ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PEDESTAL
From French piédestal, from Old Italian piedestallo, from pie foot + di of + stallo a stall.
10 QUOTES WITH «PEDESTAL»
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pedestal.
We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.
I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
I did a couple of movies in Brazil, and the actors were incredibly congenial and hung out together a lot. Even the biggest stars would do radio commercials - they're not put on a pedestal like they are in the United States.
The temptation in any approaching crisis or conflict is, because people haven't got a clue what lies ahead, they're always searching into the past for some sort of pattern ... to galvanise the nation or their supporters and put themselves on a pedestal to sound Churchillian or Rooseveltian.
It's extremely difficult to say what one actually means by 'sculpture' other than, in a provisional sense, it's something that goes on the floor or a pedestal, and loosely applies to a certain history of the use of that term.
Hollywood people want to build you up and make you famous only to knock you off you're the pedestal they built for you.
I've always said that the experience of meeting an artist that you are in awe of and that you hope to create with one day is usually disappointing because you put them up on a pedestal, and then you're like, 'Wow, that's not a nice person.'
I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty.
We like to put people on a pedestal, give them one character trait, and if they step outside of that shrinelike area that we blocked out for them, then we will punish them.
I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEDESTAL»
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pedestal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pedestal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Boys Will Put You on a
Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your ...
Even parents can help. (Really!) In Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (so they can look up your skirt), former teenage boy -- and current dad of two daughters -- Philip Van Munching helps guide you through some of life's most confusing topics ...
Philip Van Munching, 2007
2
Cracks in the
Pedestal: Ideology and Gender in Hollywood
The ways in which the American film and television industry - the multifaceted, male-dominated institution known as Hollywood - has responded to the feminist cultural revolution of the past 25 years are analysed in this book.
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Off the
Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and ...
This volume explores the radical change that took place in the representation of women after the Civil War.
Holly Pyne Connor, Newark Museum, Frick Art & Historical Center, 2006
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Between Pit and
Pedestal: Women in the Middle Ages
"Crusader and concubine, laundress and troubadour, mystic and midwife and miniaturist, beguine and bondwoman and the bersatrix rocking the cradle of kings- all find their rightful place in this bountiful compendium.
Marty Williams, Anne Echols, 1994
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Sculpture Off the
Pedestal: Monuments and Their Makers
The book is intended not only for the art student or art lover, but also for the untutored and those who think of art as a remote subject. Most art histories focus on painting.
6
Negrophilia: From Slave Block to
Pedestal - America's Racial ...
Argues that activists, politicians and the press have fostered an erroneous perception of blacks and explains how Americans can discern deeper truths of these matters and thus develop healthier perceptions.
7
Down from the
pedestal: moving beyond idealized images of ...
A fascinating new look at adult female development explores our culture's idealized images of women, showing how these help determine how women lead their lives and offering alternate themes for life's stages that help break down these ...
The Gap Dragon had escaped and was ravaging across the land, the forget-spell was causing mass amnesia, three-year old Ivy was headed right for a hungry dragon. Could things get any worse? Probably.... From the Paperback edition.
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Girl on a Diamond
Pedestal (Mills & Boon Modern)
10
Entitled to the
Pedestal: Place, Race, and Progress in White ...
At the core of this work is a sophisticated reexamination of the myth of southern white womanhood. Lewis overturns the conventional argument that white women were passive and pedestal-bound.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEDESTAL»
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pedestal is used in the context of the following news items.
Senate GOP Leaders Want To Put Ted Cruz In A Time Out
The leaders wagged their fingers at the younger senator, accusing him of using his pedestal in the upper chamber to "pursue personal ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
McMaster aims to grow number of indigenous grad students in …
“You know when you see something on a pedestal and you can't attain it?” he asked. “[Those involved in the program] showed us there's a ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
NRL need to take this opportunity to draw a line in the sand
Whether we like it or not, sportspeople are role models and their standards are placed on a pedestal. We may not like it, but that is reality. «The Roar, Jul 15»
Rachael Filkins Turner: Get out there and some mistakes
Children possess a natural gift. The ability to love, no questions asked. You will find the kids in your life will hold you up on a pedestal for ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
The Rapids Owl soon will perch again
LOCKPORT – For nearly 60 years, a giant figure of an owl perched on a concrete pedestal at Rapids and Plank roads in the hamlet of Rapids. «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
When Salinger Bonded With Hemingway
He did not want to occupy the pedestal on which Hemingway once stood nor benefit from his death. When he learned of Hemingway's suicide, ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
A Century Ago Next Month: August 1915
The pedestal upon which mass was said was covered with flowers, making a very beautiful appearance. Father Cosgrove, who had the honor ... «MyWebTimes.com, Jul 15»
Heart Matters by Angie Land
Clearly, all of these highly successful people were intelligent, and had great talents and abilities that allowed them to climb to the pedestal they ... «Suwannee Democrat, Jul 15»
Why NHIS bought N990m property, by ex-chief
According to the statement, the former executive secretary took the “NHIS to an enviable pedestal during the one and half years that he held the ... «The Nation Newspaper, Jul 15»
Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: A more political version of a …
Troy Williams, president of Equality Utah (Utah's largest gay and lesbian advocacy group) would stand on a huge pedestal on a float over a ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
