Sentences with phrase «class roots»

With his working class roots and genuine sympathy for the working class, he could have related.

De Kooning, never forgetting his working class roots in Rotterdam's docklands, felt a profound solidarity with artists who were looking in from the outside.

I come from middle class roots, and the RWDSU has a long and proud history of fighting and winning battles for working families like mine.

And a luxurious interior perhaps would have been anomalous in a vehicle that turned out to be such a workhorse, because twelve months of hauling, towing, mud running, and various odd jobs resulted in a general griminess that spoke to the working - class roots of all pickups, faux SUV or not.

Wild Wisdom Yoga is strength based vinyasa yoga; a warmed, powerful class rooted in mindfulness and reconnecting to the body's instinctive wisdom.

Still, he's rather an admirable villain in one sense: A wholly self - made property baron who has clawed his way up from working - class roots by gaming the government at every available opportunity, Carver reasons that the American Dream does not come to those who wait.

The new C - Class Coupé hides its C - Class roots well.

Kyle Kogut, a multimedia artist currently based in Philadelphia, explores masculinity, religion and his working class roots with totems from his relationship to his father.

She argued despite his principles, the party under Mr Corbyn was not «communicating with our voters» and stressed her northern working class roots as well as her experience with «metropolitan things».

Even though inequality has lately come to the fore as a public issue, two widely held American beliefs persist — first, that the U.S. is largely a classless society and, second, that people shed or discard the vestiges of their social class roots when they achieve upward mobility.

And it is very important that the cousins never admit their middle - class roots lest they risk being exposed as lacking street cred.

For his folks are Black Irish, the designation commonly applied to those of his lineage with lower - class roots generally associated with drinking, fighting and underachieving.

«Tom DiNapoli is a hard - working guy who doesn't forget his middle class roots, and he knows that every dime counts — especially when they're taxpayer dimes — so we trust him to do what's right for Staten Island.»

I had really hoped Mercedes would disguise the C - class roots of this coupe with a much nicer interior full of high - quality materials and that distinctly Mercedes feel.

He is making much of his working class roots in the North West, although he denies that that's a dig at the Primrose Hill Milibands, or the public school educated Ed Balls.

Wild Wisdom Yoga is strength based vinyasa yoga; a warmed, powerful class rooted in anatomy, mindfulness, and reconnecting to the body's instinctive wisdom.

The film also delves into the theme of letting go of one's past, as Brian is continually struggling between finding his true identity at Bristol and being dragged back to his working - class roots by his best friend and part - time criminal Spencer (Dominic Cooper).

He went from working - class roots in North Tonawanda to get two law degrees — one in the United States and one in China.

The fate of the church that forgets its working class roots was never better described than in this poem by Elmer F. Suderman:

Don and Phil were born in 1937 and 1939 respectively, to a musical family with working - class roots.

Stricherz, one gathers, would be comfortable in a Democratic party that returned to its working - class roots and its economic focus but that made a place for social conservatives.

Democrats hope that Biden's working - class roots and foreign policy experience will help Obama, who informed Biden of his decision Thursday.

She has been a dynamic legislator in the Assembly and has focused on getting the hard work done, never forgetting her working, middle - class roots.

«Michael Martin is a proud man with strong working class roots but this has made him a target for the silverspoon Tories who want a speaker schooled at Eton rather than a former sheet metal worker.

With his Northern working - class roots and charm, Ukip's new leader Paul Nuttall has been labeled a «major threat» to Labour's core vote.

In contrast there is more agreement between ConHome and its readers on the need for Conservative HQ to make sustained attacks on Ed Miliband and Ed Balls (item 14) and the need for more candidates with northern and working class roots (item 11).

Echoing Gallo's populist appeal to what he called «Lunchbucket Kingston,» Woltman said the city's Democratic Committee has drifted away from its working class roots and become dominated by a «clique» of connected insiders who were out of touch with everyday taxpayers.

He pledged to stay true to his working class roots and to take the fight to George Osborne:

Actor Will Mellor tells BBC Breakfast he is «proud» of his working - class roots, amid warnings that young actors from poorer backgrounds are being «priced out» of the profession.

Madonna and Guy Richie may or may not be breaking up because Madonna «lost respect» for Richie when she found out he embellished his working - class roots.

Maffei's first ad, released three weeks ago, touts his central New York and middle class roots.

Several of his colleagues reportedly even encouraged him to try to topple the San Francisco Democrat, and his pitch to his colleagues invoked his working - class roots, and sounded an awful lot like the argument Ohio Congressman Timothy Ryan gave in his bid to oust the incumbent leader.

As Brian McAvoy plays the romantic lead well — an affable ordinary guy who remains impossibly tied to his working - class roots.

Though that news doesn't turn everything right - side - up again, Judd goes home to his suburban upper - class roots to join his brothers, sister, and mother (Jane Fonda) in mourning.

Before heading off to a party, they took time out to talk about the film's more nuanced examination of Harding's life (domestic violence, the skating world's contempt for her working - class roots), Janney's annoying parakeet costar and the reaction Robbie, an «I, Tonya» producer, had during her initial reading of Steven Rogers» script.

Clearly, John knows better than to drift into this darkly violent world, and it's pretty painful to watch him bounce back and forth over the next year, giving in to his inner rage and beginning to lose sight of both the promise of his intellect and his goal to break out of his working class roots and attend university.

There is no doubt we come to understand more about Harding than the tabloid coverage of the time offered: her lower - class roots, which made her stand out among the other skaters, even as a child; her endurance of domestic abuse, first at the hands of her mother (Allison Janney) and then her eventual husband and conspirator Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan); her sheer talent, including a history - making triple axel.

A barrister's son educated at the fee - paying St Michael's College in Ailesbury Road, the actor christened Killian Murphy (he changed his surname to avoid confusion with the Cork - born star of «The Wind That Shakes the Barley») has never tried to play down his middle - class roots.

In features and driving character, the 2014 Mazda3 punches way above its humble economy - class roots, although a few bugs suggest the cabin tech needs refinement.

The Bottom Line In features and driving character, the 2014 Mazda3 punches way above its humble economy - class roots, although a few bugs suggest the cabin tech needs refinement.

With a median income of $ 61,176 for a family, and a per capita income of $ 26,815, Henderson is a more affluent city than some, but still retains its working class roots.

The Glen of Imaal has working - class roots.

Although rarely declared or made specific, Ellis's practice is resonant with autobiographical references, and both his northern working class roots and the profound influence of art school in the 70s suffuse his work.

The caustic dialogue, about climbing above one's class roots, is made powerfully and emotionally ironic through the unusual context of its presentation.

He held close to his working class roots and left college for the army, after which he earned an MFA at Ohio University through th...

Shaun Ryder's Family Tree traces a history of the city through the working - class roots of the Happy Monday's lead singer, Shaun Ryder.

Born of middle - class roots in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, Los Angeles - based contemporary artist Mike Kelley questioned the very values that he grew up with.

I know Dan Markel, and I know that he is not biased against individuals with working class roots or against individuals with a «lesser» academic legal pedigree.