of America’s food culture 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z This film shows no inclination to pose as the portrait of a generation in transition — it wants, instead, to be an insightful group sketch — and this modesty is its most becoming feature. Movie Review: ?Darling Companion? From Lawrence and Meg Kasdan 2012-04-19T22:35:40Z “Death wasn’t interested in teaching me anything,” Giffels writes with becoming modesty. Finding Oneself in a Coffin 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The piece is about ecclesiasticism, and the big but contained joy that informs the act of creativity—along with power and elegance and modesty. Hilton Als: Kate Valk, the “Meryl Streep of Downtown” 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z “I bought a camping toilet and a modesty tent,” he said. New York Philharmonic Restarts the Music With a Pickup Truck 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z After following tziniut — Jewish codes of modesty — for most of her life, she becomes highly involved in the creation of secular women's clothing, from lingerie to footwear. Netflix’s "My Unorthodox Life" urged ultra-Orthodox Jewish women to talk publicly about their lives 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z All these elements made this an event of real virtuosity — yet delivered with modesty and charm. Nivedha Ramalingam Brings Bharatanatyam to Drive East 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z “Without pride, and without undue modesty,” she added, laughing some more. Germaine Acogny on Choosing to Be the Chosen One 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z There are some metaphysical body slams, tumbles, and drags that are also unexaggerated, realized with a modesty that emphasizes the ordinary fragility of bodies. “The Curse of La Llorona” Exemplifies the Problem with Genre 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Still, she said, “It took time to find myself in modesty.” Fabologie's Adi Heyman Promotes Modest Fashion 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Surprisingly, despite the brain explosion, my sense of modesty had prevailed. An orgasm almost killed me! 2013-01-19T22:00:00Z And it is only in this definitive volume that even Ginsberg has finally published his Many Loves, which the dust jacket primly describes as "an erotic rhapsody" hitherto withheld "for reasons of prudence and modesty." Allen Ginsberg interview: From the archive, 24 April 1985 2013-04-24T06:30:00Z The insistence on modesty and a refusal to Instagram filter one’s work marked a different attitude: one where feeding the community presided over hailing the chef. Chef Amy Thielen explains her love for rural and urban, highflung and lowdown in 'Give A Girl A Knife' 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Often perceived as conservative and requiring women to be covered from head to toe, the rules range from strict interpretations of modesty in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan to more moderate versions in Malaysia and Indonesia. Indonesian designers defy stereotypes of Muslim fashion 2013-10-24T04:25:56Z Her friends and collaborators say this is out of modesty. A Laurie Anderson pilgrimage? Just don’t tell her you’re calling it that. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z But the group can’t wholly escape itself, opening with the title track, a king-size song about modesty and rebaptism, and closing with “A Little Home.” New Music: Albums by Rascal Flatts, Anita Wilson and Loudon Wainwright 2012-04-02T22:29:45Z A young woman amorously clutches the arm of her companion while a little Eros playfully tugs at the drape concealing Adonis’s body as modesty usually requires. Auctions: No Starry-Eyed Buyers at Christie's and Sotheby's Art Sales 2011-01-27T12:30:03Z Despite their modesty, they are in some ways the most radical paintings in the show. Hilma af Klint at the Guggenheim: One Work, Many Layers to Love 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Mike Hale wrote in his review for The New York Times that the series benefits from the modesty “Game of Thrones” lacks. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Vikings’ and ‘Good Will Hunting’ 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z To add modesty, I draped a lacy white shawl with beading over my freckled shoulders. Glimpses: Cuernavaca, Mexico, June 2005 2011-02-02T23:00:00Z Perhaps there’s a connection between his age and his modesty, his willingness to sit on the side of the show, to use “us” and “ours” more than “me” and “mine.” Perspective | As Trump slips out of town, Biden repurposes old symbols for new life 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z There’s nothing new about false modesty, nor its designation as a form of bad manners. Circa Now: Bah, Humblebrag: The (Unfortunate) Rise of False Humility 2012-11-30T20:49:55Z But we will not here debate what these shows say about the state of modern life, with its immediate-gratification mentality, lack of modesty and self-restraint, and general tastelessness. Baring All on ‘Dating Naked’ and ‘Skin Wars’ 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z International courts have always shown a remarkable lack of modesty as to what little they actually accomplish, and at a cost that is, whether they like it or not, increasingly shocking. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z He would receive the news of our world with a jolt of pleasure at the dropping of some pretense of false modesty and a shock of recognition at the evolution of athleisure. The Essay to Read If You Even Think About Wearing Clothes 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z If Kanye West were more honest, he would embrace his talent and overcome his shy modesty. Style Invitational: Just drop it, okay? A new neologism contest 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Understatement is his specialism: an English mode of speech that combines self-protection, delusion and modesty. Robert Macfarlane: rereading Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male 2013-03-15T12:03:22Z Mr. Gupta, whose 25 years of business experience includes the entertainment, metals and mining industries, said his PB Lifestyle is working with Playboy executives about a redesigned costume more appropriate for India’s standards of modesty. Playboy Bunny Makeover for India Opening 2012-11-09T18:55:58Z Back in the UK, France temped and in the evenings built his own modesty brand, Kingdom & State. Queer Eye's Tan France: ‘The word gay was never mentioned in my parents’ home’ 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Starting in the basement gift shop and gallery, Mr. Cogswell walked me through the house, which is remarkable mostly for its modesty. Ways to Spend a Virtual Day With Louis Armstrong 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z They gave advice to unmarried Quakers about maintaining “moderation or modesty” in budding love affairs. Antiques: Clocks That Have Been Ticking Since Before the Revolution 2013-08-22T21:31:46Z Which dovetails neatly into Adele’s celebrity narrative as a charming young British lady who values modesty and grace. Adele’s ‘25’ and our problem with unstoppable sadness 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z She went on to become America’s first professional woman astronomer, the first woman to join the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and, along with other firsts, a figure of immense power and genuine modesty. Maria Popova Weaves Together Stories of Human Ingenuity 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Despite Mr. Levy and Ms. O’Hara’s self-imposed modesty, Daniel Levy explained that he did not have to be bashful when his father suggested her for their series. ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ With Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z So it turns out there's a reason why Annie keeps her bra on during those awkward sex scenes with friend with benefits Ted — and it's not for modesty. 20 surprising facts about "Bridesmaids" 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z “The world was born without any veil of modesty,” he marvels. Fleeing a Caribbean Plantation Into a Mythic Wilderness 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z DeVito is a sweet mix of modesty about his personal achievements and bullish pride in the collective results, and there are few projects that give DeVito more retrospective pride than Taxi. 'No one will forget the 5ft guy' 2013-02-27T18:10:00Z “Ishtar” is now entirely free of summer-blockbuster expectations, and what might have looked 25 years ago like “oversized spectacle” has an appealing modesty. Cross-Cuts: Reconsidering Box Office Bombs Years After the Fact 2013-08-23T12:44:45Z It hints at an outsider with resentments and frustrations as well as modesty and moral courage. Ulysses S. Grant: New Biography of ‘A Nobody From Nowhere’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Dench plays Titania naked, with her modesty covered with a long wig. Every Judi Dench film – ranked! 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Working on the larger canvas of main courses, Piège tempers his signature whimsy, a calculated modesty that concedes the fact that you’re there not only to be entertained but to eat as well. | Chic Eats in Paris 2010-11-22T17:15:00Z She is a mix of modesty and exuberance. Royal Court theatre prepares to bid farewell to King Dominic 2013-03-10T07:00:00Z "I think in the wine there was always a modesty," Kurt says. The wine so good the Swiss won't share it 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Nichols describes his own working-class upbringing and the men who shaped it, instilling values of hard work, modesty and willingness to take responsibility. Perspective | The weird masculinity of Donald Trump 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z And why, after 50 minutes of bombast, the trite little ending of such false modesty? BBCSSO/Nicholas Collon – review 2012-05-27T11:47:53Z Marcia Landesman, associate director of undergraduate admissions at Yale, trumpeted the importance of modesty and resourcefulness, and emphasized the importance of recommendations. Motherlode Blog: Colleges Discuss the 'Ideal' High School Graduate 2011-10-28T00:05:30Z We said, well, we believe that we are good designers -- without any false modesty -- so why don’t we apply our knowledge to a question that is difficult and that matters? Pritzker winner Alejandro Aravena on Pinochet, postmodernism and building a house for $7,500 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z “Yes, Chef,” which was written with Veronica Chambers, chalks in the details of Mr. Samuelsson’s story with modesty and tact. ‘Yes, Chef,’ by Marcus Samuelsson 2012-06-26T12:37:23Z And yet: this summer, the Mystetskyi Arsenal is open to the public, with a forceful and beautiful exhibition that’s all the more impressive for its modesty and frank emotions. How the War Changed a Kyiv Museum’s View of Its Past 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z What made him a star was the modesty of his nuttiness. Gene Wilder’s Understated Nuttiness 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Indeed, her modesty can be a little shocking. ‘Vanessa: The Life of Vanessa Redgrave,’ by Dan Callahan In his review for The Times, A. O. Scott called the film “an ambitious movie about the value of modesty.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘Manifest’ and ‘The Mask’ 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The Crumb Road has a rich, melancholy modesty, and to spend time with it enriches our attention. The Crumb Road by Maitreyabandhu – review 2013-07-05T17:30:00Z Between that modesty and his very funny sense of humor, he was just a very sweet person. Druzinsky: CSO harpist known as a dedicated musician 2011-01-10T19:12:00Z Take, for instance, the veil that traditional Islamic women don for modesty. Biography paints portrait of Muhammad as prophet, man 2013-01-17T22:06:50Z In person, Humboldt was fascinating, dazzling and more than a little overbearing, but his philosophy, politically and scientifically, was based on a profound sense of modesty about man’s place in the world. Perspective | What do Thomas Jefferson, a mastodon skeleton and Alexander von Humboldt have in common? The answer is locked inside the Smithsonian. 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Julian Wachner, Trinity Wall Street’s director of music and the arts, confessed to mixed feelings about the modesty of this year’s commemorations. 9/11 Memorial Concerts, Mostly Low-Key 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z And here, too, the group played with a modesty, even a reticence, that would, periodically, suddenly and beautifully explode. Music Review: Ensemble MidtVest at Merkin Concert Hall 2014-04-13T21:45:34Z But don’t be fooled by its modesty: CheLi’s debut was a major event. New York’s Top 10 New Restaurants of 2021 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Err on the side of modesty — in some countries, for example, women rarely wear shorts. Tips for the solo, younger female traveler 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Between songs he professed modesty, yet when he sang he was long-breathed and confident, savoring every complaint and exhortation. Music Review: Allen Stone at S.O.B.?s - Review 2011-11-10T22:29:19Z This was admittedly a modest achievement — between them, there isn’t all that much to coordinate — but effective, even in its modesty. Music Review: Banter Is Cheery, but Songs Are Not 2011-04-27T21:53:46Z At its most stylish it has a big-foot flair, though there’s also evidence of a tailored post-austerity modesty that lingered through the 1950s and then was gone. ‘Garry Winogrand,’ a Retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z You may be tempted to take this confession as false modesty, but beware. Is Nicole Krauss’s new novel an act of literary revenge? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z This is not a modesty thing at all, but I'm just thrilled to be in the fifth season of a TV show and be nominated. ArtsBeat: Emmy Nominees: Matthew Weiner of 'Mad Men' 2012-07-19T15:27:46Z A quiet, unassuming sort of comedian, he delivers his standup in a low-key, slightly nasal style; as if the demands of being a stage-dominating showman just don't gel with his natural modesty. This week's new live comedy 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z “When people are into trends that happen to align with standards of the hijab, I’m all for it, because in my opinion, I want my modesty to be seen as a fashionable option.” Balaclavas Are Trendy, but for Some Muslim Women It’s More Complicated 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z In March, five young Iranian women posted a video of themselves dancing TikTok’s “Calm Down” challenge — defying Iran’s draconian modesty laws, which prohibit women from dancing or appearing without head scarves in public. TikTok Is Dead (Maybe). Long Live TikTok Dance. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z And they exemplify what has been seen as a national style of straightforward modesty. Justin Peck’s New Americana, Set to Copland’s Old 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Never one for modesty, the With Every Heartbeat singer also announced albums six and seven. Robyn to release three albums in 2010 2010-04-07T09:39:00Z His reluctance to glory in any of his achievements has a particular texture, the modesty of the Brilliant American Liberal, which is not so much false as it is familiar, like a much-practiced pose. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z He won’t look away and while modesty and mortification seem to fit with the character of Ida, she seems to grow bolder, fiercer under his stare. Love is All You Need: A Rom-Com for Adults 2013-05-03T03:30:41Z Her modesty belies not only her natural authority but also her extensive gardener’s knowledge of pesticides, so handy when your rural enclave is a magnet for homicide. In Praise of Agatha Christie’s Accidental Sleuths 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z There’s a reason, and it is not modesty. Gene Weingarten: No guts, no glory 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Not an inch of modesty is present in these scenes, but as explicitly as Edgar-Jones and Mescal's skin-on-skin performances are, never do they come across exploitative. "Normal People" takes a common teenage love story and matures to a rated-M, sex-driven heartbreak 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z An elegant, diffident figure with a thatch of fair hair and an engagingly lop-sided smile, Astor combined modesty, idealism and astonishing generosity with a steely determination. David Astor: The pioneering editor who loved an underdog 2011-04-02T23:09:52Z This, along with the modesty of its physical production — its humble rooms, quiet moments, ordinary lives — can obscure Mr. Linklater’s ambitions and the greatness of his achievement. Movie Review: Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ Is a Model of Cinematic Realism 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z He wears a robe in most of the scenes, his modesty intact. Changes in the Marketing of Men’s Underwear 2013-05-23T01:12:49Z Jackman, whose electric aura challenges our acceptance of him as an ordinary bloke, is all concentrated modesty. Review: 'The River,' with Hugh Jackman, is a wisp of a fish tale 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z They all share the Nordstrom dedication to their work and a certain Seattle-style modesty, a quality not natural to the city in which the company is making its latest bet. Inside the Nordstrom Dynasty 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z At one point, he says of Jessica Lange that her greatest quality, or the one that struck him most acutely when he first met her, was her modesty. Sam Shepard bares his soul 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z The apparent modesty of Austen's dramas is only apparent; the minuteness of design is a bravura achievement. Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z The honor student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, handled all the attention with poise, modesty and maturity. Mo’Ne Davis named best female athlete 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Ask Newman about legacy, about his place in music, and you’ll hear a mix of modesty, frustration and pride. Randy Newman cared enough about his new album to help pay for it 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Though this is related to transcendence, it involves an extraordinary modesty and objectivity. Dance Review: Indian Dances at the Erasing Borders Festival 2013-08-16T22:24:56Z “I prefer this, something small, with a calm name that invokes modesty.” Romanian Artists Rethink Brancusi’s Legacy 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Luckily this modesty didn’t extend to the main pictures in the house, which include some fine late Picassos. A Free Hand 2010-11-01T04:00:00Z It’s almost like a kind of modesty, that the construction is kind of being thrown away under the immediacy of the process that he’s describing. The poetry of “Mad Men”: When Matthew Weiner first read Frank O’Hara, “it was just like total time travel” 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z At the heart of Blais’s book is its eulogy to a culture of “purposeful modesty.” Summering at Martha’s Vineyard with the Clintons and Katharine Graham 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z His assessment seemed more like a reflection of reality than a demonstration of false modesty. Meet the People Who Can’t Get Enough Hotel Points (You’ll Learn Something) 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z It doesn't come off as false modesty; it's her assessment of her own skills, and it's fairly accurate. Joan Rivers: Beneath the Mask 2010-06-10T23:55:00Z Ms. Thompson made few such concessions to modesty, raising eyebrows when she turned up during New York Fashion Week in February dressed in a demi-sheer ankle-length skirt she bought at a secondhand store. As Days Grow Longer, So Do Hems 2011-04-07T01:02:33Z In one way or another, all the major broadcasters in the region rely on the Saudi market and pay obeisance to local standards of modesty and political discourse. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z He doesn’t minimize the hardships endured or the exertions required—but he approaches them with a modesty and a self-restraint that’s as much a matter of ethics as of aesthetics. “The Lost City of Z” Resuscitates Cinema’s Classic Adventure Tale 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z This was the series in which Ruby Tandoh – in the top five contestants of all time for her technical skill in folding bad attitude into false modesty – was accused of being favoured by Hollywood. Bake Off at 10: the greatest moments from the nine series so far 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z But it’s no small problem that the tension between modesty and hagiography is just about the only present-tense drama here. Review: Covid Responders Have Their Harrowing Say in ‘The Line’ 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The reality star, 35, attempted to break the Internet again by posting a nude photo of herself with only two black bars to protect her modesty. Kim Kardashian Breaks the Internet Yet Again with Nude Selfie 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Who she is showing up for, and who she is addressing in every moment brought her to this kind of humility and modesty and feelings of reservation. "Anatomy of a Fall" inverses the formulaic whodunit and shows the "limitations of a courtroom" 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z I don't just mean the pleasure the reader gets from reading about Wagner's vanity; I also mean Conrad's relish in describing it, and then contrasting it with Verdi's almost saintly modesty. Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad – review 2013-02-19T12:10:12Z So definitely not a vanity project, but we might call it a “modesty project”. Here's looking at me: Does Angelina Jolie’s By the Sea qualify for Hollywood’s Hall of Vain? 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Prize marrows and a group of handbell enthusiasts convey notions of postwar modesty and aspiration. Gloriana; 66th Aldeburgh festival – review 2013-06-22T23:05:50Z Such comments seem a matter less of false modesty than of existential necessity, and jibe with her definition of herself: “I’m a pretty antisocial Socialist.” Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z “Ann’s most outstanding trait — apart from her beautiful work — is her modesty. She is known for her reticence and self-effacement.” Reading Elena Ferrante in English? You’re Also Reading Ann Goldstein 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Even though Phife was game to brag in his rhymes, his modesty was more striking. Phife Dawg: An Everyman Hero of Hip-Hop Stands Proudly Small 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Well, come to think of it, America has zero tact or modesty for St. Patrick’s Day either… Okay, fine, a lot of holidays are silly marketing events, but sometimes you get a day off! Ranking: Valentine’s Day Films From Worst to Best 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Regardless of his modesty, Cooper is the kind of person with enough clout to randomly call people up and offer them a role in a big studio picture. Bradley Cooper will keep geeking out about ‘A Star Is Born’ as long as you let him 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Less is always more with this master conductor, who, at 82, wears his elder statesman status with a grace and modesty batonsmiths many years his junior could learn from. Haitink's Mahler 9th makes superb season finale for CSO 2011-06-03T17:59:36Z But also, as that character likes to say, with ostentatious modesty, of himself: just a man. An Appraisal: A. O. Scott on Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-02-03T17:36:07Z Collaborators and disciples queued up to marvel at MacColl's modesty and her transcendent vocals. Rewind Radio: Night Waves; Blond on Britain; Nine Alternative Lessons and Carols; Kirsty MacColl: A Tribute; Desert Island Discs 2010-12-26T00:04:03Z It was a perfect summation of this Brazilian artist’s modesty, and her love of the random, the collaborative and the ephemeral. 2 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Cutting-edge art and high-profile galleries are new to Uruguay, a country that is typically associated with modesty and restraint. An Art Scene by the Sea in Uruguay 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z It could be false modesty, but Bale seems genuinely worried that someday the work – on average one or two films a year over the past two decades – could dry up. Christian Bale: 'I was asked to do a romantic comedy. I thought they’d lost their minds' 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Reviews of the film have described it as so transporting and transcendent that I was unprepared for the modesty of the director Sydney Pollack’s cinéma-vérité style, much less for how tired Franklin appears. “My Soul Is Satisfied”: An Intimate New Documentary Explores the Source of Aretha Franklin’s Power 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z He sees himself as a maximalist in a minimalist world; a wet writer in a dry one; a lover of bric-a-brac in an era of Shaker modesty. In ‘Languages of Truth,’ Salman Rushdie Defends the Extraordinary 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z This is partly modesty and partly because Ataman works with documentary footage. Kutlug Ataman 2010-04-10T23:06:00Z Doctors were encouraged to avert their eyes whenever they were examining a female patient, to "respect" her modesty. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z At the time, men’s bathing suits were required to cover the entire chest; the groin area also had to be covered with a piece of fabric — O.K., it was a skirt — for modesty. Following the Lead of the Diving Girl 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z It's false modesty, of course: What they're really doing is drawing attention to their bravery and machismo. 'Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D': Step right up for 'stupid' human tricks 2012-08-08T22:43:04Z There was no movie magic, no hiding behind camera angles and modesty protectors: It was leaping, dripping, fleshy full-frontal vulnerability. For Emma Corrin, Identity Is an Ever-Evolving Project 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z “In all honesty and candor and modesty, I always wanted the character to have that kind of upward mobility because it mirrored the American dream,” Guillaume told the Washington Post in 1985. Robert Guillaume, star of TV's 'Benson,' dies at age 89 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z In his Times review, A. O. Scott wrote: “The wonderful thing about ‘Rachel Getting Married’ is how expansive it seems, in spite of the limits of its scope and the modesty of its ambitions. Jonathan Demme: The Director’s Seven Career-Defining Movies 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z In all modesty, I must say it’s a pretty fabulous meal, light enough to be called spa food, though if you don’t tell, no one will guess. A January Dinner Party That Doesn’t Deprive 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z They are what I call “quietly good design” and, despite their modesty, our lives are the better for them. The Artistry of Inconspicuous Quality 2010-05-02T18:00:00Z She doesn’t care; facing down death has a way of removing concerns about modesty or shocking other. How Cinemax's "Jett" does nudity — and plenty of it — right 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z “In all honesty and candor and modesty, I always wanted the character to have that kind of upward mobility because it mirrored the American dream,” Guillaume told the Washington Post in 1985. Robert Guillaume, star of TV's 'Benson,' dies at age 89 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Odds are, your kids will painlessly inherit your brains, success, charm and modesty. Motherlode: An Economist's Argument for More Children 2011-04-12T16:42:52Z Over the last two years, he’s become one of the most visible voices in grime, England’s homegrown hip-hop offshoot, with a combination of lyrical aggression and personal modesty. Review: Stormzy Delivers Grime Music From Britain 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z At the time, it sounded somewhere between false modesty and sly self-deprecation. From Top Gear to The X-Files: the six worst TV shows of 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Reinforcing this overall modesty, or mildness, the “Good Witch” films are coy about Cassie’s actual powers. The ‘Good Witch’ Franchise Changes Gears 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The doctor said, "Yeah, sorry, this procedure leaves little room for modesty" as he smeared ice-cold Chlorhexidine on my scrotum. Panic! At the vasectomy table 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z But he does so from a position of modesty — his unbothered affect is a camouflage. Review: Ed Sheeran’s Secret Weapon on ‘Divide’? Being Unabashedly Uncool 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z The earliest pieces on display at the museum date to before World War I; they're high button boots, echoing the Victorian modesty of the late 19th century. Yakima shoe show strolls through history 2011-02-12T04:44:01Z But overall, these new songs felt tentative, held back by something Heart was never very good at: modesty. Music Review: Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart Play Hammerstein 2010-08-04T21:37:00Z Like any ordinary lug unaffected by his own godlike aspect, Mr. Aquilon responds with modesty. From Boys to Men 2010-10-15T20:55:00Z And what I actually felt was I hadn’t done enough films, and it wasn’t sort of false modesty or anything like that. Christopher Nolan objects to Warner Bros. release plan, but he’s happy you can watch ‘Tenet’ at home now 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z People start undressing; modesty is in short supply. Explorer: Getting Muddy in the Netherlands 2010-05-19T21:49:00Z It’s the sound of modesty in celebration mode, rock with a studied awareness of where the stresses should fall and where the notes should ring. New Music: Superchunk and Tedeschi Trucks Band Release Albums 2013-08-19T22:29:24Z Mr. Hazanavicius accomplishes this with not only showy ambition but also a winning modesty that grows out of an appreciation that popular art is, above all, about the efficient and inventive delivery of fun. | 'The Artist': ?The Artist,? by Michel Hazanavicius - Review 2011-11-24T13:00:00Z A favorite of TikTokers everywhere, these sportswear classics hit the perfect spot between leggy and modesty. A Summer of the Thirst-Trap Short Shorts? 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z "Her final will reflects that modesty, as well as her great generosity and empathy for those who took care of her in her later decades," he added in a statement. Reluctant heiress leaves million to arts, nurse 2011-06-24T00:52:21Z All of this was a total affront to the mores of modesty in this cultured, landlocked, south-east Asian communist state. Laos town known for drunkenness and tourist deaths cleans up its act 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z In its announcement Monday, the Pritzker jury praised the 58-year-old architect for his ability to blend conflicting characteristics, such as power and modesty, and bravado and subtlety. Portuguese architect Souto de Moura wins Pritzker 2011-03-28T16:03:08Z Her students have their lessons during female-only hours in the community center’s indoor pool, when modesty standards are looser and they can swim with their arms and lower legs uncovered. Nike Takes the Plunge Into Modest Swimwear 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Gerber, a former model, took the mic and, with the modesty of a supporting player, thanked Omega for employing his family. Kaia Gerber’s Dad Was a Model, Too 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z A visit to Salt Lake City led to a meeting with the owner of a Mormon modesty clothing manufacturer, who offered him a regional manager job there. Queer Eye's Tan France: ‘The word gay was never mentioned in my parents’ home’ 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Norman calls it "social value", in which tradition, the non-belligerent practice of religion, duty and "modesty" are brought to the fore. Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman – review 2013-05-19T09:00:02Z To back up the theory, he cited Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, France’s Chartres Cathedral and — modesty never being Johnson’s strong suit — his own 1949 Glass House in New Canaan, Conn. Frank Gehry's jewel-box new concert hall in the heart of Berlin 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Though it is a celebration of modesty, there is also quite a lot of vanity in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” Movie Review: ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ Stars Ben Stiller 2013-12-24T18:27:55Z Atlas is least interesting in the present book when he talks about himself and tries to disguise his egoism and arrogance with a veneer of mock modesty. Literary biography: possibility and peril 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z "I wouldn't call myself that," he says in a faint attempt at modesty, "but fans on Twitter call me the modern-day Fela or Marley or Dylan, you know." Wyclef Jean: 'Fans are calling me the new Dylan' 2010-12-05T21:30:00Z Valentine was also struck by the modesty of Landers’s studio, which he visited with Ali Subotnick, a former Hammer curator. He Likes ‘Staying Under the Radar,’ but His Art Is Getting Noticed 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The designer said he was inspired by a sense of modesty in Swedish style. Paris: Hot Colors Retreat as a Muse Enters 2010-09-29T20:41:00Z This false modesty conceals the colossal success of the Marvel series in the pretense that an image, however fabricated or illusory, doesn’t itself constitute a reality for some subset of its viewers. Review: “Spider-Man: Far from Home” Presents the Illusion of a Good Movie 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z That inherent sort of attention to modesty makes one very frank, because you don’t tend to try to create a massive persona or have personality as a performance art. Gillian Flynn isn’t writing “the next ‘Gone Girl'”: “I feel like I need a break from their voices in my head” 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Majestic in her modesty, Close told Vanity Fair, “I keep myself to zero expectations just for my own mental health.” Perspective | This Oscars season has been a mess. Thankfully, we have Glenn Close. 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The show promises to be faithful to its record of modesty and understatement. ‘Circus and the City’ at Bard Graduate Center Galleries 2012-09-20T22:40:07Z The disavowal is more likely an example of a “modesty topos,” as a woman in the sixteenth century who published original work would have been considered immoral. The Hidden Life of a Forgotten Sixteenth-Century Female Poet 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z That earnest modesty was undermined only by a superfluous use of recorded sounds, including a rainstorm cornily tacked on as the voices drifted away. Review: Katarina Livljanic’s ‘Heretical Angels’ Contemplates Mortality 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z If anything, Ms. Portman seems constrained by her own modesty, by a justified but nonetheless limiting reverence for her source material. Review: From Natalie Portman, Israel’s Birth Distilled in Mood and Memory 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z “Those rabbinical interpretations of modesty were retrojected into the biblical texts over time.” In ‘My Unorthodox Life,’ Fashion Is a Flash Point 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Sidesaddle riding is making an unlikely comeback in the United States, greeted by many nostalgic equestrians as a delightful revival of a long-lost skill celebrating feminine modesty and elegance. These women want to bring back sidesaddle riding. Is that okay? 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Photograph: LMK His modesty is a kind of tough-guy act, a lack of vanity so aggressive it makes him almost wholly resistant to criticism. Christopher Walken: ‘I don’t need to be made to look evil’ 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Munro is famously self-effacing and publicity-shy — traits that probably stem in part from old-fashioned Canadian modesty and in part from wariness, a wish not to be pinned down. Alice Munro Puts Down Her Pen to Let the World In 2013-07-01T21:24:22Z How do you represent a man of such towering achievement whose modesty was one of his core values?” ArtsBeat: In Response to Complaints, Gehry Changes Design for Eisenhower Memorial 2012-05-16T16:33:11Z After the drab virtue of Pat Nixon’s Republican cloth coat, the down-to-earth modesty of Betty Ford and the proud populism of Rosalynn Carter, Americans were hungry for some excitement and glamour. In first lady, Nancy Reagan found the role of a lifetime 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Given the modesty of the community this woman was trying to enter, she should expect some pushback when she refuses their standard. Perspective | Ask Amy: Family struggles with adult daughter’s vitriol 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z The trend is obliquely related to the modesty movement, one high on puffed or belled sleeves, smocklike frocks and ankle-skimming hemlines. Are Hippies the New Goths? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z “He recognized the movie was about, among other things, modesty,” she said. Henry Herx, 79, Dies; Reviewed Movies for Catholics 2012-09-02T15:28:01Z There is restraint and modesty in the Martínez’s songs and ensemble numbers. Review: A Mariachi Opera Addresses Roiling Issues of Immigration 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Clearly recovered from her attack of British modesty, she jumps out of an SUV in denim shorts and a crop top, her voice almost completely lost. Foxes at South by South West: 'I've been thrown into the belly of the beast' 2013-03-18T18:15:00Z With the sun sliding beneath the horizon, questions of modesty or embarrassment quickly vanished. Destination: Wellness 2012-12-28T16:26:19Z “The seriousness of approach, I think, and the modesty of it is very Canadian,” Michaels agreed. Before he won Oscars for his music, composer Howard Shore helped kick off SNL 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z But the modesty of our history and national iconography is a big part of what makes Canada so wonderful. 2010-02-12T14:01:00Z Grossman radiates wisdom, modesty, kindness and, above all, a sort of stillness: contemplative and tender, but steely, too. David Grossman: 'I cannot afford the luxury of despair' 2010-08-28T23:03:00Z Ms. Nastasia keeps a tight control over her gloom, and that’s what makes her whole project work: the modesty in the baleful lyrics invites you to guess at their meanings. New From Roots, Travie McCoy, Jason Moran and Nina Nastasia 2010-06-20T23:48:00Z Ever since making his name with the Fugees in the 1990s, Jean has hardly been handicapped by excessive modesty. Wyclef Jean: 'Fans are calling me the new Dylan' 2010-12-05T21:30:00Z With typical modesty, Rattle says he's learned more from the players than they have from him since 2002. Simon Rattle: Baton charge 2011-02-15T21:30:00Z This was a galaxy-spanning utopia whose name was chosen for its self-deprecating modesty, rather than something grandiose like the Federation or the Empire. Iain Banks: 'A star whose light will travel a long way' 2013-06-10T16:56:34Z At Miss Muslimah USA, a pageant for young Muslim women, the complexity of modesty is on full display. ‘I Am Here to Prove You Wrong’ 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Isn’t that why they don’t need clothes, let alone fashion shows – they have no modesty to protect. 'Dogs don’t have egos. Humans do': inside Anthony Rubio's canine couture show 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z “I can’t feel the humanity and the modesty and the truthfulness and the humbleness and the sharing,” she said of Mr. Lepage’s work. Netia Jones, Making Maurice Sendak’s Creatures Sing 2012-10-07T05:00:06Z As her inclination against “big-scale work” suggests, a certain sort of modesty was a central element of her attitude toward art. The passions of Elizabeth Bishop 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Shot in black and white, Khan faces the camera naked, her modesty covered by the trailing limbs of the equally naked man she's carrying over her shoulders. Bat for Lashes: The Haunted Man – review 2012-10-11T14:29:01Z The violinist Janine Jansen plays with a kind of radiant modesty. Review: The Radiant Modesty of Janine Jansen at Carnegie Hall 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z If rigorous dichotomies are everywhere in “Items: Is Fashion Modern?” — rebellion and emancipation, modesty and exposure, power and its lack — so, too, are elements of humor and surprise. Van Gogh on Five, Wonderbra on Six. Going Up. 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The formal coherence that he achieves, after hundreds of hours behind the camera and almost as many in the editing room, is testimony to both his unmatched empirical ambition and his essential philosophical modesty. Captivating Films, Complicated Truths 2011-07-23T00:03:17Z Part of the ingenuity of “The Fault in Our Stars” is the way it short-circuits any potential criticism through a combination of winsome modesty and brazen manipulation. ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Sets Out to Make You Cry 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z It was performative modesty of the kind that celebrities excel at. ‘Being the Ricardos’ Review: Kiss, Fight, Rinse, Repeat 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The intimacy and modesty of his usual performance space — a studio rather than a theater — paired with the easy grace of his dancers and his ear for interesting scores make for satisfying performances. 6 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z He laughs a lot, he does a wicked impression of Brendel's mannerisms, and is full of self-deprecating modesty. Five difficult pieces 2010-04-22T22:00:00Z So spending free time being humbled and outsmarted by creatures we supposedly evolved past can instill a sense of connection, modesty and reverence. Ice Fishing Is Fun! 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z When you look around, Hollywood is full of such modesty projects. Here's looking at me: Does Angelina Jolie’s By the Sea qualify for Hollywood’s Hall of Vain? 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z There is a case to be made that the minimalism of “Requiem Canticles” is false modesty for a composer well aware of his gigantic importance, and Dudamel was intent on giving grandeur its due. The draw of Yuja Wang and Bartók brings surprising consequences 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z There is an aura around him, stoked rather than relieved by his modesty and industry. In a Wagnerian Whirlwind, One Conductor Breaks Through 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z It’s this very awestruck modesty that redeems the movie’s banality and, inviting wide-ranging speculation and invoking free-flowing wonder, sparks a surprising delight. Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Hitchler maintains that, for his more seasoned actors, it’s not always simply a matter of modesty. Staging ‘Hair’ With Actors Who Are Losing Theirs 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Maybe the circumspection and modesty Hákonarson shows throughout our interview is the social cost of living and working in a small country – and what can sometimes inhibit progress. 'They're behaving as capitalists': the film inspired by Iceland's farming stranglehold 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z The book, with its invaluable insights into the early days of documentary, showed a modesty that possibly inhibited his progress. Pat Jackson obituary 2011-07-12T18:12:54Z He's now taught in schools as France's poet — he who refused in modesty to be called 'poet.' Jane Birkin salutes former lover Serge Gainsbourg 2011-11-29T04:42:53Z It is a poem about wisdom, for which both modesty and independence of mind are essential. Perspective | A rabies scare gave me a crash course in how to stay sane 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Both students were given counseling, and the victim reported that her counseling was just more blaming her for the assault through lessons in “modesty.” How Christian conservatives blame victims and let rapists walk free 2014-02-24T14:44:00Z Mr. Yantrasast attributes his success, with a modesty that may reflect the years he spent in Japan, to luck. Prot?g?s Find Fame With Madonna and Museums 2010-05-27T18:06:00Z That’s kind of false modesty in a way from Fleming, but the truth is he created someone who was incredibly flawed. Skyfall Director Sam Mendes on Reinventing James Bond and His Favorite Scenes 2012-11-23T10:43:46Z “Once on the lookout,” Ms. Heyman said, “I found ample inspiration for achieving a ‘modern modesty’ that worked for me.” Fabologie's Adi Heyman Promotes Modest Fashion 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z In “dark dreams,” the moment is quickly engulfed by more of those sliding trills; even to call it a protest — against militarism, fascism, whatever — seems an overstatement of the helpless modesty of the reference. Music Review: Georg Friedrich Haas’s ‘dark dreams,’ at Berlin Philharmonic 2014-02-23T18:48:18Z "No, no, that would be false modesty," she says. Patricia Clarkson interview: 'I'd love to play an action hero!' 2013-06-25T18:00:00Z Thus, it gathers complexity without sacrificing any of its guileless modesty. ‘Mirai’ Review: A Charming Animated Trip Into a Family’s Past 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The good news for Broadway and cabaret is that his charisma coincides with talent, discriminating taste in material and a modesty that doesn’t seem faked. Music Review: Aaron Tveit at 54 Below 2013-05-12T20:06:45Z In other words, Mr. Stone, never much for modesty, subtlety or the careful calculation of risk, has written a much bigger check than he could ever hope to cash. | 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps': The Pride That Went Before the Fall 2010-09-23T16:10:00Z Personal modesty, which Avi Loeb said he learned growing up on a farm. Harvard’s top astronomer says an alien ship may be among us — and he doesn’t care what his colleagues think 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Never beset by false modesty, Schoenberg stated that his quixotic, Handelian re-arrangement, Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra, was "mainly intent on removing the defects of the Handelian style". National Youth Orchestra – review 2013-04-14T14:12:00Z Here’s a man seemingly untroubled by second thoughts and entirely free of what he has called “a psychological defect called modesty.” Review | Should celebrities narrate their audiobooks? Will Smith and Mel Brooks make the case for yes. 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z The modesty is partly a matter of circumstances — “Cane River” was a low-budget, independent production shot on two locations in Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish and New Orleans — and partly a matter of style. ‘Cane River’ Review: A Lost Treasure of Independent Cinema 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z “Maybe it was just in the blood, the whole international thing,” he said, with typical modesty. New York?s Pioneering World Music Impresario Announces His Retirement 2011-04-10T21:53:59Z “Without bringing any sense of false modesty, I just wasn’t very good at all the other things I tried,” Mr. Eberts said in an interview. Jake Eberts, Movie Producer, Dies at 71 2012-09-12T21:30:10Z I love its precision, its modesty, its clarity and its minimal fuss. Possessed: Better Penmanship, Less Pain 2011-02-05T00:51:47Z It was part modesty – “I am not a known artist that is worth it to break in, break a law and steal. I’m not Picasso,” she told the Guardian – and part practicality. The Painter and the Thief: behind the year's most moving documentary 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z There is a sense of modesty in this dress. Wedding dress to draw record crowds to London palace 2011-07-22T09:16:33Z This frequently recounted narrative—from tiny, utopian parties to an overblown apex—obscures the modesty of disco’s early ambitions. The First Days of Disco 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Not for him the modesty of hoodie-wearing Silicon Valley: He wore suits and married models and built a 64-story tower in Las Vegas sheathed in 24-karat gold. What ‘The Apprentice’ Taught Donald Trump About Campaigning 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Such modesty did not keep him from rising to the pinnacle of his profession. James Stewart Polshek, Quiet Giant of Modern Architecture, Dies at 92 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Romans were deeply suspicious of the cult of nudity fostered by the Greek gymnasium, both because of its seeming lack of modesty and its homosexual implications. Review: The Face of Captive Greece in Rome 2010-08-13T15:41:00Z That was pretty ropey, but in the light of Pacific Rim, it actually has a kind of unassuming modesty, and at least tried, in its way, to create real human sympathy. Pacific Rim – review 2013-07-11T14:30:00Z “In discussion after discussion, Nelson shows the same alertness to context, intellectual modesty and the conviction that ethical goodness is never all on one side,” Kwame Anthony Appiah writes in his review. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z While she is very small-chested, it's a matter of modesty to me . . . and cultural norms, I guess. Perspective | Concerns about a daughter’s modesty expose more about the mother’s mind-set 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The substantial introductory section is devoted solely to Ford—beginning with “Judge Priest,” continuing with “Young Mr. Lincoln,” ending with “Wagon Master”—and it’s something of a surprise in its modesty. A Tribute to My Teacher Gilberto Perez and His Eloquent Philosophy of Cinema 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z A billowing crimson Valentino gown on display is an example of that dialogue between sexual frisson and modesty: It is almost monastic in its simplicity but subverts that asceticism with a plunging, U-shaped neckline. Review | ‘Heavenly Bodies’ at the Met shows just how much fashion and Catholicism have in common 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z It’s the strangely showy modesty of painting in oil on sheets of paper not much bigger than letter size, but then taping multiple sheets together to get a bigger picture. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z He added that previously he felt “an expectation of modesty as an Asian man.” Asian American masculinity is being increasingly celebrated. But many men still face stereotyping. 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Self-aware and articulate, with a modesty born from confidence, he persistently uses the film to extol — and demonstrate — the rewards of recovery. Movie Review: ‘Paul Williams: Still Alive,’ Directed by Stephen Kessler 2012-06-07T23:41:13Z In part, this is a testament to its authors’ modesty. Hannah Arendt was right: Walter Benjamin is “sui generis” 2014-03-19T11:50:00Z Middle East politics took a backseat to the human comedy in a show that bridged divides through its sly multicultural score by David Yazbek and the graceful modesty of its book by Itamar Moses. Best theater in 2017: Our critic's top picks, including Midler, Metcalf and Bruuuuce 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z "We are working for this amazing day, fashion modesty, which is a complete, amazing experience for us as religious women." Israeli models hit the catwalk for Modest Fashion Day 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The budget, too, evidently is small, though the show owns its modesty with a handmade, thrift store let's-do-this charm. TV Picks: 'Tiny Tiny Talk Show,' Whitney Rice 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z This avenue out of Orthodox modesty norms, lived as a restrictive rule by Haart, is mainly shown by the creation and presentation of clothes uncovering the body. Netflix’s "My Unorthodox Life" urged ultra-Orthodox Jewish women to talk publicly about their lives 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z People really lose their sense of modesty when they think they're about to die. Clark Kent's got a new job. But where next for Morse, Jeeves and Mr Chips? 2012-10-27T23:18:27Z No strangers to vices and not a fan of modesty, he called his memoir “Hellraiser: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Drummer.” Ginger Baker, Cream’s volatile drummer, dies at 80 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z I recall his modesty, charm and, given his subsequent career in television, surprising nervousness. Richard Griffiths obituary 2013-03-29T16:52:59Z However, there were some who felt the “family-friendly” park was in the right to implement rules that promoted “modesty and appropriateness.” Tourist fined for wearing ‘erotic and lewd’ string bikini to beach 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z “Why, yes,” I said, with a feigned modesty I had only recently perfected. A Portrait of My Ego as a Big Black Dog 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Yet, the relative modesty of most of the objects is a boon. How good is the King Tut exhibition? An art critic weighs in 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z But this kind of attention was hacking away at my modesty like a machete. I sold my soul to Ricki Lake 2013-03-18T01:00:00Z While talking about craft with Drew Barrymore, Macdonald, with due modesty, denies identifying as a proper actor. Norm Macdonald’s Press Tour Was a Debacle. His New Show Is a Loose Hang. 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli celebrates modesty without turning it into a manifesto, welcomes diversity as a creative imperative as much as a social responsibility and revels in color. Perspective | Chanel, what has become of you? Paris Fashion Week ends with a bust and then a bang. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Honestly, from the Swedes I’ve talked to, I’m not sure lagom encompasses this kind of muscular compassion for your foes: it’s more about a Swedish preference for modesty and not standing out. Moderates are the real tough guys 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Logic, modesty and respect may protest in feeble voices that such co-option is questionable, but at present the idea is that everybody can – and should – know and tell everything about everybody. Ghost Light 2010-06-18T23:05:00Z The struggle between flesh and faith reveals a nasty side to this normally placid community, with roving "modesty squads" and posters proclaiming "a sinner in our neighbourhood". Film review: Eyes Wide Open 2010-05-13T22:05:00Z What Ms. Rose has learned since then, for better and for worse, is modesty. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-03-14T23:23:56Z But unlike others who have aimed for a similar interpretive modesty, Rosbaud’s approach was never clinical or didactic. He Was an Important Conductor. Also a Great One. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z One of the most entertaining revelations in the exhibition is a young woman who began as a tarty 16th-century Venetian beauty and became a model of Victorian modesty. National Gallery: an art exhibition where nothing is what it seems 2010-06-29T16:06:00Z Later, perhaps feigning modesty, he told a reporter at the French paper Libération that “I did nothing superhuman or extraordinary,” before saying he would never swim again. Unlucky or deluded? One man’s attempt to swim the Atlantic 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Confronted with the utter logic of doing something beautiful that also jibed with a new climate of modesty, American designers began stripping away a decade’s worth of postmodern significance to reach a plain A-line skirt. Fashion Review: The Big New Idea Is Modesty 2010-02-19T14:09:00Z “Not much of a scientific insight?” he writes, genuflecting at the altar of modesty. Dr. Eben Alexander’s so-called after-life 2012-11-26T16:00:00Z The movie is one of a kind — an exotic pageant executed with grace, gravity and a breathtaking modesty of means. In ‘The Color of Pomegranates,’ the Cinema of the Cryptic 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z But then I realized there was no need for modesty. Loneliness and Its Antidote on Orcas Island 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z "We have the biggest director, because we are the biggest group on the planet," Will.I.Am told Vibe magazine, with typical modesty. Black Eyed Peas and James Cameron team up for 3D concert film 2010-07-02T09:33:00Z This exhibition reveals it afresh, in the form of art itself, usually with touching modesty. Art Review: The Art and Heart of the Dealer 2011-08-04T22:07:12Z But its effectiveness comes from its modesty and seriousness of purpose — the way it stays close to the earth while imagining limitless digital worlds. A Thanksgiving Binge Menu: 7 Fall Shows You Might Have Slept On 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Everything about the character and the film exudes the kind of downbeat modesty Hoffman prized. 5 great Philip Seymour Hoffman performances 2014-02-03T03:09:46Z But in the past few months, Yeoh has been on something of a tear, eschewing mature modesty in favor of whimsy and joy with the help of stylist Jordan Johnson Chung. Perspective | Michelle Yeoh’s masterful, magical awards season style 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Historically, the call to modesty was by no means uniformly or universally heeded. In ‘My Unorthodox Life,’ Fashion Is a Flash Point 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z It explores the fusion of faith and fashion, modesty and modernity. Mediating Faith and Style: Museums Awake to Muslim Fashions 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The modesty that defines good martial arts in the “Ip Man” franchise is also a principal virtue of the films. ‘Ip Man 4: The Finale’ Review: Head Punches and Heart 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z You write about struggling with modesty on Dancing With the Stars. Candace Cameron Bure Talks 'Fuller House' and 'The View' 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Head scarves are typically worn to maintain modesty or serve as religious symbols, but can hold different meanings depending on the wearer. Balaclavas Are Trendy, but for Some Muslim Women It’s More Complicated 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The Emmy gown was specifically, and painstakingly, selected to cover Ms. Bialik’s arms and much of her chest, conforming to the religious modesty guidelines she has embraced. From Blossom to Amy but Still Always Mayim 2012-09-21T22:45:54Z I banned the word “obey” from our vows and I rejected the white dress that pushed archaic notions of female innocence, chastity, maidenhood and modesty. Perspective | Brides are wearing black. I did years ago and don’t regret a thing. 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Low-key but not given to false modesty, Thomas is determined to solve the puzzle. Lost in the dystopian nightmare of 'The Maze Runner' 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The Chili Peppers might not wear socks to protect their modesty anymore, but Kiedis still found a way to be shirtless for a good portion of the show. Review: Nostalgia powers dazzling Red Hot Chili Peppers show in Seattle 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Harrison James, as Prince Florimund, mirrored Ogden’s qualities of effortless power and appealing modesty. Review | National Ballet of Canada gets it right: In ‘The Sleeping Beauty,’ it’s what’s inside that counts 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Most of the rock bands presented themselves with that kind of modesty. Critic’s Notebook: Axl Rose and Kanye West, Heroes of Governors Ball 2013-06-10T21:53:47Z The 45-second brevity rule not only cut back on lists of names, but it also pushed out false modesty and tears. The TV Watch: Supersizing the Show (Austerity Is So 2009) 2010-03-08T14:27:00Z The sincerity and modesty of his delivery are the keys to its power. Young harpsichordist continues to amaze 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z And the air of modesty she brought to it seemed from a distant era. ‘Sturtevant: Double Trouble,’ a Career Retrospective at MoMA 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z And yet, Dr. Sarna points out, “The paradox of modesty is that its obligations fall mainly on women.” In ‘My Unorthodox Life,’ Fashion Is a Flash Point 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z There are traces of “Giselle” and “Les Sylphides” in the arrangements of the corps de ballet women into sculptural clusters of three or four, which harken to timeless symbols of feminine modesty, beauty and friendship. Ballet West ‘Nutcracker’ at the Kennedy Center 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z “Glad to see something still standing for modesty and appropriateness,” one person commented on the photo. Australia theme park bans 'cheeky' bikini bottoms, gets accused of 'sexism' 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z There's more than a bit of modesty involved there, as today's openly queer pop stars can look up to John for paving the way for out musicians. Elton John at 75 isn't winding down, but buoyed by his musical curiosity and open-mindedness 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Everyone I spoke to who wore Islamic dress did so because this issue of modesty is sacrosanct, and they felt liberated not being judged on their appearance. Is France right to ban the burka in public? | Debate 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z To take it any further, as the authors may hope, would be to tempt fate — and also to undermine the modesty of the material. Review: Going From Schlub to Slick in ‘The Other Josh Cohen’ 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Farrell doesn't seem to have been burdened by false modesty in that regard – but then, why should he have been? Lost and found: why JG Farrell's Troubles deserved its belated Booker win hands-down 2010-05-21T11:07:00Z His modesty is as winning and genuine as his bravado, and he’s a strong theatrical singer as well as a subtle film actor. ‘In the Heights’ Review: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z An unstaged Irishman, Heaney wove eloquence and beguiling modesty into a single strand that ran through his public life. ‘Listen Now Again’ Is a Tasting Menu of Seamus Heaney’s Poetry 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z His modesty — an unusual quality in a concert pianist — extended to his encore, an unassuming Chopin prelude that lasted less than a minute. Music Review: Keyboard Festival Presents Andrew Tyson and Ilya Yakushev 2013-07-16T21:51:58Z An actor whose modesty, wit and earnest embrace of the Oscar race charms both punters and peers. How Brad Pitt's zen reinvention has paved the way for Oscar glory 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z He calls it fresh and uncomplicated, but there’s some cloaked modesty there. These Are the 10 Best New Southern Restaurants 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z In addition to consent and boundary practice, they advise about modesty garment options when partial nudity is involved. Bringing Consent to Ballet, One Intimacy Workshop at a Time 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The well-intentioned but bromide-laden first part of the film introduces us to Kipchoge the man, shown as a runner with a tireless work ethic, a contemplative attitude and a fundamental modesty. ‘Kipchoge: The Last Milestone’ Review: Skipping Ahead 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The modesty is deceptive, though, for these same two programs encompass a nearly new knockout, a major revival and the kind of career-spanning variety that other companies save for big anniversary events. Review: Mark Morris’s Egalitarian Ethos and Top-Class Art 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Despite great progress in our competence we need to be driven by modesty. Clash Over Restoration of Leonardo?s ?Virgin and Child? 2012-01-03T23:29:04Z The outward modesty of the new buildings is really beside the point: What's missing is any real trust in architecture's ability not just to ease a visitor's experience but to deepen it. Huntington's new visitor center strikes studiously neutral pose 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z In childhood, and ever after, swimming is a lesson in the complications of modesty and a trial in the rigors of self-esteem. | Float, Memory 2014-05-06T13:00:33Z He also worked on series such as Eastbound and Down and The Sarah Silverman Program, was a stand-up comedian and is credited with coining the term “humblebrag,” meaning a boast disguised as modesty. 'Parks and Recreation' Co-Producer Found Dead 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z There was a modesty in his playing that came from his jazz learning. How Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts infused one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands with a little jazz 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z She likes his modesty, his persistence, his elegance, his enthusiasms for “food and tequila and music and women.” At 77, He Gets to Woo Mary-Louise Parker 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Photograph: Trunkarchive.com When I ask him whether he thinks his Oscar win shifted things – for himself and others – his first response is modesty. Smooth operator 2012-02-12T00:04:04Z For the evening, his ingénues sported bubble skirts in lustrous taffeta with velvet bras topped off, for modesty's sake, by boiled wool blazers. Move over Galliano, Lady Gaga makes debut 2011-03-03T16:17:00Z Rather than celebrating modesty, it perceives individuality as a threat to the group. The Year of Hygge, the Danish Obsession with Getting Cozy 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Lady Antebellum concentrated on harmony singing, not posing, but its modesty was rewarded by the recording academy’s voters. Critic?s Notebook: A Mix of Genres and Generations 2011-02-14T06:00:05Z Peasant modesty and farce replaced the regal might and strict etiquette of the court. 2010-02-01T05:00:00Z Behind the modesty, though, is an equally determined sense of enterprise. Review: ‘Lukas Graham’ Lands Where Pop Meets R&B 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The pants were to protect her modesty but also, in a way, to shield her from the full horror of what was about to be revealed in the death pits. The Society of Timid Souls by Polly Morland – review 2013-07-12T09:00:01Z The speech’s freshness is entwined with its modesty. Congratulations, by the way: David Foster Wallace, George Saunders and fighting the TED Talks-ization of commencement speeches 2014-05-05T00:00:00Z And though he often chuckles in a self-deprecating way, there's no false modesty about him. Johnny Mathis — time for a full-scale comeback? 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z In most bowling alleys at the time, McCracken writes, women had to bowl behind curtains, separated from the men for modesty’s sake. Elizabeth McCracken’s First Novel in 18 Years Has Whimsy to Spare 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Muhammad’s commitment to the hijab and to Muslim modesty of dress initially led her to fencing and its full-coverage uniform, but it was the sport itself that captivated her. Review | ‘Proud’ and other best books to inspire young readers 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z At first this seems like an act of modesty, an acknowledgment that what worked for him won’t necessarily work for you. Review | The path to enlightenment — and a happy marriage — the Hollis way 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Negus's modesty belies his lifetime of experience in this music. Bringing Wagner to Gloucestershire 2010-07-22T22:06:00Z An emblem of modesty in the day, that old-school cloth coat has passed through many iterations in the intervening decades. Don’t Count Out the Cloth Coat 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Namely, behind a modesty panel with thwarted looks on their faces, and the prospect of a quick but heavily medicated go with some bloke with a perm the only thing to look forward to. Scratch that: HBO’s Vinyl is a Jagger and Scorsese stinker 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z “It was assembled, he tells us with his usual blunt stroke, in ‘capitalistic haste’ and there is no false modesty there,” Greider wrote. Robert Sherrill, self-described ‘independent radical’ journalist, dies His laughter is undignified, a little embarrassed, exuding goofball modesty. A Fine Italian Hand 2010-10-11T18:30:00Z But listening to “IRM” it’s clear there’s some false modesty at work. 2010-01-23T15:48:00Z Women are forbidden to read, cannot control money and are forced to wear modesty clothing. Once preposterous, now immediate; Margaret Atwood on 'Handmaid's Tale' 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the blood-splattered Hong Kong segment was curated by the filmmaker Johnnie To — though, perhaps out of modesty, he didn’t include any of his own movies. In Transit: Film Festival Blends French and Hong Kong 'Noir' 2011-04-21T10:00:14Z That period of insanity fulfilled, the king returned in a new spirit of modesty, glorifying God: “And those who walk in pride He is able to humble.” Kanye West Is Operatic. His Opera Isn’t. 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Sandemose’s novel caused controversy for its unblinking vision of rural small-mindedness, but Danes recognise the law of Jante as containing a certain truth: that conformity, and an almost aggressive modesty, are central to Danish culture. The hygge conspiracy | Charlotte Higgins 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Though he has clearly calmed down since the days when he was known as one of the more bumptious hustlers of 90s music, Lavelle is still not troubled by modesty about the label. Mo' Wax after 21 years: James Lavelle goes for a trip-hop down memory lane 2013-06-12T10:00:25Z The disarming opening number by the hosts Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles — in which they joked about never winning awards themselves — beautifully balanced modesty and affection for performing and set the tone for the evening. The Best and Worst of the Tony Awards 2018 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Or perhaps it's not modesty at all, but mystical devotion to her craft. Light is right at the Brit Insurance Design awards 2011 ? review 2011-02-17T09:51:50Z The rich flaunt their ostentatious wealth without even the pretense of humility, modesty, generosity, or gratitude. Southern values revived 2012-07-01T22:00:00Z Hamilton is remembered for his modesty and sense of humor as well as his artistic talent. "Father of pop art" Richard Hamilton dies aged 89 2011-09-13T16:00:29Z Among the most pleasing aspects of “A Life in Three Acts,” which is also directed by Mr. Ravenhill, is its becoming modesty. Theater Review | 'A Life in Three Acts': Of Youth, Frocks and Politics: A Not-So-Ordinary Life 2010-03-08T06:24:00Z “Million Dollar Quartet” has a pleasing modesty, taking place as it does on a single afternoon, Dec. 4, 1956, in the rattletrap recording studio of Sun Records in Memphis. | 'Million Dollar Quartet': On Broadway With Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Company 2010-04-12T02:19:00Z But with his admirable modesty, he faded into the action of Act I’s gaudy Spanish plaza. Alban Lendorf Performs in ‘Don Quixote’ 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z With graceful modesty and genial wisdom, “The Big Year” peeks at both sides of this equation, suggesting the glory and the limitation of its subject. | 'The Big Year': ?The Big Year,? With Owen Wilson and Steve Martin - Review 2011-10-13T21:45:11Z It encourages modesty and teamwork and discourages extremes. The Year of Hygge, the Danish Obsession with Getting Cozy 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Maxwell’s later writing certainly anticipates some of the advantages of autofiction — specificity, modesty, candor — while avoiding some of the pitfalls of solipsism and passive-aggressive self-consciousness. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Given the deep, perhaps unshiftable cynicism that now exists about the political process – with frightening possibilities should economic circumstances seriously deteriorate – we need as never before the qualities of candour, modesty and moral purpose. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z False modesty aside, I have always been pretty funny. Brains Behaving Badly: Why So Many Comedians End Up Self-Destructing 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z With characteristic modesty, he explained that he wanted to inspire the students by sharing his own story as a director and an institutional leader. Gordon Davidson didn't just change L.A. theater, he changed L.A.'s image of itself 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z “I got recognition by chance, through Smile Train,” he told me with typical modesty. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Krauss will go only so far in analyzing her gifts and inclinations before retreating to modesty or comic relief. Alison Krauss: Vintage Country. Modern Self-Awareness. 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z “I approached this film with hindsight, modesty and knowing that history is the star of the film,” Dujardin said. Persecution a point of issue as Polanski's Dreyfus Affair movie... 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z What has defined Henry’s career, and probably circumscribed it, is a principled sense of modesty, always deferring to the music. Joe Henry and the Art of Disappearing Into a Song 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z He calls the film, a “depiction — really a celebration — of adolescent narcissism” that “short-circuits any potential criticism through a combination of winsome modesty and brazen manipulation.” “The Fault in Our Stars” has been unfairly bashed by critics who don’t understand it 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z It might be said that these rulings merely reflect an appropriate modesty about the judicial role. A Supreme Court for the Rich 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z It is he who, for all his patrician bonhomie and very false modesty, harbors the most vanity and ambition in this story. Books of The Times: ?Watergate,? a Novel by Thomas Mallon 2012-02-15T20:34:23Z “I don’t relate to the diva, although many people do relate me to the diva. It doesn’t account for the amount of humility and modesty you have to have to create with others.” Róisín Murphy, a Disco Queen Ruling Her Own Galaxy 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Shrinking modesty is not the normal attitude for restaurants with a view. At Danny Meyer’s Manhatta, Only the View Tries to Dazzle 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Singer Austin Williams recently declared: "I can't see anything that compares to us," which invites dissent, but is preferable to wishy-washy modesty. Swim Deep – review 2013-03-01T14:31:07Z When she received the Trustees Award, Ms. Farnon retained her characteristic modesty. Christine Farnon, ‘Guiding Light’ of the Grammys, Dies at 97 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The star of the evening was Michel, from Brooklyn, who, with a marvelous mixture of modesty and alertness, spoke of his interest in protest activism. Dance Review: Where an Audience Becomes the Star 2011-05-20T23:30:06Z But the jukebox pace grew wearing, as did Mr. Beck’s unwanted modesty. Music Review: Beck?s Back, With Roots Rock the Les Paul Way 2011-03-29T21:58:33Z The Jewish and family culture I grew up in had a fundamental modesty.” Model for Superman Comes to Center for Jewish History 2013-01-02T23:08:29Z Macdonald, who died Tuesday of cancer, maintained a studied modesty about his work. Here’s Why Norm Macdonald Was Comedy Royalty. It’s Not ‘S.N.L.’ 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z There’s an element of pride, or, rather, a frank lack of false modesty, in Godard’s procedure. “The Image Book,” Reviewed: Jean-Luc Godard Confronts Cinema’s Depiction of the Arab World 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z It serves only as a contour for others to follow, with a modesty that invites people in. New Music: JOE LOVANO US FIVE 2013-01-08T00:19:05Z They were a couple of perfect squares amid the trapezoids of Hollywood, achieving stardom through hard work, modesty and good fortune — being the right person at the right place and time. What Dick Van Dyke and Barbara Eden Wrought 2011-06-03T14:49:03Z Bacevich acknowledges the conservative tradition of foreign policy modesty with a 1951 speech by Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, and with cautionary passages from Reinhold Niebuhr’s “The Irony of American History.” The Mind of Conservatism 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z They show up in its productions and in the way the company — whose official motto is “modesty, fairness, grace” — regulates its performers’ private lives. From Japan, a ‘Chicago’ You Probably Haven’t Seen 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The modesty of the forces onstage revealed a good deal of textural detail that often goes for nothing. Carlos Kalmar leads SSO in fresh take on Beethoven 2013-12-29T19:43:19Z It was all a little surreal for Ives, who maintains a down-to-earth modesty even though he's kind of a big thing, too. Playwright David Ives finds his timing perfectly 2013-02-08T16:46:04Z The modesty makes her a somewhat guarded interviewee – she doesn't like to talk about her private or family life at all – but her achievements are all the more remarkable for it. Kat Banyard: 'We were sold a lie on an almighty scale, that equality had been won, the battle was over' 2012-10-14T19:45:01Z Perhaps in keeping with this ethic of modesty, none of them are identified by their names. ‘Gift’ Review: More Precious Than Money 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z But that modesty did not stop the designer from putting peephole squares of nylon as windows on the body or using openwork mesh at the sides of a black dress. Special Report: No Operatic Shout From the Heart 2010-09-24T18:06:00Z “ThisTree” concludes with moving modesty: the simple recognition that this is how things are. Cataclysmic Suffering Sprawls Through the Prototype Festival 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z They were no longer bound by the old standards of modesty, deference and decorum. Don’t slouch, young lady 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z On this quiet beauty of an album, she once again makes a virtue of her modesty. Album review: Iris DeMent, 'Sing the Delta' 2012-10-01T17:36:00Z Rather than reluctantly complying with the restrictive rules about dressing, Ms. Heyman was drawn from the outset to the mandate of modesty and its emphasis on the spiritual over the physical. Fabologie's Adi Heyman Promotes Modest Fashion 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z My husband's sister married into a very religious family with a strict "modesty" dress code for women. Perspective | Miss Manners: My in-laws’ in-laws are dictating my vacation wardrobe 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z “There’s a sweet-girl persona synonymous with modesty, a ‘Little House on the Prairie’-type of thing,” she said while sipping a cappuccino at Bergdorf Goodman. Fabologie's Adi Heyman Promotes Modest Fashion 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z “His modesty is in inverse ratio to his talent, and to satisfy his own aesthetic aspirations is of infinitely greater importance,” a magazine writer noted in a 1920s profile. Antiques: Giving a Craftsman His Due 2012-09-27T21:56:26Z Both that total and the troupe’s longevity are big achievements based in modesty. New Chamber Ballet Begins Season at City Center 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z But through all the accolades, Mr. Piketty seems to be maintaining a most un-rock-star-like modesty, brushing away comparisons to Tocqueville and Marx with an embarrassed grimace and a Gallic puff of the lips. Thomas Piketty Tours U.S. for His New Book 2014-04-18T21:37:26Z And if what should have seemed disingenuous or else a bad case of false modesty somehow rang true, that is because the listener had already heard the tale of the nose. Gisele Inc. 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z “What is wrong with people? There is no shame, modesty, self-awareness and proper conduct in public anymore! That should be done at home or in the bathroom! Just gross!” another commented. Plane passenger shamed for removing wig, using tray table to brush it 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z “Wearing Indian clothes suits the climate and the need for modesty,” Ward said, “and it shows that you respect Indian culture and are willing to adapt to the traditions of society.” Women who travel the world share a universal problem: Sexual harassment 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z We’ve defied the prudish version of modesty that makes nudity gross or necessary to hide. Motherlode Blog: Naked, With Children ? but for How Long? 2012-04-02T00:48:51Z She patiently, persuasively built that symphony’s fitful first movement, and the whole work had a feeling of straightforwardness, lightness and modesty; neither tempos nor emotions were milked; the performance was more lovely than intense. Review: A Conductor Adds Her Name to Philharmonic Contenders 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Guéhenno notes with characteristic modesty that he was able to maintain his silence as a writer only because his tenure as a professor guaranteed him a living. David Ball’s Translation of ‘Diary of the Dark Years’ 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z He’s right that there’s an element of bewilderment — or, at least, the modesty of maturity — in this more ruminative, less rhythmically moored take. Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z “In the psyche of the world, Miami became more relevant. I was able to be a small part of that,” he said, with characteristic modesty. Putting Literary Miami on the Map 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z There’s a daring in this method congruent with its modesty. Rachel Cusk is returning fiction to its roots in storytelling 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Dear Miss Manners: How does one deal with false modesty? Perspective | Miss Manners: Accidental birthday suit sighting 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z He had the kind of extreme reticence and modesty that is often the front for a titanic ego. John le Carré: The Spy Novelist Who (Mostly) Kept Quiet 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z An impassioned simplicity of gesture and spare modesty of phrasing marked an elegant, understated, essentially flawless performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, insightfully supported by Mr. Urbanski’s responsive, clean direction. Krzysztof Urbanski Leads the Philharmonic in Dvorak 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z My kitchen is like my block, although modesty aside, my food is usually better. These Chiles? Nothing to Fear 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z The roots of Cattelan’s asceticism and modesty, his vivid sense of the precariousness of his own success, are not hard to find. A Fine Italian Hand 2010-10-11T18:30:00Z In recent years social media has helped Muslim fashion designers, photographers and amateur tastemakers definitively prove to the rest of the world that religious modesty and creative personal style can coexist. 21 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Duryodhana finds an opportunity to violate her modesty by disrobing her in public. Review: ‘A Room in India’ Overflows With Astonishing Visions 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z A man who hasn’t had access to such institutional virilitas will seem, by contrast, to lack discipline, circumspection, and modesty. When Men Wanted to Be Virile 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z No modesty is to be found in the “Glagolitic Mass,” a weird and wonderful massive work for big orchestra, chorus, four vocal soloists and solo organ. The draw of Yuja Wang and Bartók brings surprising consequences 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z For competing with his ambition was an equal sense of modesty, drummed into him by his mother: “Bushes were to win, but not to brag; succeed, but not preen.” Review: In ‘Destiny and Power,’ George H.W. Bush Epitomizes a Vanishing G.O.P. 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Who else would describe criticism as “modesty” or as “simplicity and near-silence”? For all the institutional authority Wood possesses, one of the great pleasures he takes in criticism seems to be the opportunity for self-forgetfulness. In ‘Serious Noticing,’ James Wood Closely Reads Chekhov and Others — Including Himself 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The donate jar shows generosity, the spend jar teaches modesty and prudence, and the save jar represents delayed gratification. When should you start teaching your kids about money? Now. 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z There is a Shaker-like modesty to this novel’s aims, and like all such art, it has a high degree of difficulty. Can Handiwork Save Your Soul? A Quiet Novel Suggests It Can 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z That limitation is the flip side of the troupe’s greatest appeal: its modesty. Dance Review: Casus Performs ‘Knee Deep’ at New Victory Theater 2014-03-26T21:08:36Z Limiting press attendance inside the party to four hand-selected journalists — including one, Charlotte Curtis, from this newspaper — he heightened its air of exclusivity while managing potential criticism about the affair’s overall modesty. 50 Years Ago, Truman Capote Hosted the Best Party Ever 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z It would all be pretty boilerplate, but Mann’s anchoring appeal — his lean into Griffin’s modesty and decency — saves the movie from a sorrier fate. ‘About Fate’ Review: Love the One You’re With? 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z There is a certain amount of performative modesty in this statement, but it’s also probably true. The Most Intimate Photograph 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The country’s size is conducive to modesty, she said. Vicky Krieps Gave Hollywood One More Try. It Wasn’t So Bad. 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z “His modesty, warmth, openness, generosity, deep sympathy with India and profound skepticism and suspicion about the British Empire meant he was able successfully to explain Britain to Indians and India to the British.” Patrick French, Unsparing Biographer of V.S. Naipaul, Dies at 56 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z I admit I was skeptical, inasmuch as Trump is not known for his modesty, or for being reluctant to take credit for his achievements. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Trump’s secret acts of kindness? Just imagine. 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z He showed the clarity, the subtle balance of modesty and grandeur, expected in a lieder concert but all too rare on the opera stage, where Mr. Gerhaher, best known as a perceptive recitalist, appears infrequently. Review: A Writhing, Emotional Revival of Wagner’s ‘Tannhäuser’ 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z And it makes its points with a similar modesty. Review: Double, Double, Burger and Trouble in ‘Scotland, PA’ 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Related: Moroccan gay men to be tried for violating 'public modesty' over photo Not everyone in Morocco agrees with the minister. Moroccan director accused of 'pornography and debauchery' over sex worker drama Much Loved 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Critics of evangelical sexual mores have noted the connections between demands for female modesty and chastity and a culture where these same bodies are constantly exposed to sexual violence and abuse. Evangelical church accused of ignoring sexual abuse, “pedophilia ring” 2013-03-12T16:17:00Z The 110 rooms are comfortable, but simple — Ms. Andrei calls it “luxury with modesty.” New Beach Destination on the Jersey Shore? Asbury Park 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z The modesty, ubiquity and naïveté of his art played a role. ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ Review: The Cat’s Meow 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Reacting to praise from a fan, Twombly responded with characteristic modesty: "I think it works all right." US artist Cy Twombly creates ceiling for Louvre 2010-03-23T17:08:00Z “He appears onstage with such modesty he almost seems to be backing into the spotlight,” Mr. Ebert wrote. John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Mention of it brings on another attack of modesty – "No matter how bad a music video, the song remains intact" – but his videos are weird and intriguing. Richard Ayoade: Mr Modest 2011-01-15T00:03:59Z To look back at “Jaws,” the original summer blockbuster, is to be struck by the artisanal modesty of its means. Summer Movies: Some Have a Blast 2011-07-17T01:13:02Z And while you see the modesty of her circumstances, what hits you, what gets under your skin and into your head, are the dust and the sweat, her grit and her unwavering focus. ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds’ Review: Love, Ferocious and Limitless 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z There’s that modesty again, reflexive but also pragmatic. John Kander’s Major Chord, Undiminished 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Oh, that was nothing,” his modesty after brilliance his most disarming charm. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z Though neither of these concepts is explicit in the document, the teenage Ms. Schreck merrily interprets them as prime examples of the framers’ brilliant modesty. Review: Can a Play Make the Constitution Great Again? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z At its core, there's a modesty to the knish. Happy Hanukkah! This year, celebrate the knish 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Even as it expands, the music recalls the modesty of its opening notes and often returns to them after its peak, as if each crescendo is already contained within them. Music Review: Guitar Rock, Stretched on the Canvas of a Big Stage 2011-04-07T21:56:34Z Opening her arms wide and inclining one knee, she greeted the theater with both pride and modesty. Wendy Whelan Leaves City Ballet After 30 Years 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Even in these tough times, modesty is a relative term among the superrich. Homes Of The Billionaires 2010-03-10T23:00:00Z “True Son” documents that journey with a fly-on-the-wall style and a modesty and inexperience that mirror those of its subject. ‘True Son,’ on Michael Tubbs’s Campaign in Stockton 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Pat had a modesty and big-heartedness that is rare in the film world. Pat Jackson obituary 2011-07-12T18:12:54Z The French loved Wilbur’s modesty and unpretentiousness, and the way he carefully inspected every wire and strut on his aeroplane. Heavens above 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z At fairs like Art Basel Miami Beach, Mr. Rosen suggested, with no excess of modesty, “the three most important worlds in the culture right now — fashion, real estate and art — are pulled together.” Art Basel Miami Beach: Where Art and Commerce Come Together and Party 2010-12-10T19:11:00Z They confirm that art of both modesty and beauty lies everywhere. This Jewish Museum Is Giving Away Art. You Get What You Pay For. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z It's quite endearing, this insistent modesty – but it's also, you guess, a way of taking pressure off herself for anything other than acting itself. Judi Dench: 'I never want to stop working' 2012-10-13T23:05:47Z By cultivating Rob’s spontaneity, modesty, sensitivity and inquisitiveness. Perspective | I lost touch with a friend from the Capital Gazette. Now I’ve lost him forever. 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z In a recent letter to fans, the rapper described his new work with characteristic modesty. Lil Wayne to release EP from behind bars 2010-07-14T11:00:00Z Such modesty and restraint are humanizing, but at the cost of some theatrical crackle. Charles is king, Harry's in trouble and Kate's taking charge in Pasadena Playhouse's royal winner 'King Charles III' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Our limbs were aching, and the only way into the steaming pool of promised relief was to throw aside modesty along with our clothing. Biking and baring it all on a tour around Europe’s Lake Constance 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z One general described her as “seemingly immune to the notion of modesty,” referring to the attire she was said to have worn in Afghanistan. Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus and the Afterlife of a Scandal 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Something about having their modesty restored gave people permission to gawp a little more openly at their bodies. Anna Wintour Removed Her Sunglasses for This 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z But here's the kicker: every sheer ensemble was contrasted with a hemline that crept down to the knee or longer, and those sheer blouses maintained models' modesty via sweeping bows across the bust. T Magazine: Sheer Luck 2012-11-21T16:00:00Z People assumed it was about my sense of modesty. What It’s Really Like to Work in Hollywood (*If you’re not a straight white man.) 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z He turns that last word into sort of a small death yelp, a compromise between country modesty and full soul release. Review: Toby Keith and George Strait Put Country Spins on Classic Soul 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Cultural changes may well force modesty on the field, like it or not. In ‘Tár,’ a Female Maestro Falls Into the Same Old Traps 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z I liked what I saw as its modesty, its tentativeness and its otherworldliness. An Art Critic Is First Inspired by Words 2013-08-14T22:01:50Z If anything, he seemed proud, and a bit protective, of the label’s tenacious modesty of scale. Greenleaf Music Label Turns 10 With a Show at SubCulture 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z She replied with modesty and humor familiar to her readers. Poland's 1996 Nobel poet Szymborska dies at 88 2012-02-01T20:32:13Z |
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