Sentences with phrase «keep a roof over his head as»

For years, the bearded bohemian had barely been able to keep a roof over his head as a struggling street musician in San Francisco.

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While one person may need millions of dollars in the bank to feel successful, another person may view success as keeping a roof over his family's heads and food in their bellies.

It is illegal, but honestly if I was on food stamps and had a choice between not being able to get to my McJob (that barely pays rent) and breaking the law (and going hungry half the month, but keeping a roof over my head) I would break the law, and you would see some guy buying expensive food for himself, while I, the actual recipient, stretch the bag of lentils from last month as far as I can.

For people who have little money, HIV may seem like the least of their worries as they struggle to find food, buy clothes and keep a roof over their heads.

Take a few moments to be thankful for all the gifts you have in your life, such as a close friend, a roof over your head, a fridge full of food, and a wise and beautiful heart that keeps beating without any effort on your part.

The realism of the film is one of the factors that makes it so great as it uses long takes and what seems like guerrilla styled filming at times to paint a detailed picture of the hardships of simply trying to survive whether it be a child passing time by scamming money for ice cream or a young mum trying to keep a roof over her daughter's head.

Lupita Nyong» o («12 Years A Slave») co-stars as Phiona's mom Nikki, a single mother of four struggling to keep a roof over her children's heads.

Three months and multiple steel pins later, the art Dominika loves is a distant memory, as she struggles to figure out how she's going to keep her ailing mother (Joely Richardson) cared for, not to mention a roof over their heads.

Oh, and if Lady Gaga had to work forty hours a week waiting tables or writing computer code in order to keep a roof over her head (because she couldn't make a living playing clubs), she wouldn't have as much time to practice, craft new routines, or cut songs.

As a married woman who is «playing at being a writer,» it was thanks to the royalties of my books that kept a roof over our heads when both my husband and I were laid off.

I began writing as a poet, then went into broadcast journalism and began writing literary biographies to make a living and keep a roof over my head for my children.

It's estimated that as many as 41 % of American households spend more than 30 % of their income to keep a roof over their heads.

Rather, I looked at it as saying that in the event of a financial disaster, you don't have to worry about the expense of your # 1 priority: keeping a roof over your head.

There's a big difference, after all, between making games as a supplement to other sources of family income and relying on game sales to keep a roof over your head.»

«Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,» by Matthew Desmond, a professor of sociology at Princeton University, follows eight Milwaukee families «as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads.

The jobs that mothers find using Simply Hired help keep roofs over the heads and food in the refrigerators of families all around the world, and many of these jobs done by others make mothers» lives easier as well.

Do your gold bars keep a roof over your head and can you leverage those investments by putting down as little as five per cent or 10 per cent and financing the balance on a long - term basis as the investment keeps increasing?