Sentences with phrase «humble roots as»

From our humble roots as an idea borne from a fire suffered by our CEO and Founder Eric Narcisco to becoming The Smart Way To Insure Your Home across the country, we've worked tirelessly to make insurance accessible to everyone.

It is one of the best machettes for high impact and versatile use and is based on the machetes humble roots as a jungle multitool.

From its humble roots as a Virginia coffee roaster to its leading position as a Southern spice importer, Old Mansion's history is as rich and full of depth as its extensive product line, Mullen says.

Combining all that wordpower with his humble roots as an Essex drug addict, he's a perfect spokesperson for what he's described as a disengaged «underclass».

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But so long as it maintains its humble roots, McCain Foods will probably always have a spot in the hearts and freezers of the nation.

Yes, he created art with his football, but if anything he was too humble and too rooted in the natural innocence of football as a boyish pastime to see it as something as pretentious as high - art or poetry.

With Mayor Brown was Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples - Stokes, who spoke of how Slaughter's humble roots and down - to - earth personality resonated with Western New Yorkers, even as someone who moved into the region from outside the state.

Cuomo recounted his humble roots in his first Inaugural address as governor in 1983, saying his mother and father came to the US with a will to «spend all their efforts in honest toil».

Beets are quite budget - friendly, making them a college student's dream veggie — and there's not much waste as you can eat the greens as well as the roots of the humble beet!

The adjective «humble» comes from latin roots humilis, which can be translated as «from the earth» or «grounded.»

A saturation of slick computer effects that can literally fool the eye — such as in Gareth Edwards» Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and its digi - resurrection of a long - dead actor — leads audiences to forget the humble roots of this creative form.

At once blunt and razor sharp, the renowned essayist reportedly uttered the words in 1979 on a flight from Los Angeles to Sacramento, her hometown and frequent subject of her writing, just as the valley's patchwork of farming fields — an iconic depiction that instantly conveys the region's humble, hardworking roots — was coming into view.

But even from his humble roots, with movies like the drug parable Requiem for a Dream, through to his more recent efforts such as Black Swan and The Wrestler, he's continued to be a singular director who showcases the human psyche brilliantly on screen.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Rob Brown Stars as Late Gridiron Great in Bittersweet Bio-Pic Ernie Davis (Rob Brown) had to overcome some very humble roots on his way to gridiron greatness, having been raised in rural Pennsylvania by his grandparents until the age of 12.

Bodet filmed a documentary on him in 2007 (Le carré de la fortune, co-directed with Emmanuel Levaufre) and she and Bozon edited a collection of Delahaye's critical writings for Capricci in 2010, À la fortune du beau, a book which has ensured his work remains accessible to contemporary readers.11 Upon Delahaye's death, Ropert described him as a «powerful speaker with humble roots from another age, hardened by a life of brutal detours, passing from fury to kindness without warning, he was a character straight out of Victor Hugo.»

They liked the 10 - speaker Harman / Kardon audio system almost as much as the «awesome» 8 - inch touchscreen display, blissfully unaware of its humble roots.

While Amazon has grown far beyond its roots as a humble Internet bookstore, it's never forgotten where it came from, and you can now get millions of its titles right on your phone via its Kindle app (or on its Kindle e-reader devices).

«I can personally only control the content that we're responsible for, and so we saw it as a great opportunity, and it also taps into the roots of Humble as an organization.

They started off supporting indie content and you know it was a few years ago when they started supporting publishers, and now to move into the console space and handheld space, I think we wanted to make sure that this was something that was still a part of what is true to Humble and true to their roots as well, and it seemed like a really natural fit.»

Yet, the cur dog with humble roots may still be laughing all the way to Buckingham Palace, as the Prince of Wales is merely a king in waiting, while the Corgi was long ago crowned as monarch over the queen's heart — By Appointment to Her Majesty.

His urban and mythological themed works are made from combinations of humble materials including; wheat - pasted paper, cardboard, newsprint, salvaged street signs, rusted metal, and spray paint that pay homage to his roots as a street artist and to his interest in the city's periphery.