Sentences with phrase «idol growing»

The Rangers can also explain how they've allowed a Japanese superstar to thrive, and that example happens to be with the success of Yu Darvish, who was Ohtani's idol growing up.

Chelsea playmaker Willian has revealed that Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were his idols growing up and that the Brazilian icons inspired him to get to where he is today.

Those were more my idols growing up.

Ridley [Scott] was one of my idols growing up.

Not exact matches

As a child who grew up in middle class America chasing the «American dream» — success has long been a deep - seated idol for me.

These forms of consciousness will of course be different for every person, based on personal experience... so that is where a personal God comes in... one that fits each person's current level of understanding... a living, hopefully growing perception as knowledge increases, instead of a fixed idol or icon... but if it provides a person a non-harmful useful comfort and positive function, then what genius has the right to deprive them of that, with ridicule that their understanding is different and better, when the person being ridiculed at the time, does not possess the knowledge required to have the same understanding of the person ridiculing.

From a Christian standpoint, no idol, nothing short of a growing relationship with the God of the prophets and of Jesus will satisfy one's hungers for an object of ultimate devotion.

I never grew up with the Bible being an idol, or some sort of magic, or something to whap people over the head with, or shove down their throat.

grow as jealous of their credit as heathen priests are of that of the jewelry and ornaments that blaze upon their idols.

They were my team growing up because my idol was Patrick Vieira.

He lives and trains in the Bahamas for much of the year (which, if you grew up in Canadian winters, you would probably choose to do too); he goofs on his own form with Michael Jackson references; he unabashedly loves «his idol» Wayne Gretzky and Roger Federer and Taylor Swift.

Hatada grew up with his own athletic idols to inspire him to greatness on the playing field.

Like, he is our idol,» said Jessica, who has seen how Woods» confidence has grown as he works hard on his game at Medalist Golf Club.

Those rumours continue to grow with Real Madrid being managed by Zinedine Zidane — the idol of Hazard.

It is part and parcel of modern football, particularly in an age where the growing FIFA franchise and Football Manager games give access to simulated intelligence towards various hidden gems and soon - to - be idols.

Growing up though her main political idol was a little closer to home.

I always feel like conventions bring out the best of people as everyone can just walk around freely, express themselves and their creativity, and meeting some idols that you've grown up watching as a kid.

Consider the art house credentials behind this film: besides Vitti: director Joseph Losey, known for his collaborations with Harold Pinter («The Servant,» «Accident»); Terence Stamp, fresh off his disturbing turn in William Wyler's «The Collector,» which won him a best actor award at Cannes; and Dirk Bogarde, the onetime matinee idol who had grown into an adventurous, risk - taking actor.

Soon matinee idol Robert Mitchum was installed at Milltown House overlooking the bay where, off set, he grew marijuana in the greenhouse and flew in a steady supply of lady companions.

The film opens with the audacious birth of Oscar Wilde, who drops from the heavens from a flying saucer and later declares while attending boy's school that he'd like to be a pop idol when he grows up.

And of course there have been stories about his sports idol, Willie Mays, otherwise known as the Say Hey Kid, the one he grew up thinking would move into the vacant house next to his in Montclair, N.J.. There's the piece about a Mays biography that Littlefield reviewed, which includes a mention of Littlefield dressed as Mays one Halloween as a kid.

She's designed to be annoying with the way she speaks and carries herself, but eventually she grows on you the more you assist her in her idol duties.

Selecting source material from his growing photo collection, Warhol created works glorifying teen idols such as Troy Donahue, as well as more established movie stars like Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor.