Sentences with phrase «as a young girl by»

Marion Cotillard portrays Piaf, the superstar once raised as a young girl by her grandmother in a Normandy bordello, then discovered on a French street corner — as a complete unknown — by cabaret proprietor Louis Leplée (Gérard Depardieu).

The film segues breezily between various episodes from Piaf's life — such as her lover, French boxer Marcel Cerdan's (Jean - Pierre Martins) championship bout in mid -»40s New York; her period in Hollywood during the»50s; Piaf's abandonment as a young girl by her contortionist father (and earlier by her mother, a street singer); her brushes with the law as an adult; and her 1951 car accident and subsequent morphine addiction that caused her to age well beyond her years and left her barely mobile; and, through it all, her ability (like Billie Holiday) to funnel personal tragedy and emotional struggles into her vocalizations — dazzling audiences in the process.

Not exact matches

As a young woman, I was painfully excluded by girls in my life.

He never forgot his initial poverty — The Little Match Girl was inspired by how his mother was forced to go begging in the streets as a young gGirl was inspired by how his mother was forced to go begging in the streets as a young girlgirl.

The younger son of the media tycoon stepped down as the chairman of the - then BSkyB in 2012, forced out by his links to a scandal at the family's now - defunct News of the World newspaper which, among many other ethical outrages, hacked a murdered schoolgirl's phone in a search for its next story on the case, temporarily misleading the police and the girl's family into thinking she was still alive.

Last week for trick or treat night, I was bothered by a couple of girls (young teens) who chose to dress up as hookers.

I was deeply formed by the reading I did as a child and as a young girl myself.

I was deeply shaped by the reading I did as a child and as a young girl myself.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle — I loved this book as a teen — Meg Murray is an excellent protagonist for young girls to know.

In The Philosopher's Pupil (1983) a man's life is changed by his vision of a flying saucer; a key episode in The Good Apprentice turns on what appears to be the effects of a love potion; a young girl in The Green Knight exerts an involuntary telekinesis over the stones that she has collected in her room; in the same novel the goodness of a man named Peter Mir (Mir meaning, in Russian, both «world» and «peace,» as several characters note) seems to be contagious, bringing sweet dreams and love to those with whom he comes in contact.

On the one hand, as a young white girl, I've never had to worry that I wouldn't be helped by a stranger at the subway.

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Catholic schools have a wonderful opportunity to invite trained NFP instructors to teach this part of the programme which will enable girls to gain a fuller understanding of their bodies and their fertility, while at the same time assisting young men better to understand and appreciate the miracle of fertility, the special role played by the woman, and the implications for her physically, psychologically and spiritually as the natural cycle plays out in her daily life.

A nun broke a young girl's arm as she reacted to discovering the child was being sexually abused by a priest, an inquiry has heard.

As a young religious Jewish girl, I am not surprised by this article at all since there are obviously a lot of people out there who hate people like me.

: A young girl has this pet, which is sort of a pig / cow / hippo hybrid, but it's going to be experimented on by this giant corporation to use as livestock, so she has to save it.

By the Mines Act, Ashley, who had found boys as young as five working in the mines, excluded all women and girls and boys under thirteen from work in coal mines.

From the time she denounced Britain's participation in World War II as a girl (because it was plain to her, just months out of her teens, that Britain would be carrying out deliberate attacks on civilians), through her widely publicized opposition as a young don to Oxford's awarding an honorary degree to Harry Truman (on the ground that «having a couple of massacres to his credit» disqualifies a man for public honors), to her recent arrests in her seventies for participation in pro-life actions parallel to those carried out by «Operation Rescue» in the United States (because she found the life of a conceived child as worthy of protection and respect as any other), her life recalls John Paul II's injunction: «Always seek the truth; venerate the truth discovered; obey the truth.

-- I'm an EX Catholic attacked by a pedophile priest as a young girl.

As I sat and listened, her story came out about her parents dying when she was a young child and being sent to boarding school where she was sexually abused by girls there.

So naturally, I did what any young girl, incapable of decision making would do... I made as many as I possibly could — until one tasted good enough to by MY FAVORITE coffee cake recipe!

Originally coined by Hazel Cills and Gabrielle Noon on The Hairpin in 2014, Friedland described snack wave as «an internet trend among young women and teenage girls who incorporate an obsession with snack products and fast foods into their online personas.»

As a young girl in Italy, Carla fell in love with the art of Italian pasta, taught to her by her Nonna.

Having outlined plans to double the number of women and girls playing rugby by 2021, as well as introducing a new domestic competition, England Rugby premiered their Red Roses film, depicting the journey of a young girl from grassroots rugby to playing for England.

Among the acts allegedly committed by these youth coaches were filming high school girls as they showered, and sexually molesting young swimmers.

e.g. a) Reading and writing: seen particularly by younger Caribbean and white working class men as a «girl thing»

As a young girl, I was overweight, and I still remember the horror of being called an elephant by a second - grade classmate.

At the other end of the parenting continuum, exhibited by the young girl's mother as well as a friend at the other end of the table, are permissive parents.

We expect our chiefs and religious leaders to complement government's efforts by exposing the perpetrators of child marriage so as to safeguard the health and development of our young girls.»

Girls as young as 11 were raped by large numbers of male perpetrators, one after the other.»

He said, «The UNHCR recognises his role as a mediator between the government and the insurgents for the release of the 82 Chibok girls and the 21 young women held captive by Boko Haram for two years.»

The young girl in her twenties from Sarajevo, Masa Serdarevic (played by Jemima Rooper), who became the face of the banking crisis when she was photographed leaving Lehman Brothers carrying her belongings, acts as a guide to David Hare into the world of finance (she helped him organise interviews in real life).

«The young girl, who is a street hawker, told us that some of the men took advantage of her while selling porridge popularly known as «Kunu», by giving her extra money and others by making unfulfilled promises,» he said.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a socialite, Mike Eze - Nwalie Nwogu popularly known as «Pretty Mike» for dehumanizing young girls by turning them into human puppies with chains round their necks.

Led by UC Berkeley psychologist Stephen Hinshaw, BGALS has consistently found that — unlike boys, whose symptoms are more overt — girls with ADHD suffer in hidden ways, and are more likely to internalize struggles as they mature into adolescence and young adulthood.

By hosting hands - on demonstration sessions for middle and high school students, as well as sessions created in partnership with local Girl Scouts troupes, the EdCom introduces young people to the science of acoustics.

And yet multiple studies have shown that use of hormonal contraceptives in young girls increases their risk of developing breast cancer by as much as six times.

There are many other young stars who introduce new waves in the fashion world as the most stylish young hollywood celebrities in 2014 including rocker girl Willow Smith, actress Jennifer Lawrence, Kardashian sisters, actress AnnaSophia Robb, pop - rock singer Demi Lovato, actress and singer Leighton Meester... Judging by their appearances last year, we can be sure that we will enjoy in a fresh fashion storm in 2015, ready for the young generation?

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Where special dances are performed by young girls and boys to please the guests and bride and groom as well.

This wear ethnic dress is not only preferred by young girls but also women of certain age groups like to wear Anarkali dresses as it suits them all leaving the age limits.

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Young Russian girls are regarded as feminine by nature and most like to date.

Photographer Stephanie Sinclair and writer Cynthia Gorney investigate the world of prearranged child marriage, where girls as young as five are Directed by Robert Markowitz.

New York City About Blog Danielle Holke is a long - time knitter, first taught by her beloved grandmother as a young girl growing up in Canada.

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At this juncture you might expect some kind of damning indictment of Disney sexism, sexualising this young girl by painting her as a siren.

Executive produced by Angelina Jolie, «The Breadwinner» does precisely that, and though Twomey's essential, empathetic look into the plight of women, young and old, in present - day Afghanistan doesn't identify its heroine as the exact same girl, her jade - colored eyes are a certain reminder, while her spirit burns every bit as strongly.

As luck would have it, the flower falls into the hands of Mary Smith (voiced by Ruby Barnhill in the English - dubbed version opening in North American theaters), who is no witch at all but rather a rosy - cheeked young girl with an unruly mop of red hair and an appealing blend of spunk and sweetness.

As a young girl, Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) is forced into the realm of skating by her abusive and rough mother LaVona (Allison Janney).